There are a lot of posts now in LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS...but how long IS "long term"?

Contributor: xOhxSoxScandalousx xOhxSoxScandalousx
I think anything past 1 year is long term.
05/09/2012
Contributor: Kitka Kitka
Anything that's 2+ years is long term to me.
05/09/2012
Contributor: <3BF <3BF
I consider about a year of dating long term. I hate couples that celebrate a 6 month or less anniversary
05/09/2012
Contributor: Lilith Bealove Lilith Bealove
It really depends on the person. I consider a year or longer "long term." But my husband and I have been together for 3 years.
05/09/2012
Contributor: Bex1331 Bex1331
I'd call long term about a year, my current relationship is 4 years
10/14/2012
Contributor: jr2012 jr2012
I kind of like the 3-6 range to start calling a relationship "long term". It's also sort of a state of mind as well, knowing that this is your forever relationship, and that knowledge is based on time spent together. I am at 8 years and honestly can't imagine anyone else.
10/14/2012
Contributor: ID42 ID42
Long term for my husband and I had been established (by both of us) once we had both reached the point where we were each others longest running relationship. For us that was about a year and a half in. I was 20 when we started dating. He had just turned 23. We have now been together since 1999. We married in 2001. Any way you slice it, I'm fairly sure we are well into the long term at this point.
10/16/2012
Contributor: Stinkytofu10 Stinkytofu10
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Originally posted by Bignuf
How long have YOU been in this "Long Term Relationship" to call it "long term"?
Wonder if we are all thinking along the same lines?
6-10 years
10/16/2012
Contributor: mjtheprincess mjtheprincess
I'd say around two years of commited relationship is long term
10/17/2012
Contributor: souviet souviet
Long term is 3+ years, I think.

Been in a relationship for a year and a half. Halfway there?
01/09/2013
Contributor: HisLittleFiend HisLittleFiend
I call "long term" whenever you know you are committed to each other and not just "in love." Some people I know feel that after half a year. They get married, have happy marriages. It's not any less long-term because they figured it out in a shorter amount of time.
01/12/2013
Contributor: ashboo32 ashboo32
id say after about 2 years or so
01/12/2013
Contributor: butts butts
I'd say 2+ years is long term.
01/12/2013
Contributor: Gdom Gdom
Somewhere in the range of 1-3 or 3-6 years.
01/12/2013
Contributor: wrecklesswords wrecklesswords
We've been together for two years. When you compare it to relationships that are 5+ years, it's really not that long, but considering that we now live together and are starting to seriously talk about a life together, it's long-term to us.

A year isn't long-term. A year is the discovery phase, I think. You've been together for longer than a few months and you might want to be together longer, it's really uncertain.

I think a SOLID long-term relationship is more like 5 years and up, and after 10 years, I think it's pretty set in stone, but of course that changes, too with time.
01/12/2013
Contributor: Bleu Bleu
I say 2-3+ years. My boyfriend and I have been together 5 years and I'd say that is long term. Funny how people say 10+ years is but at that point you might as well be married. My boyfriend and I have known each other for a majority of each of our lives.
01/12/2013
Contributor: TrenchcoatHunters TrenchcoatHunters
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
How long have YOU been in this "Long Term Relationship" to call it "long term"?
Wonder if we are all thinking along the same lines?
3-6+ years
01/12/2013
Contributor: llellsee llellsee
I'd say over two years or if they are engaged/living together.
01/12/2013
Contributor: MsDrProfKitty MsDrProfKitty
I start thinking a relationship hits the long term mark at a year...this may seem silly to some but how I see it is if you're with someone for a year then that's a long time to just be dating someone. I considered my relationship long term and now we're at the two year mark and not planning on breaking up any time soon.
That's really cool that so many people here have been with their SO for so many years! It's really nice to see that ^-^
01/12/2013
Contributor: burtnuh burtnuh
Long term generally means longer than my previous relationships to me. Which would be 2 years, but now I'm at 4 years. I think it really depends on the person though.
01/14/2013
Contributor: Femme Mystique Femme Mystique
I'd say more than a year is long-term.
01/14/2013
Contributor: Hummingbird Hummingbird
And this year will be # 27
01/15/2013
Contributor: ToyBunny ToyBunny
I think it depends on your age and location a little. For example, I am in college at a school where partying and casual sex is rampant. Being in a relationship for more than 6 months is considered a long term relationship.
01/16/2013
Contributor: ToyBunny ToyBunny
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Originally posted by MeliPixie
I think many people will define "long-term" differently. In my humble opinion, it's not the number of years you HAVE lasted... It's your intention to last a lifetime that makes your relationship "long-term." My boyfriend ... more
Very well put! I agree.
01/16/2013
Contributor: Rory Rory
We've been together "long term". Married over 34 years and together 6 years before that. I think that would fit "long term".
01/16/2013
Contributor: Rraine Rraine
I say 3+ years is long term.
01/16/2013