You can stop feeling sorry for your friends in long-distance relationships: turns out, long-distance couples tend to have stronger relationships, according to a new study published in the Journal of Communication.
For the study, researchers from the City University of Hong Kong and Cornell University had 63 couples (30 of which were long-distance) keep track of every single interaction they had during the course of a week. Researchers also asked them how close they felt to their partner after each of these interactions. Sure enough, the long-distance couples reported higher levels of intimacy.
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