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Does absence make the heart grow fonder?

By Jennifer Karina

Recently, I met a young woman engaged to be married to her lover of seven years, who works abroad. He has no intention of relocating and they have agreed to have a long distance relationship of visiting one another twice a year. I wondered how the couple would manage the relationship. We’ve heard the cliché “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” so perhaps  it would work.

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