When I first knew and fell in love with my husband, it was long-distance. He lived in Dallas and I lived in Austin, which is nearly 4 hours away. If you want to, you can make stuff like that work by getting together every chance you get--and by staying in touch by phone and computer. In some ways, all the talking and communicating remotely allow you to get to know each other better. In your case, Yoda, it's not like you know yet that this needs to go in a long-term direction, right? So why not let yourself see where it might lead and try and keep open to the possibility before ruling it out because "I don't think it'll work"? These days with PCs and IM capabilities what they are, it's not difficult to stay in touch. And there are always highways and airplanes to bring people together in person.