go with your heart I say
I had a long distance one once.. I lived in brissy.. he lived in Geelong .. it lasted about 12 months all up... obviously it didnt work!

but the reasons why.. were it was a rebound relationship for both of us.. his wife had dumped him and I had something happen (not going into it) .. lots of trust issues.. he was a liar (and lied about stupid dumb shit as well as bigger stuff .. what a wanker

HATE liars

when I met him he moaned and groaned about how his wife just one day said she didn't love him anymore and said she was leaving.. and how he had no idea she was even thinking that way.. and yep.. I believed him!!!

10 months into it..I am at his place while he was was at work.. before he left I said.. where is your vac.. ill do your carpets while your not here.. give me something to do.. he told me where it was.. I said.. cool.. i'll move all your furniture and do a real good job.. he said.. cool thanks.. goes off to work.. I get the vac out.. move the lounge chair to vac under it.. and there is this pile of papers .. I picked them up to move them and saw the top one was a letter from his wife.. and yep.. curiosity got the better of me.. I read it!!.. in the letter she says how devastated she was to find out he had been having an affair and she can never forget when he told her he had met someone on the net (not me haha it was before my time!) and that he loved this woman and he was leaving her (his wife) for this woman .. I couldn't stop reading it then.. I had to know!.. I felt like I had been smacked in the head! I'm reading it thinking.. you lying f*cking b*stard!!!! you fooled me big time you prick!!
I never loved him.. but the sex was awesome!! first man I had ever met who could and wanted to have sex 10-15 times a day!! gotta love that

then i found out what he was really like and I couldn't stand him touching me
the thing is.. I wouldn't have judged him at all for what had happened in his life before me.. everyone has reasons for doing what they do .. its not my place to say whether it was right or wrong.. BUT.. he KNEW that.. but he also knew I despised liars .. yet he chose to lie to me.. so it was never meant to be...
so it was goodbye wanker!
so if you trust and love each other.. there is no reason it can't work for awhile.. but eventually one of you is going to have to move near the other one.. it wont work long distance for ever !
well that's my opinion anyway