Poll--True or False-- Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

Reminds me of the old joke "How can I miss you if you won't go away?"

In human relationships there are rarely statements that are totally true or totally false.

In my own experience, there were people who dropped out of my consciousness the moment they dropped out of my sight, but there have also been people on whom I've thought and to whose memory I have returned even years later. In the case of some old boyfriends, I remember vaguely why I left them or they left me, but I remember why I found their company worthwhile pretty vividly.

Anyone whom I could say I loved in the past, I still think of fondly and wish well. I may not wish to rekindle the romance, but time hasn't diminished the soft spot in my heart for them.

In the case of my husband of more than three decades....I miss him when I don't get to see him at lunch - I don't know if it is the absence of his person or just the nature of my dependence on him in my daily routine. I seem to grow fonder and fonder of him, and it has taken his being there for nearly 35 years for that love to grow to its current proportions. I am NOT looking forward to any time when he would be absent from me for long periods.

I would have to say that in most situations, the statement is false. It is dependability and shared history that has made my heart fonder of my husband, and his of me.

True. But too long of an absence can make anyone forget. When you're away from someone, You think about them, Then start to miss them but then might even forget them after a while or lose patience.

True and False.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.... for someone else.

Yes and no.. lol.

My bf and I aren't seeing each other till either late this year or early next year, he really has to focus on his school stuff. He's close to finishing and its really a tough time for him. So he can't have distractions and doesn't have time for gf.

In the beginning I was majorly missing him. Now it seems like I'm getting used to not having him around, which makes me kind of sad but c'est la vie. Everything in moderation.

Short enough, you miss the person. Too long, you get used to not having them around anymore.. emotional distancing.

Totally depends on who you are absent from. Like if Obama was absent from the U.S., I don't even that would make my heart grow fonder! If I was absent from my wife the that statement is true!

TRUE! I used to hate the place I lived, but when I went away to uni I totally missed it (not including my friends/family just the city and stuff). Really made me think of staying around this area once I graduate.

Peace.

Absence make her heart grow fonder

While I'm conquering the last frontier

Lately I've found myself wonderin' out loud

Wonderin' what I was doin' here

Very true. I have not seen my true love for a year and now I know I love him more than I ever had.

If you were very close before you left, then it's true. I believe that since for so many of my childhood friendships, it's been so easy to just jump back into with.

False - It is impossible to sustain a relationship over long distances. Romantic that is. To quote the Whitlams, "There's no aphrodisiac like loneliness, truth, beauty, and a picture of you."

Too many temptations if you're in different places around different people. Your lives need to intersect.