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About Us
Hi
!
This
is
Leon
and Mari
Louw from longdistancerelationshipsecrets.com
I
(Leon)
did
most of the
writing, but it’s definitely not my book, it’s
ours. It wouldn’t have been possible at all without Mari’s valuable
input. Therefore, I can truly say that we
are the authors of Long
Distance
Relationship
Secrets. It is the
most effective hands-on practical book available on the internet – or
anywhere else for that matter – dealing with the day to day struggles
of a long distance relationship.
 The
two
of
us
met in April of 2004 on a university hiking trip. I was in my
final year, and she was in her first year. We started dating on the 1st
of May 2004, and my studies ended in November of the same year. By
February 2005 I started working for a large mining firm, far away from
Mari, and so our own long distance relationship began.
It
lasted
for
a full two
year until we got married on the 16th of December 2006. After that it continued
for another full year before we were finally together. That put the
long distance part of our relationship at a total of 3 years.
We
had
lots
of support,
but also lots of bad advice and discouragement during those 3 years. I
was toying with the idea of creating a product to help others for quite
a while, and then...
...we
both had great
jobs at the same company and bought a very nice house. We thought this
was going to be our happily ever after. I mean, what more could we ask
for? We had comfortable high paying jobs and a great house and we could
see each other all the time.
Untill that fatefull morning, when we were called into the boardroom
full of very serious looking people. Fate decided to play us for a bit
of irony. I was still working on Long
Distance Relationship Secrets when we were suddenly forced to become a
long distance couple again. We were both retrenched due to the economic
downturn and I had no alternative than to take a contracting work in
the Democratic Republic of Congo - almost 5000km (~3000 miles) away
from home.
I
had
to
work 71 days on,
with a 21 day break. That's a full ten weeks, or almost two and a half
months that we don't see each other at all. But even that didn't last.
I got retrenched again (the economy was really bad then). At least we
ended up together then - even though we had a few very tough months to
make ends meet (including selling some of our furniture).
That’s
when
I
decided to
put pen to paper (or at least finger to keyboard) and document our
journeys, both in the past and now. I want to help others that are in
the same position as we were in before, and are in at the moment.
The
end
result
is Long
Distance
Relationship
Secrets.
It is more than just a book. It is a guide to
living the life any couple should try and live. The lessons you learn
in a long distance relationship is sometimes harder than in a normal
relationship, but the rewards are that much greater.
Best
of
luck,
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