Different Area Codes

"If you are in different area codes, it's not cheating." Those words resinate in my mind. Is this true? Does being in a different area code make cheating ok?

Over the past month, Jeff and I have realized that while this move we have made will benefit our future, it is leaving us unfulfilled right now. We have been going about everything thinking positively, trying to remember how this will make our relationship stronger, help us both reach our professional goals, blah blah blah. All the things that someone trying to make a ridiculous situation sound normal would say.

This stuff we have been saying all along is wonderful. But, really, living hundreds of miles apart leaves something to be desired. So, the question is how to we solve this problem. With an open relationship of course.

Never, I mean never, had I ever considered such a thing. But, on that blessed day in September 2007 when we exchanged vows, we promised to honor and cherish each other. With that, I cherish Jeff enough to allow him to fulfill his desires. And he feels the same about me.

Do I have fears about this? Of course. How many major decisions are made without some fear? I can simply turn on the television and realize the problems that can come. Does David Letterman ring a bell? I can't imagine the pain his wife is going through. Once it starts, maybe there is no way to end it. I am hoping that, in our case, proximity will help. For while we are in different area codes, there is no such thing as cheating. But, we will not be in different area codes forever!