If You Are Involved in a Long Distance Dating Relationship

question 47

Multiple Choice

If you are involved in a long distance dating relationship, the one factor that best predicts your chance of staying together is:

• A)moral commitment of both partners to keep the relationship together
• B)how far the partners are separated from each other
• C)how long the partners are separated from each other
• D)the degree to which the partners are religiously devout

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