"Making a long-distance relationship work takes extra care, time and commitment. This one works because this couple are making a concerted effort to remain in touch, be thoughtful, romantic and even sexual though apart. They also have the necessary trust in each other not to feel insecure about what the other is doing when they're apart."

Amy: 24
Chris: 33
Sewanee, GA

The first time they went out, Chris told his date he had no interest in ever having babies. That was fine with then-19-year-old Amy, and even better now that she's 24 and has been married to Chris for three years. "Both of us are only children, have really busy jobs (Amy is a business operations analyst; Chris is a copier service technician), lots of outside interests and love to travel," Amy said. "In fact, I'd been engaged before I met Chris, and a large part of why that relationship broke up was because my fiance wanted me to be a traditional homemaker."