Background: Long Distance Relationship (LDR) describes the physical geography of the partners and has been a typical occurrence in today's world. The study emphasizes that being separated, especially right after marriage, will either make or break the established bond between spouses due to the distance serving as an obstacle in their must-be adjustment period. Methods: A phenomenological research was utilized in this qualitative study to understand the everyday difficulties faced by newly-wed couples who are currently in a long-distance relationship, relative to the central question: "How do newly-wed couples handle their relationship after living separately brought about by working abroad of a partner?". Data were gathered using a twenty-five semi-structured interview and were analyzed using an inductive approach for thematization. Findings: Findings have shown the common difficulties such as emotional loneliness, misunderstandings, and lack of physical presence, lack of trust, and infidelity are faced by the interviewed spouses. Conclusion: Long-distance couples make not break their relationship by facing everyday difficulties together through marital compromise, personal development, communicative atonement, and digital connectivity. Recommendation: The study recommends to not engage in a long-distance relationship in the early stages of marriages. Moreover, to fill in the literature gap, this study recommends a better understanding of perspectives by interviewing both spouses and increasing the number of respondents with varying sexualities and nationalities.

Long-distance Relationship

Newly-wed Couples

Relationship-formation

Relationship Struggles

Communication