i can vouch for this, had a quick win with a girl for around 1 month, it's lovey dovey, felt like "the one", and did everything a couple would do, soon after she need to go oversea for work, we parted sadly and doesnt wish to leave each other.

first month of LDR still ok, i'm a steel willed person, and its just a few months so i think its no big deal, i can endure it

but problems start to come 2nd month onwards, spark is starting to lose on her side (but not mine), im still behaving as before, but she seemed slowly become more and more unresponsive, even want to avoid face time, over the course of few months i confronted at one point as i wonder why she's not eager to see me in facetime when that's the only option we can see each other

then as always i get excuses bla bla, at the end managed to wait for her to comeback, we dated immediately, but i realized she doesnt want to hold hands, play phone in front of me instead of talking to each other, then i realized it's lost cause and i finally wants to pull out, then she realized im leaving and wanted to get me back, round and round it goes, but eventually it didnt work out

TLDR - yes, LDR kills, no matter how wonderful it is before LDR
Disclaimer - i personally met quite a few couple who's been in LDR for YEARS but not months, highest record 7 years, they're still strong, i guess it takes 2 steel willed person to make it work, not just one

1 of my girl left me because i only sent flowers during valentines but her pursuers actually cross district to impress her, then she realised how useless i am and regretted chosen me, sometimes I wonder why others so lucky to get the ldr to work, so far all of my ldr ended in flames, despite my effort to maintain it, the effort just slowly decreasing from girls end, takes 2 to tango, if one stopped dancing, it's over

Then lemme add the extra detail, she did actually cross district just to meet me, give me surprises a few times before, she indeed has done a lot of good stuffs to me

I haven't travelled to her even once because of mco restrictions, she grabbed the right timing before mco got serious and insisted to come instead of me going over, because ultimately I don't feel right having girls drive long distance, I think men should drive all the time.

With my limited actions, I tried my best maintaining the relationship despite being separated on most days, and I can only do so much online, and didn't expect she actually compared me to her other more aggressive pursuer... Come on, there will always be better people than me outside, i can never beat them all, and you already chosen me, if going to compare everytime, I can't imagine how many times gonna change bf

Ps not yet try siham, still quite early in few months, and due to goddamn distance and most obvious is mco