Matters of the Heart, Distance and Time

Sometimes I think about stuff. I create these theories about this perfect world I live in in my mind. Admittedly some of them are far-fetched such as my concave chest theory. Despite it having the capability of solving the divorce rate, it is not achievable.
I also think about the age old question: can men and women really be friends. Friends that don't have or have ever had any feelings for each other. Is that possible. In my world I think it should be possible, but in reality I am having a hard time finding a good example.
Today I am contemplating this saying: Amor de lejos es amor de pendejos. Is that really true. And if it is, why? Why can't people love each other when they are not physically together. Surely a big part of love is psychological (for fear of using things like feelings or heart matters). I will admit that the physicality is a very present factor in this whole love thing. Yet there are people who live together and supposedly love each other without being intimate. I find it hard to believe that people make love every day. Chile ... that can be exhausting ... or a great way to get your exercise. Is it true that without that part of it, love cannot exist? Is that the water that keeps it alive?
Now, I don't see my parents every day; I don't see my sisters every day; I don't see my friends every day. Do I love them less? Or si this one of those fine prints that every contract seems to have. You can have long distance relationships only if it is not romantic love?
Men going to war. Will their wives or girlfriends love them less? Will they be forgotten? Will the men come back home, have a look at their wives and think: "What the hell was I thinking? Please send me back!"

I believe long distance relationships can be possible. I believe a love can be taht strong that distance is not an issue. What I suspect is that the person who made up the Amor de pendejos is probably a sad old man who has never had the strenght or courage to let go and love someone else so much that distance is no big deal.

The heart is a mysterious resilient thing. Why are people so afraid of letting it live?

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