Waiting for someone? Or waste of time?

well it goes like this - intensions are good - hopes go way up - possible meets the impossible - distant relationships only work when the distance is out of the way - i have heard a million times from both sides and it really is setting hopes on things that are nearly impossible to deal with - so my conclusion is meet someone local on line and things are way more possible and more real - there is a much greater hope in beliving in something that is already close then a hopeless situation too far away - so now when i meet people on line to date or get marryed - i dont even talk to the ones far away because it is way to hopeless and too many things happen that get in way - or something never gets started and words dont cover feelings - this doesant apply to all - but most