How do we build and protect trust in a marriage separated by distance?

Trust in a long-distance marriage is built through consistent openness, not through spying or interrogation. Volunteering information about your day, your companions and your finances reassures the heart better than suspicious checking. Set clear expectations together about communication so that neither feels neglected or controlled. Avoid private one-to-one conversations with anyone that could give rise to scandal, and guard your gaze and your company. When suspicion arises, ask kindly rather than harbouring assumptions. Pray for each other; a heart that is prayed for is calmer. See communication & emotions.