How far would you drive for love?

Or even a booty call? Gas went up again. Times are not cheap. (But here's some cheap date ideas if you are looking.) Which makes me wonder, how far are people willing to go for dates with gas prices so high? 

My Novio is visiting from Colombia and he's staying with his fam up north of the river. It hurts our pockets a little bit driving back and forth, but we rarely get to see each other so we do it and I don't mind at all.

But the driving is temporary.

What about people who have to do that on a regular basis? Are couples dating "long-distance" between Harrisonville and Liberty or KC and Wichita giving up right now? Or just deciding to move in together? If a relationship between a KC person and a Lawrence resident was just on the edge of blooming, do you think they're deciding to call it quits? 

Or let's say you meet someone awesome on an online dating site or at a bar. They live in Excelsior Springs and you live in Brookside. This is a drive you might have considered before, but now you wonder if it's worth the gas money for somebody you may or may not end up liking. And if you drive 30 miles for a date somewhere, are you pissed if you don't get a kiss?

I would be.

But I hate driving.

I once crossed a boy off my list because he lived somewhere off Barry Road. No thank you. A few years ago I considered driving to Overland Park for a date a huge compromise on my part. I did it because the guy was really hot. Plus he bought dinner and good wine, and gas wasn't $4.

Things didn't work out, but I should have stayed friends with him. He owned a gas station.