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Abstract.

Getting married and living a married life of course have the same desire, namely
wanting to have a happy and harmonious household because marriage can make a person's
life happier. Life in marriage can be done in two ways, namely long-distance marriage
(commuter marriage) or living in one house (proximal marriage). Long-distance marriage
is a man or woman in a marriage who has two careers, where each has a desire to maintain
the marriage but voluntarily chooses to keep a career so that the couple feels a strong
commitment. In addition, economic needs require that one of them be placed in a different
place and far away. Long-distance relationships are usually prone to conflict, due to limited
time to meet, poor communication, misunderstandings, and so on. So that a household that
adopts the long-distance concept often looks inharmonious because of the lack of intensity
in the meeting, so it becomes the cause of vulnerability to conflict. The method used in this
study is qualitative, informant collection techniques using purposive sampling, data
collection techniques: interviews, participatory observation, and documentation. Data
analysis techniques use interactive analysis and test the validity of the data by means of
triangulation. The results of the study describe the dynamics of long-distance relationship
communication between husband and wife in maintaining a marriage and long-distance
communication strategies used by husband and wife in maintaining a marriage.

Keywords : Dynamics; Communication; Strategy; Long Distance Relationship; Marriage