Are aspies better suited for a long-distance relationship?

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I really like being in a long-distance relationship. He and I live on different continents and talk on Skype every other day. We both enjoy it, although he is a bit more clingy than I am but not by a whole lot. The last time we saw each other was in September.....he is coming to my place today and we will spend the next month together before we do long-distance again.
As this is my first long-distance relationship, I do not know if this is an arrangemenet I would like for the rest of my life, but I like it a lot at this point in my life.

Is this an aspie thing or just a personal thing? Are aspies better suited for long-distance relationships than most NTs, some of who can't fathom spending a day away from their SO.

I've done that before. I hated it. She didn't leave me the hell alone! At least it's easier to ignore someone when they can't blow up your phone...

Communication is very difficult through text messaging and e-mail, so naturally I don't like long distance. Skype didn't work very well, but at least her English was good when it did work.

I had a long distance relationship once a few years ago. I was stationed in Germany and she was back here in the states. We ended up engaged but it fell apart soon after I came home from the army. In hindsight I realize it can't work because it's hard to get to know someone that way well enough to build a solid relationship. Then again, she lied and cheated on me so my result may be atypical. It's possible that a long distance relationship with a good person may be workable but I'll never try it again.

Of say 6 in my Ingroup 4 [myself included] would be pretty good with long stretches of separation - at least in my case this has been demonstrated. 2, however, being higher in emotional reactivity and lower in self assurance would require more frequent contact.

My prime people are present to me even when physically absent, and I do not much miss them, but the 2 do miss.