Have you ever taken a break from a long term relationship successfully?

Dammit, I've tried.

I've never been in a long-term relationship.

No; by your definition, I am currently in my only long-term relationship. We haven't taken a break.

Nope...If we broke up, it was for a reason....

The closest I came to this was I fooled around with a girlfriend (my first, actually) after I got back from college for the summer (where I'd had another relationship). There was no intention to get back together, I think it was just comfortable and it happened.

no

Yes, my boyfriend and I broke up for about a month after dating for about two years. It was a long distance relationship and we were fighting all the time. I was calling him WAY too much and feeling like I was doing all the work in the relationship. After not taking at all for a month we both realized that we didn't want to see other people and were commited to working things out. Things were amazingly better after that and we've been married for four years now and are doing great. I would say though, that if either of us had dated other people during that time it would have been too hard to get over that.

Yes, but we weren't broken up for long (compared to how long we were together, but at the time it seemed like forever). And, while we were broken up, we still talked to eachother, about our problems and life stuff in general. It takes a lot of work, and committment, but it can happen, it did for me! (We're still successfully and happily together for 7 years, and a year ago we were broken up for several months.)

How long is a break??

In my case ... most likely over a year A month or more, I suppose it's all relative to the amount of time spent together.

No, because I've never been in a relationship that long.

nope

yes, I was married once for 16 years...we are good friends now.

I hope one month will be all it takes, but then again, with me going off to Uni, I just hope to be in semi-regular contact.

Any hopes/plans of getting back together, or is that totally out of the question?

totally out of the question - but I am glad that we are friends since we have two children together - makes things much easier when dealing with them.

Took a 6 month break from a marriage, got back together, then after a couple years, the marriage finally disintegrated totally!

A very important factor with children involved.

My husband and I dated waaaay back when I was a freshman in college and he was in high school - but the timing just wasn't right for either of us and we were TOO young! We both needed to live a little more..... I broke it off because I couldn't do a long distance relationship while I was away at college....then after college I married someone else.
Funny thing is - I never let a single year go by without knowing what was up with him - without talking....always checking in....
And finally, when my first marriage was over and my divorce was final, our friendship turned into something bigger than we ever imagined. I discovered he was the love of my life and always had been.
It was staring me right in the face all along!!!!

yes. we dated off and on for about three years, took a two year break, which included my moving cross-country, but now we are back together and we both know this is it. We were young (in our 20s) and feeling too big for our own britches, so to speak. A lot has happened, especially when my health began to fail, and such problems gave both of us a lot of perspective. I have since recovered and it actually brought us closer together; such a cliche, I'm sure! ... We have every intention of making this a lifelong commitment. ... FINALLY! We knew from the beginning that the other was "the one" but we were both too stubborn to admit it :).

why do you ask?
i think in most cases it would not work. sometimes it does. it depends on the people.

I guess that would depend on your definition of "successfully" in this context.

About 4 times

How long does the break have to be for it to be a break?

No. I sometimes wish my recent divorce were just a break. My ex-wife is a great gal and we drifted apart when three members of her family died in a house fire a year into our marriage. I'm just very thankful she hasn't pulled away from me completely because she has never gotten over it. She lost many friends for her devastation unfortunately so she needs as many as she can maintain.

And I was A OK. Don't need a relationship to have a fulfilling life.

Yes I finally pried her grubby fingers off me and escaped town.