<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

Dear Reddit, some background: We met on my year abroad in 2010 and were close through the year but nothing happened.  Six months later when he told me on a Skype call that he'd had feelings for me too and I was apparently a blind idiot the year before (my words, not his).  Cut to just over six years since we've seen each other in person, I'm as in love with him as ever and he feels the same. 

Neither of us is in a position financially where we could be flying back and forth to see each other often, but we've also both been able to come up with excuses to not make a trip to see one another so far.  We seem to have opposing concerns about taking the next step; I'm afraid we'll never do it and keep dragging this on forever until one of us (most likely me) decides they've had enough, and he's afraid if we do that things will somehow turn out awful and we'll never speak again.  Damned if we do, damned if we don't, basically.  

I've tried suggesting a trip to a spot relatively between the two of us so neither has the individual burden of paying for an expensive flight and spending a whole day traveling.  He seemed open to the idea at first, but it's looking more and more like nothing is actually going to happen.  It feels like if this trip doesn't happen nothing ever will, and I would rather know sooner rather than later to end things with as little heartache as possible.  
 

So, what do I do?  Should I push back about this trip or keep going on the stagnant path we're on until we run out of excuses?
<bot>: Long distance is awful and we have no foreseeable future without taking a huge leap of faith or two- should I give an ultimatum about making a trip happen or cut my losses?