Advice on long distance relationships?

After this year, my boyfriend is leaving for college.


We've decided we're going to stay together and keep on touch while he's gone.


He'll be about 2 1/2 to 3 hours away and will come home for holidays, but doesn't sound like he's going to visit home much otherwise.


I know he won't cheat on me, and I won't on him, but for the past year and a half that we've been together, he's lived in my neighborhood.


I think I'm going to have a hard time dealing with not seeing him, and I was wondering if you think it can last. I know I have the rest of this school year and the summer to spend with him, but I cannot stop thinking about it.


I'm really scared to see him leave and I was wondering if anyone had any advice?





We've been together a year and a half, and we have known each other for years. We're really close, and I know people say that people always find other girlfriends in college, but I don't think that will be much of a problem.Advice on long distance relationships?
Don't let anyone tell you whats right for you guys


But in my experience..which is 2 and half happy years with my love who lives over 9 hours away in another country. The main element in a long distance relationship is trust. It is gonna be hard i'd never say it isn't but think about the times you see him again.Treasure your time together and you will get through this





I am seeing mine in 44 days when he gets home from the army Yay!Advice on long distance relationships?
I am in a long distance relationship right now. I am in Minnesota and she lives in China. We met through the internet and have been communicating for some time. I am going to visit her for the first time next year. I believe when you have built a solid relationship that includes trust and honesty not much will get in the way of being apart from each other. If the relationship is meant to be you will find ways and means to see each other.
Long distance relationships don't work. Period.
Long distance relationships are difficult, not because people ';cheat';, but because you are both in different environments and you both change. This is a normal part of growing up. You will both meet new people and it is unrealistic to expect either of you not to go out for 4 years. You are not going to ';stay together'; because you will NOT be together. Since you are not married he cannot ';cheat'; on you per se, nor you him. Live your life and let happen what may happen. Of course it can last, but there can be no guarantee that he won't meet someone else or that you will not meet someone else.
rules for a Long Distance Relationship (LDR)





1. daily contact--phone, email, webcam, whatever. just have some sort of contact with each other on a daily basis.





2. clear ground rules for what your expectations with each other are while you are separated.





3. scheduled physical contact with each other during the separation. This one isn't about sex. It's about being in the same physical space and visiting and hanging out with each other. going on dates together, sharing a meal or watching a movie.





4. The Long Distance part of the relationship MUST be temporary (1 year, 2 years, 6 months, 5 years?). Have a specific set date when the long distance will end and the two of you will be in the same zip code again.








understand that change happens whether you want it to or not. The above rules don't guarantee that you or him won't meet someone else you'd rather be with or that the two of you won't grow apart anyway. They are just a guideline for how to have your relationship survive an extended time apart.





as in any relationship, both of you have to want the same things and have the same goals for your relationship to survive.





Good Luck.