25 days.
The countdown is on! It’s borderline unreal to me that Stephen and I are finally going to be in the same town after two years apart. I will finally stop having to go stag to events during the week. Our visits will not just be every four to six weeks or longer. We are going to be in a the kind of relationship where you can make plans the same day to see each other that night. Y’all I can’t wait.
If you’re new here, Stephen is my boyfriend. We have been together for three years, but two of those have been long distance. You can read a little more about our relationship here. I know I’m one of the lucky members of the long-distance club. We we’re only two hours apart (four with Friday Atlanta traffic) and four to six weeks seems like nothing to those separated by months and months. With our schedules though we almost never actually talk, just text here and there. So when we see each other we literally spend the whole time catching up on everything we have missed.
Anyways, since we are so close to the end, I decided I would impart my “wisdom” to those who may still be in a long distance relationship. I use the term wisdom loosely…this is really everything I did wrong, we had a fight about, and by some miracle made it through to the other side.
I'm so excited for you that you'll finally both be in the same place!! My boyfriend and I have been together for 7 years and I feel lucky that we only had to do long distance for the first 10 months of our relationship. We were two hours apart, but were huge babies and took turns visiting almost every weekend haha I do think that living your own life is a great advice whether you're living long distance or not!
So excited for you! My fiance and I dated 4 years throughout college being 5 hours apart. It is hard! But like you said it's manageable with the right attitude!
oh yay!! I'm so excited for you!! LDR's definitely separate the boys from the men!
love this so much. my husband and i dated long distance for a year and a half, broke up, got back together when i moved here and now we're (obviously) married. we met and spent 4 days together, then i had to go back home, so it was long distance from the get go. it was the hardest thing i ever did and i wouldn't wish it on anyone.. but it's also the easiest because there was never any question, you know? because i lived in Oz and he lived here, it was hard to visit but it was necessary. my number one thing that i learned was that communication was key and miscommunication is evil!! so many arguments / hurt feelings caused by miscommunication. although, we communicate like pros now 😉
Am I the only one who hasn't done long-distance before?! Congratulations! It definitely takes two special people to make LDRs work.
Wow! Four years! You deserve a medal!
I think it is SO important to live your own life. If you have to change any part of who you are or what you like to do to please the other, I don't think that person is the one for you!
Thank you! This is SO true!
It's not! It's really hard, but in the end we know it's worth it!
Miscommunication is the root of all evil! You're right, it is so so important to communicate effectively. I'm the worst at interpreting things incorrectly and it always ends in disaster.
Thank you! I'm so excited! I'll definitely be looking to you for tips with living with a boy…
OMG! How huge. This is going to be so amazing for the two of you (but I'm sure you knew that already). I don't know that I could do long-distance at this point in my life, so I give anyone who does it major credit!!
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