Do Long Distance relationships Work?

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<p>Hey you guys. Hmm. My girlfriend is leaving for college soon and I'm still stuck in high school (one year left). She just graduated from school, even though I'm a month older. That sucks. </p>

<p>She's going to Stanford while I'm stuck in Los Angeles in another year. I really like her a lot and she likes me a lot. We have so much in common and we can read each other's minds practically. I mean, I can apply to Stanford and have a chance to get in, but that will be in a year (I'm going to become a senior). Do long distance relationships work? It's not too long (Palo Alto to Los Angeles), but still.</p>

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<p>maybe friends but as for relationships no way! Sorry dude.</p>

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Hey you guys. Hmm. My girlfriend is leaving for college soon and I'm still stuck in high school (one year left). She just graduated from school, even though I'm a month older. That sucks.</p>

<p>She's going to Stanford while I'm stuck in Los Angeles in another year. I really like her a lot and she likes me a lot. We have so much in common and we can read each other's minds practically. I mean, I can apply to Stanford and have a chance to get in, but that will be in a year (I'm going to become a senior). Do long distance relationships work? It's not too long (Palo Alto to Los Angeles), but still.
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<p>The question is: "Are you stupid?"</p>

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<p>I would have to say it wouldn't work. Sorry!</p>

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<p>Chances are slim to none.</p>

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<p>I disagree. I met Zant here on CC and she lives in NY, me in Oregon. We stayed together for a year before we knew where we were going to college. Now I will be but an hour away from her next year and things will work out great. Things can work between you two as long as you're devoted enough to stick to it. The only person that can ask the question "Will this work?" is yourself. How badly do you two want to be together?</p>

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<p>you are dating someone that you met on CC? thats interesting... have you two ever met?</p>

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<p>In all honesty aha123, save yourself the headache. </p>

<p>The temptations are so great in college; the last thing you need to be doing is dwelling on what she is doing.</p>

<p>Enjoy your senior and do not worry about long distance relationships.</p>

<p>Chances--based on what I've witnessed in the past--are that the relationship will fall apart.</p>

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<p>ryan2288: I met her last July on CC, we met in August physically to go visit colleges, we met again for Christmas break, she came to my prom in April, I went to her prom and graduation in May, she came to my graduation in June, and now I am staying with her till the end of summer in NY while working at a law firm before we head off to college. It's strange that we met on CC but I'm glad to have found her :)</p>

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<p>wow... never knew this is the type of place that breeds romance. Congratulations.</p>

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<p>Lmao!</p>

<p>(((((((()))))))))</p>

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<p>Well I had a rather egotistical little prat, 5 years younger than me, hitting on me over PMs... :(</p>

<p>I'm in a long distance relationship at the moment. We're on separate continents, separated by the Atlantic Ocean... He's in Boston, MA and I'm in Ireland. But he's gonna be back home for a week next month because he's gotta repeat a college exam and then back for good in September :)</p>

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<p>I don't think they really work that well. But, I think it's different for every person.</p>

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<p>oh man kirby i think i know who you are talking about
he needs to be banned from cc for life</p>

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<p>yeah... At 21 I find the idea of a 16 year old hitting on me a bit creepy.</p>

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<p>Long distance relationships do work, I've been in one with someone I met at a site called LUElinks...and him and I have met, even though he lives in South Carolina and I in Pennsylvania. Our parents know eachother as well too. He right now just finished his freshman year at a community college near his home, and is 18 years old right now. I am just about to enter my senior year and then apply to college like Clemson and similar. We've been together since early March, and it's working out perfectly fine.</p>

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<p>Really depends on what type of relationship you do have... and what both of you want..
Meeting over CC's really awesome... any other success stories out there?</p>

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<p>legendofmax, that is extraordinary. congratulations.</p>

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<p>I went out with a girl who lived an hour away for about nine days before I got sick of her and she didn't dig the "online" thing. We had this on and off connection for weeks at a time, and I finally met her 11 months later at an MUN conference. It's a bit scandalous, really. She broke up with her boyfriend right before the MUN conference and asked if there was any chance that something could happen. We've decided to hold anything off until we can at least drive so we could see each other more often. Hahah we're so young it's not even funny. We may end up at the same college, though!</p>

<p>I would say put it on hold until you can see each other more regularly. If you can't start it up again, you didn't have much in the first place.</p>

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<p>Ahh shhh legend, stop telling everyone, it's embarassing :o</p>

<p>I think the bigger problem here isn't the distance, but how different your lives will be with her in college and you in high school. It is a big change from hs to college, and she may have different focuses, different hours--a completely different lifestyle. That being said, it isn't impossible. Anything can work-- you can try staying together, keeping in mind that it might not work. Worth a shot, right?</p>