<p>I met my boyfriend online 3 years ago, and we've been together for two of those years. He lives in PA, I live in Hawaii. We've been doing fine, with several long visits back and forth. He's been in college for a year now--I didn't mind much, because it was very informative to have someone to tell me what to expect. But trust was definitely key.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'll be going to the same college as him next month. I didn't choose the college based on him, but of course, it's a plus. I expect we'll do better than ever, with the strain of distance off our shoulders, though I'm sure that'll be a shock of its own.</p>
<p>Agreed. Coming to college is a shock as it is. You're going to be challenged mentally, physically and emotionally. Your life will be very busy and you're going to be bombarded with new experiences to try, some of them wonderful, others very difficult. A long distance relationship only adds to the stress.</p>
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Im going to USC this year and leaving my gf behind in Las Vegas. We will only be 4 hours away and I plan to come visit at least once a month. I really luv her and hope we can work it out, but i must admit, part of me wants to live it up in college and experience other girls. Not to be conceded or anything, I consider myself a good looking, socially outgoing guy and i want to live it up while im young. But I am going to give it an honest effort to work it out with my gf.
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<p>Good luck, but unfortunately, what happens in vegas, stays in vegas</p>
<p>My boyfriend and I have been together for a year and two months. We're going to do our best. I live in NC and will be in New Orleans for college. I've got a long weekend planned for coming home in mid October, which is about five weeks after school starts. What happens happens, but we're going to try to sway it in our favor. You can't give up your education for someone, but I feel like I'd be giving up if we didn't try to make this work. He's like my other half, and my best friend.</p>
<p>I'm only 3 months with my bf, but for 2 months of that he's been 3000 miles away in Boston, MA. We're trying our best to keep it going, but it's hard. He's gonna be home for a week in August because he has to repeat an exam, but then he'll be back to Dublin for good on 12 September (coincidentally the day the new term starts for me). We both live in Dublin, and have the same major, but we go to different colleges.</p>
<p>I'm joining college there,I'm from England and I hope to keep my relationship.Mind you, were gettin a bit rocky and I aint there yet!If we get back on track then I won't see my boyfriend for every 3 months it's gonna be hard but if it's meant to be its meant to be.</p>
<p>I think that your freshman year should be devoid of relationships because (of that nature) because it should be a time of discovery. How you choose to discover is up to you :) I wouldn't want my signficant other to grow to resent me because he didn't get to 'experience' life. Any LDRs are a strain regardless if in college or otherwise. If you're in a relationship and you seriously want to keep it, then you work at it. It just might be harder in LDR because the other's presence isn't there and sometimes you want the comfort of another...</p>
<p>I'm an incoming college freshmen (commuting about 45 minutes to a smaller local university), and my boyfriend just started his senior year in high school. </p>
<p>I intend to (and yes, these plans existed prior to our relationship) transfer to a larger school in D.C. or Boston next year, and luckily, those are the areas where my boyfriend had been interested in also. We're both drawn to more metropolitan areas than our home state (FL) has to offer, and hopefully, the transition will be a positive one for both of us. I've always looked at going together as a bonus: it's always seemed like a positive driving force that's given me enough of a comfort zone to be accepting of so many of the other changes associated with college, rather than a hinderance that will prevent me from having new experiences and making friends. </p>
<p>My only concerns are that, even though we'll be living in the same city, we, in all likliehood, won't be attending the same school (since we've both decided it's more logical to attend schools for academic strength in our field, financial aid, yadda yadda, than to go to the same school to be closer to eachother), which is obviously going to create some degree of seperation, and, as with all college relationships, our time together is going to be limited. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with going to different schools in the same area (less than 45 or 30 minutes driving time)? Obviously these things vary from couple to couple, but feedback and reassurance (or tips) are always nice :)</p>