Long Distance Relationship - Making It Work

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<p>Our History: Over our last year in high school we became friends. By winter break we had feelings for each other. By the end of the year we were best friends and pretty much dating. And once high school ended we were boyfriend/girlfriend. Over the summer we spent literally everyday with each other. We fell on love with each other and now that college has come up, we have to go to different schools. </p>

<p>She's going to school in Alaska and I'm going to school in Colorado. So we are in different time zones...</p>

<p>We prepared everything out and we are both extremely open about our issues/feelings. We both see a future with each other (marriage, kids, ect...) We both can't see a life without the other, and we love each other tremendously! And we both want this to work and both of us are willing to try our best to make it work. </p>

<p>We are currently, Skyping, calling, texting, and sending each other care packages every now and then. We are Skyping everyday at night for about 60 min to 80 min and we text through out the day. </p>

<p>Any other tips? I go back home to Alaska winter break. So we're gone 4 months. She's planing on doing a year down at my school next year! </p>

<p>Any successful stories? Tips? Or anything would be helpful. Even if you were in a long distance and it didn't work out, why didn't it?</p>

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<p>Hey, that sounds like my situation, the difference being that my boyfriend went into the army (active duty) at the beginning of my second quarter.</p>

<p>Though honestly, I’m not the best one for advice because I’m coming from the military perspective, e.g. only being able to talk to them a few minutes on one or two days a week, being ecstatic for any contact (even if it’s just a “hi”) when they’re on field exercises/missions, that kind of thing. You handle it differently than “regular” long distance relationships, from what I’ve seen of my peers in said “regular” LDRs.</p>

<p>If you want specific details, PM me; I’d rather not post a lot of this stuff publicly. If it’s something general, I can probably answer it here.</p>