<p>Me and my girlfriend have been dating for almost 20 months now. I'm a senior, and she's a junior. I know we're both young, but I really do love her. However, aside from that, I've been accepted to my dream school (UT Austin) which is about three hours away from where I currently live. I know college starts next year for me, but we constantly talk about this problem which gets me worried. I really want to stay in a relationship with her, but at the same time I want to enjoy the college experience. Any advice on what to do?</p>
<p>Go to someone who cares! 
haha jk. But seriously go to “datingproblems.com” <— not a real website btw. but this is CC… We don’t care about dating problems -___-</p>
<p>If you’re going to be one of those party guys at UT who hooks up with random girls when you’re drunk, then end the relationship so you don’t hurt your girlfriend by cheating. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if you can restrain yourself and stay clean from alcohol and all that, try a longish distance relationship and see how it works out. </p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>If you really do love her than you can try long distance but that is really sketchy to some people. I have a friend who is a senior now and her boyfriend is a freshmen in college and they are still going strong. But if you know that you’re going one away and might be hooking up, you should end it. Do whatever your heart feels.</p>
<p>The happiest married couple I know met in high school. By the time they reached college, they decided to see other people and enjoy the college experience, and they got back together in the end and are still going strong 40 or so years later.</p>
<p>But you can always just try a long distance relationship. Who says it has to end just because of college? You both decide when and how it ends, if it does.</p>
<p>Good luck, I’m in the same situation. My bf is a senior and I’m a junior, but we’ve been dating for 9 months which isn’t as long as you guys obviously.</p>
<p>If you’re willing to take the time and effort to make a long distance relationship work, then go for it. That is if you think she’s worth it, and if she thinks that you’re worth it. If you two really love each other, then that should be enough to keep this relationship going. But if you’re considering throwing that away for some “college experience,” then maybe you don’t feel as strongly about her as you think you do.</p>
<p>And ignore Smarty1201. These posts make the site more interesting.</p>
<p>I do have strong feelings for her. It will just be really hard. We will be having different lifestyles and everything. I just don’t know how to deal with it.</p>
<p>Similar situation :l 18 months so far and trying to decide how to be together and still experience life. Skype is a bigggggg help, and honestly, 3 hours isn’t that bad. It’s definitely manageable, you could probably see her once a week! Maybe an entire weekend if you bring your hw, lol. Honestly, worst comes to worst, maybe you just take a break until the summer before she goes to college too. If you truly do love her, don’t let yourself cheat or get carried away. Good luck to you both, I really hope it works out for you!!!</p>
<p>First of all, three hours is really not that long at all! You could totally see her every weekend :)</p>
<p>Second of all, if you really want to keep your relationship going, take my advice: don’t act like you’re all high and mighty and way too mature to hang out with her anymore once you start going to college. If you plan on doing this, you should just break if off now. My bf started going to community college when I entered my junior year of high school, and as soon as that happened suddenly I was completely “immature” and didn’t understand how much work he had to do and blah blah blah. It completely destroyed our entire relationship, and we had been going out for 3 1/2 YEARS. It was also rather ironic that he thought he was doing soooo much more work than me; he was the one taking a only few classes and playing video games all the time (not once when I called him was he actually doing homework), while I was the one studying literally every waking moment, sacrificing sleep and meals, and working 7 days a week to try to keep up my grades. So if you still want her to be your gf in college, don’t make the mistake that my bf did. High schoolers may not be able to relate to the sudden transition to college, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t mature, hard workers too.</p>
<p>Anyway, best of luck in your relationship! Hope it works out for you :)</p>