I miss him - the dreaded long distance relationship

The most common thought when one packs their bags for a new town, a new life and most importantly a degree is 'Can we stay together?'

Long distance relationships, can they work?

In my personal experience I would have to say no but that is certainly not true of all.

There are a lot of factors which can be influential in the outcome.

There are people I've seen stay together beyond the distance and are happy.

Of course when someone moves to another city, making friends becomes important.

You're thrown into situations that are new and exciting and the old life, and the boyfriend can easily be forgotten.

Finding the time to see other and expenses become major issues.

If the relationship is with someone from your own home town then this is definitely easier.

Though it depends what he does for a living is he at university or working full time.

For a student weekends are usually for working and during the week for university and deadlines.

Therefore this busy schedule makes it different to find the time to see other.

And because when you do get to see each other i.e. every other weekend you will try upmost to make it special.

'The most important thing that you can do is talk to your partner and make sure they know how you are feeling and that you know how they are feeling. Try to be

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This can put a strain on the weekend and your time together, what if it ends in argument and spend the whole time being annoyed with one another.

Communication is a very important factor, as generally you will spend most of your time on the phone to one another, you will need to raise issues if you are having doubts or feeling insecure about the way things are going.

And most important above all this you need to have trust; because you will spending so much time apart you will have to feel secure enough to let him do what he wants to do and him the same.

'The most important thing that you can do is talk to your partner and make sure they know how you are feeling and that you know how they are feeling.

Try to be romantic and to keep things interesting and most importantly try to enjoy yourself because that after all is what love is about'.

Ultimately, I think key aspect in getting through a long distance relationship is to know there is an end in sight.

Knowing or at least planning the day you will both be in the same city, otherwise it may just fizzle out!

Of course, you may think I'm just being a pessimist but it definitely is hard work.