Long Distance (ABSOLUTELY no content)

[The Yugoslavian]

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Distance is to Love as Wind is to Fire:
It will extinguish the weak & fan the strong [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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WTF?! [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

This is poetic and insightful and posted by Skipperbob, [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img].

Yugoslav

[Nicholasp27]

i had long-distance with my gf for 1 year, then she moved to my city and moved in with me and now we're engaged

i did visit her for a weekend once every 1-2 months and we talked on phone for hours/day

so it can work

[gildwulf]

Maybe I didn't make myself super clear in the OP...I'm not asking for whether we should stay together because we are staying together and will try and make it work. All I wanted was to hear other people's stories and people who have been through similar circumstances...

peace,
z

[A_PLUS]

How long are you planning to be apart? If it is an undetermined length of time, save yourself the trouble. If it is for something like a 2 year grad school program, maybe.

Here is how I would look at it. I am pretty much turning priest for this girl. You are not only giving up other women while she is gone, you are giving up ALL women. So, I need to be pretty sure I am marrying this girl. If I am pretty sure I am marrying her, we arent going to be living that far apart unless there is extreme short term circumstances.

[gildwulf]

My grad program is 12 months, she graduates from undergrad at same time and then we are planning to go live in a city somewhere in US or Canada. Preferably with a casino nearby:P

[Nicholasp27]

it can be done for a year if u are both determined and can trust each other

[A_PLUS]

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My grad program is 12 months, she graduates from undergrad at same time and then we are planning to go live in a city somewhere in US or Canada. Preferably with a casino nearby:P

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No quesstion give it a shot, just make sure you make enough with poker to fly back every few weeks. I think you will have a tougher time when it is done and you are stuck together in a little apartment, and she is pulling out, "Why is poker more important than me?"

I would also send her chocolates, cakes, etc all the time. You are going to be so desperate, that a few pounds wont bother you, but it should keep her lab partner at bay (trust me that dude is a slime ball). Then you can join a gym together in a year.

[durron597]

1) Wrong forum. Move to OOT for this.
2) Long distance rels suck.

[TheKentock]

I am about to enter my 3rd year of long-distance hell with my girlfriend. we dated for 2 years in highschool and 2 in college. I see her every 5 or 6 weeks, and we spend our vacations together. So i have been there longer than you are even planning to be.

I would say the most important thing to do is make sure you have lots of visits. We do one every 5 weeks roughly, and that weekend is devoted entirely to each other. Definitely clear your schedule fully before you/she visits. if you have a test, study early. If you can't afford plane tickets, drop down a limit and use your bankroll. That is, if your girlfriend is in fact more important to you than your bankroll. (sw)

As long as you make sure you see her as much as you can in the time that you are apart, you should be able to last. 12 months after 7 months will be tough, but at least that's the last time you'll ever have to do it.

[skipperbob]

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This is poetic and insightful and posted by Skipperbob

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Actually the line primarily used to "snare" the lovely Mrs. SkipperBob some 40 years ago [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]