Hello everyone! First I wanted to say that I think this is a great place and normally don't post on forums like this, but something about this place particularly drew me, and I feel comfortable openly asking questions and receiving ya'lls advice. So onto my inquiry ...
I've been in a long distance relationship for about a year and 3 months now. Some background info: He's a 26 yr. old college graduate with a stable career and I'm a 21 yr. old undergrad student. When I'm at school, we're 1 1/2 hours away. My "home" (where my parents live) is an hour away, and during the summer I work at a summer camp that's only 15 minutes away, but since it's an overnight camp I don't have the luxuries of free evenings and days to spend with him as much as we'd like, obviously. I was also in NYC this past fall, but he visited several times on his own and for work related trips. Currently on average we get to see each other once a week.
My question is that despite all this distance, we have a very healthy relationship but we know it won't last like this forever. I'm already looking into grad schools in his local area, but I was curious as to how might a relationship change that has been long-distance for so long and then suddenly becomes short distanced? I've heard stories from other friends in similar situations. Some of the relationships just fall apart because they can't handle being that close all the time - they're not use to it. And there are those that end up working out, but they have a lot of other issues to work through first.
We're both busy people with lots of hobbies and activities as well as just generally independent. But when we are together we can't get enough of each other and, for example, when I was in NYC he visited for Thanksgiving for 5 consecutive days. We were together every single moment and did not fight once or even feel tired with each other.
So there are good signs that it might not be that huge a deal, but I was curious as to any advice any of you might be able to give, what to expect, or even some own personal stories of having an LDR become an SDR.
Thank you!!
Laura
