How can I get my air force girlfriend off my mind?

[Iwantittoend]

My girlfriend left for the Air Force yesterday morning. Since then, she's been on my mind constantly and it leads me to tears just thinking of her or seeing a picture of her. Plus it doesn't help that I worry our relationship won't last in the time apart because she acted distant in the days leading up to her leaving. I kind of regret crying so much and telling her how much I'll miss her, I should've been more supportive. I wish I could just tell her. She used her friend's cell phone to call her aunt last night but didn't call me at all...which made me kind of upset. I need to hear her voice so bad right now and tell her how proud I am of her. This is killing me. It's only been a day and I feel like **** already.

 

Has anyone here ever had their significant other leave for the military? She'll only gone for 5 months and after basic training (6 weeks), she'll be able to talk to me. But it's going to seem like forever. I never thought it would be this hard and it just shows how much I love her.

[Mythical_Suicide]

Find something to keep you busy and to keep your mind off of her, take up extra activities, do whatever you have to do so you aren't sitting around dwelling on her and making yourself miserable thinking about all of these things and missing her.

 

I know how hard it is for someone you love to be gone, my ex was in the military and was deployed for 5 1/2 months after we had only been dating for 3 months and it was so hard on me but I just kept myself busy with my friends and other things that the time actually passed by really quickly. Just think about the time when you will be able to talk to her and see her again and whatever you do DONT countdown the time until she gets back, it will only make time go by slower and sucks!! Also, please please please stop worrying about the relationship not working out, that is not good for you nor her nor the relationship! Thinking like that will in the end only cause the relationship to do just that and fall apart. So just keep yourself busy! make some new friends, hang out, have fun!!

[lonelygemini]

I had a bf who was in Navy ROTC and had a month or so tour on a boat. Basically, he couldn’t even call me unless he was on land. At some point for like a week, he couldn’t email me. I was going nuts, but I was trying to stay busy and chill with my friends. It was good to keep my mind off of him plus we had something new to talk about whenever we did get to talk.

[theartofruin]

I don't have a very high opinion of the military or other branches of it. Every person close to me or that I've known of who's run off and left their SO behind hasn't come back. Just my experiences, I'm sure there's success stories somewhere. But the fact that she called her aunt and not you is harsh. Guess you just have to wait it out, nothing much else you can do.