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A great relationship can weather distance. If you and your significant other are really into each other, then it should be fine as long as you communicate each others expectations and goals. Here's what I suggest: sit down with your significant other a month before leaving for college and figure out how often you want to talk on the phone, figure out how often you'll travel to see each other and who will be doing the traveling, and figure out how much time you'll spend together when you're both home for holidays (Thanksgiving, Winter Break, Spring Break, Summer Break, etc.). Also, if one of you is going to be a lot busier than the other because of classes or other activities, make sure you communicate that so the other one of you doesn't feel that he or she is being spurned for time on the phone. If you really work at it, you can make it work and when you're done with college, you'll have an incredibely strong relationship.

My girlfriend is in another country because her mother's company made her family move abroad for a new posting. We have spent the last 2 years apart and it's been really tough. She's going to come back to the US for college and we'll see if we both get into the same schools. We are both applying to only Top 25 schools and so if we both get into one that's really good, we could be together again. We spend a lot of time on Skype because we like talking and she comes to see me whenever she's in the US because her relatives live in our town. It's going to be tough but you can do it if the love is there. Good luck!

well the distance doesn't matter if u two love each other nothing should be impossible. But if u guys think that it might not work out than it wouldn't its what u guys feel and think not us.

I was in a long distance relationship a year ago, exactly. He lived six months here, and six months in europe. I suggest avoiding a long distance relationship unless you really see a future with this person. After it was over, I felt like I had wasted time 'waiting' like he had asked me to do. Don't put life on hold for that person unless marriage is definitely in your future.

Long distance relationships are just a bad idea. Unless you're engaged or sure that you want this to end up in marriage, it's going to be nearly impossible to make it work. Both of you are going to be surrounded by attractive boys and girls at your college and are going to be tempted. Talking on the phone everyday won't make up for the lack of physical contact. One of you might want more time on the phone than the other and that's bound to cause conflict. You're going to miss being able to hold hands, kiss, and just hang out. I would suggest that you and your boyfriend/girlfriend decide to break up and then see how things are after your first year at college in the summer in between your freshman and sophmore year.

It's nice to be all sappy about how long distance relationships work out but one person always ends up cheating on the other or wanting to cheat on the other because they are bored. Just don't do it. What's the point of a long distance relationship anyway? What if you guys both get jobs or grad schools in different cities and don't end up living in the same city? Then what? You just wasted 4 years of college dating someone you're not even going to be near. It's college. Go have fun - meet new people and broaden your horizons.

my girlfriend is in college right now and we just make a point of talking a lot and hanging out when she's in town. my parents don't let me go visit her but I can understand that. Sucks!

you dont break it up with him your better then him anyway