Do long distance relationships work!?

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So I'm heading off to college this year. I'll be staying in state but my boyfriend is going to be a senior in high school. I'll be 40 minutes away from him and I feel like we can make things work. I can see him on the weekend or even the weekday because i can take a bus home. How do you make long distance relationships work? Especially if we have different schedules? I really really do love him and I don't want to lose him. I'm just worried it's not gonna work and I'm gonna be heartbroken. My friends think he'll cheat on me or if he was in my situation he wouldn't want anyone holding him back. I'm just not sure what to do.... Please help

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My fiancé and I started out long distance. I was in NY and he was in WV. I only got to see him once every other month if I was lucky. But we made an effort to text, call, and FaceTime each other every single day. And then we spent the whole summer together. Then he moved in with me last August. So it can work. It's really hard and sometimes you'll feel like giving up But if he's the one it's so worth it. Both of you need to put forth the effort though or it won't work

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It didn't work for me personally, but I was out of state and he stayed in state and we were 5 hours away from eachother. They CAN work, and you're less than an hour I just wouldn't let it hold you back

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Of course! It's hard but calling, texting, and skyping all make it a lot easier. My boyfriend and I haven't met face to face yet, but we've been dating for 9 months now. We're planning to see eachother for our one year anniversary but we have to see. It just depends on the people.

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I'd say it does. My boyfriend & I have been dating for 2 years now, & we live not only in two different countries, but two different continents. He's in Eastern Europe & I'm in USA. We have our ups & downs, but that's completely normal in any relationship. We spend summers together & have such an amazing time. Of course, eventually, we wanna live together, when that's possible.

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If you believe yes. I'm in a ldr right now, and I have been for the past 4 months, I have yet to see my boyfriend, but we talk and FaceTime every night. I'm planning a trip to see him soon though. It works :)

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I've had a few long distance relationships for long periods of time. When the relationships were over it wasn't due to distance it was due to other problems so I will say yes long distance can work. Distance didn't bother us it was other petty things that set us separate ways.

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Yes, they work! I'm in a LDR and we're over 9000 miles away from each other. Communication is key, text/skype etc as much as you can and know that there's going to be days where either one or both of you are going to be busy and might not be able to chat that day, only a text here and there.

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I've had a couple long distance relationships in college. I'm a senior this year (yikes) and the longest was about a year and a half. It's all a matter of effort and being willing to see each other and stuff. But fully accepting that you'll miss out on making friends if you try to see them every weekend. You have to decide which matters more I guess

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Honestly, it depends on the situation and your WILL to be in LDR.  I'm on LDR now with my BF for 4 months, he's American and I'm from Asia and our relationship is going strong. Lol 40 minutes away is just near :)

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It doesn't sadly 😓 i lost the love of my life because of the distance... It's impossible. Specially for men they cant hold themselves from other females.

Do long distance relationships work!?

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