I can’t believe time has flown this much. My SO is leaving for California in less than a month, transferring from USAF to the national guard. I have to stay in the UK and finish my degree for the next year, maybe 2.

I’m so scared. Of course I support him in whatever will better his career and make him happy, but it’s really hitting me hard. He’s not great at communicating so I’m terrified we’ll drift apart. We only ever argue when he’s deployed, usually because of the communication problems, so I’m not looking forward to that.

I’ve talked to him about it and he keeps saying the same thing: that it’ll be okay and it’s not for very long. I believe him but it doesn’t make it any easier for me to deal with it.

Does anyone else have a long distance success story that could maybe ease my fears?

Thanks for reading