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Long term relationship in college???

My boyfriend is a senior in high school. I am a freshman in college. My school is about two hours away from home, but I come home a lot to visit with my boyfriend. In June, he leaves to go to a school three hours from home and five hours from my school. Plus he'll be playing football so he'll be busy all summer, through football season. I really care about him. I think I may even love him... He's a very sweet, nice guy. We've never really done the whole not seeing each other thing for more than a few weeks at a time. He's on a scholarship, so he's stuck at his school. And I am not willing to leave my school. I will not be one of those girls who goes to a school because of a boy. How hard is it to maintain a long distance relationship?? Is it worth it? Or should we just end it come his graduation this May?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You can try, but your young and eventually will want to meet new people and try new things. You can still stay friends, but you have to be really strong willed and commited to maintain a long distance relationship, especially if your young. I have a friend who's trying that, and shes only an hour away from her boyfriend but keeps having problems because she doesn't trust him and she doesn't know if she really likes him

  • 1 decade ago

    Try to keep it up and see how it goes. You may find you're tempted by other people or you may both find that as you change and find new interests, you'll drift apart when you don't see each other so much.

    On the other hand I've just been to a wedding of a couple who were in the same situation 10 years ago but made it work. (their distance wass 3 and a half hours but apart from that, almost identical)

    I know people who have and are making long term relationships work between countries! It can be done. In fact it can be nice not having a boyfriend under your feet when it comes to finals.

    If you are both into each other, try it out. Agree to talk about things if you're finding it difficult and be honest if the time come when either of you want to leave or change things.

    Don't break it off because of things that *might* happen.

  • 1 decade ago

    do not just end it! If he's a very sweet and nice guy, then you should not give up on it. Just see how it goes. i know at this point you want to know the future, and be able to see ahead. but you cannot : (. so just try it out for now, it might be interesting! I had a similar situation when my boyfriend went to college while i was in high school still. Then we went to the same college. Now he does not go to college while i am still here in the dorms! We talk a LOT of IM's, and it works. We have been together 5 years now, its a long time. But talking over IM is great. we try to share all those random things that happened in each day. Sometimes its hard. But I do try to go home every weekend to see him. I take the bus usually, its so worth the trip.

    Goodluck!

  • 1 decade ago

    You can do it I guess if its meant to be. Its hard though being as young as you are. I am married now and had a long distance relationshipw/ husband during my last two years of school, but when my first couple of years of school were much too crazy for a relationship! The guy I married and I were a lot less stable then now and we had fun during that time. I would not change that for anything now! Just have fun while you're young in college before you have to get more serious in life and let things flow from there on to just see what happens. You never get to be 19-20 again, and being that age totally rocks!!

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  • 1 decade ago

    You both need to talk about things. There really is no reason to end it. If you feel like you are in love, and you have been together for a long time already, you should talk about the sacrifices you will have to make and realize that you both will miss out on certain experiences but it can be worth it. The key is having open communication and both equally going out of your way to see eachother rather then it being a one sided thing.

  • 1 decade ago

    Play it by ear and see what happens. Just be prepared for the possibility that the two of you will grow apart and know that it's just part of growing up. Just be honest with each other and if one of you wants to end it, don't keep dragging it along. It can work, but it's hard and both people have to be 100% committed to lots of phone calls, messaging and visits as often as possible.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    honestly, out of all the ppl i know who have had long term relationships, including myself, they never rly work out, for whatever reason. i'd say like, keep in touch, go thru life and meet ppl at ur schools, and if u guys r single down the road and still like each other, get back together, there's no reason you couldn't get back together w/an ex.

  • 1 decade ago

    Long distance love is hard. You can try it but to be honest one of you will probably end up getting hurt.

  • 1 decade ago

    cmon honey we know the real question is will i be a bad person if i crush my h.s. bf so i can party hard in college

    ? and the answer is no you wouldn't so go have some shallow experiences while you can....rock on

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yea end it, he sounds like a schmuck anyway. Lots of sleeping around to do in college.

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