New to this and worried

[Decrepit]

Okay, so here's the back story first. My amazing girlfriend and I began dating 9 months ago. She is the most amazing girl I have ever met and she is perfect for me. I can be myself with her and vise versa. But my girlfriend is an amazing runner and has been accepted to a university down in California (thousand miles away since I'm in Vancouver, Canada) on a full ride scholarship. Sadly, I'm not so fortunate to be blessed with the money or opportunity to go down there with her (for now). Luckily for me, she comes back home for winter break, spring and summer break so she's back half the year as well. I guess I'm just looking for advice and to I know if this can even w

[Tommybat]

Of course it can work! But only if you both are willing to deal with it. Visits like those, well being able to visit each other like that is amazing. If you both are committed to each other, trust each other, and are willing to deal with a bit of separation, it can work. Plus, with technology as awesome as it is today, it's doable. Skype, letters, email,facebook, Path app, Pair app, to name a few. But i'm not going to lie to you, it's rough at times. The lack of physical contact is hard sometimes, but where there's a will, there's a way! Just talk to her about it and go from there.

And welcome to LFAD! :3

[Romeo s Juliet]

welcome to LFAD I think its amazing that she can visit so often. one main tyhing in being in a long distance relationship is trying to make visits more often and i think in ur case you both are very very lucky and of course it can work all you have to do is trust your partner through thick and thin, and never lose the trust dicuss how you both are going to keep communication frequent, and check the time differences, and decide how much communication is going to be there for you both it takes alot of trust and understanding all the best and yes it can work
good luck

[Anubis1311]

It can work i promise you. I am going from a long distance relationship to a longer distance relationship. It's hard enough already but we are committed to making it work. That's all you need. Committment from both sides! Committment to be faithful, to trust each other and to make every effort to maintain communcation. Like it's been already said technology has given many ways to communicate now and you never know, you may enjoy writing hand written love letters too Good luck

[Moon]

Well, if LDR's didn't work, you wouldn't have found this website, right? An LDR is no different in that sometimes the relationship works, and sometimes it doesn't, and how much work and dedication you both put into it. Good luck, and welcome.

[Snowlilly]

Well, if LDR's didn't work, you wouldn't have found this website, right? An LDR is no different in that sometimes the relationship works, and sometimes it doesn't, and how much work and dedication you both put into it. Good luck, and welcome.

that is so true. Just because a relationship is CD is no guarantee it will work and I think sometimes people put less effort into a CD relationship vs a LDR.

[Decrepit]

Thanks everyone! Luckily there's no time difference and I do expect it to be rough at times! It's definitely gonna be a challenge but I am willing to make it work Thanks again!