So, I'm pretty new to this forum (thanks for the warm welcome ) - AND this way of living.. my BF left about a week ago, but already I feel like some of the intimacy we share is slipping through my fingers
We skyped Tuesday and today (the days between felt like an eternity) - and we exchange a goodnight message every night which I look forward to every day, but up until his departure we'd practically been living together for 4 months.. so this new situation is not only strange and empty, but also very frustrating.
We'd see eachother basically every day and sleep in eachothers' arms most nights.. do all the everyday things couples do.. go to work, clean, cook, run errands etc..
I'm quite an social person so of course we'd go out seperately with friends or visit family etc, but he'd always be within reach if I needed him or he needed me.... and we never grew tired of eachother.. Be it going out grocery shopping, having a day out - or sharing a cuddly moment of silence lying on the couch..
We could talk for HOURS on end, and everything came so naturally.. it all felt so right - something I'd never had with any of my former boyfriends
So now, having a 45 minute skype session once or maybe twice a week (or maybe less in the future because calling a cell is so damn expensive) when I'm used to having him around all the time seems like such a small comfort.
He's been experiencing so much and in return wants to hear what I've been doing as well, so after hanging up (= running out of money on my Skype account) it almost ends up feeling like I've been catching up with a close friend of mine - not my boyfriend!!
I love him so much, he's my boyfriend and best friend all in one package and I can't imagine my life without him, but how do you guys do cope with this? Some of you here have been in a LDR for a year or even more! I've been in one for a week and I'm already going crazy :P
I know LDRs aren't for everyone, but in my case I don't really have a choice because I love him unconditionally and want to be with him... - but I can't for at least another 6 months!
So.. how do you guys keep the intimacy? Besides going to visit eachother regularly.. because that's not really an option (I wish it was...)
We skyped Tuesday and today (the days between felt like an eternity) - and we exchange a goodnight message every night which I look forward to every day, but up until his departure we'd practically been living together for 4 months.. so this new situation is not only strange and empty, but also very frustrating.
We'd see eachother basically every day and sleep in eachothers' arms most nights.. do all the everyday things couples do.. go to work, clean, cook, run errands etc..
I'm quite an social person so of course we'd go out seperately with friends or visit family etc, but he'd always be within reach if I needed him or he needed me.... and we never grew tired of eachother.. Be it going out grocery shopping, having a day out - or sharing a cuddly moment of silence lying on the couch..
We could talk for HOURS on end, and everything came so naturally.. it all felt so right - something I'd never had with any of my former boyfriends
So now, having a 45 minute skype session once or maybe twice a week (or maybe less in the future because calling a cell is so damn expensive) when I'm used to having him around all the time seems like such a small comfort.
He's been experiencing so much and in return wants to hear what I've been doing as well, so after hanging up (= running out of money on my Skype account) it almost ends up feeling like I've been catching up with a close friend of mine - not my boyfriend!!
I love him so much, he's my boyfriend and best friend all in one package and I can't imagine my life without him, but how do you guys do cope with this? Some of you here have been in a LDR for a year or even more! I've been in one for a week and I'm already going crazy :P
I know LDRs aren't for everyone, but in my case I don't really have a choice because I love him unconditionally and want to be with him... - but I can't for at least another 6 months!
So.. how do you guys keep the intimacy? Besides going to visit eachother regularly.. because that's not really an option (I wish it was...)
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