Do you ever worry about...

[vivid_idea]

...your partner meeting someone else while you are apart? Especially those of you who go months in between seeing one another? How do you handle these feelings? Thanks all

[Redheart14]

Yes I did. My husband had a few female friends who didn’t buy the long distance relationship. In the end I could either let it destroy me and our relationship by constantly asking where he was going or who he was with. Or I could trust him and allow him to figure out if they were friends or not. He eventually put them in their place and cut contact with those that kept bad mouthing our relationship.

[Atlantic Crossroads]

No.
We are going through a 10 month gap at the moment, but I never worry about that.
I know where he heart is, and he's made it clear that is never something he would do.
In his own words "Yes I am yours, and I made it very clear where my loyalties are in that regard, and I am like a dog about such things."

[MsGrim]

At first I did.. but as our relationship grew so did my trust in him. He has never done anything to make me question someone else so I no longer have those worries. I was always one to have trust issues in my past relationships but now he can mention texting one of his fellow med students (female) and I don't even mind. Its very comforting!

You just have to trust your partner- which can be challenging, I know.. but its worth it if the two of you can reach that level of trust in one another.

[Junglebook]

Yes I do. My bf works as a tour guide and meets many girls every week.
But he always tells them our story with pride and let’s them know he is not interested in them.
So every time the thought of him falling for someone else comes up I tell myself that I shouldn’t be scared because I do know that he loves me.
And it’s unfair of me to think that cause I know he would never cheat on me and he tells me the sweetest things every time we talk.
So I just take a breath and reassure myself that we are fine and that it’s okay that he is meeting other girls because of his job.
He always tells me about it, also when girls come back to visit him after a year or so. He never makes a secret out of it.
And I am very happy that he tells everyone with proud about us, it makes my heart melt

[Honour]

Even before my SO and I got together, we were pretty much faithful to one another, neither of us had eyes for anyone else. Wasn't a spoken deal, it just kinda happened. At first, I'd get a bit twitchy about the subject, but after awhile, I learned to just let it go. He told me explicitly he'd never date any of the female marines he knows, and felt the same mutual loyalty I experienced towards him. I don't date close distance (aka... how most folks meet, is what I mean by that, long distance into close distance would be fine) so it wasn't something he'd had to worry about with me, either :P We knew each other a year before we got together, spent a good while nurturing this curious connection we had before taking the plunge.

[Sfoley97]

At first I was, but she decided to continue our relationship because she felt I was the one and in her own words stated “Why go find another you when I have the original and the best? Why find another man when I’ll be with you soon enough. There’s no reason for it especially when you came and showed me and still do what I deserve and was missing.”