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**loveknowsnodistance27** · March 25, 2013, 01:26 PM

I too need to be reassured. I don't have a grad school story per se, but we are in college now. We've been best friends since 1999 and lived 2 blocks away from each other our entire lives. He went away to college, and we've been LD for almost 3 years now. Altogether, we are going to be apart 5 years. So, we're almost there. It seems intimidating, but really it goes quickly. I am graduating in May and I start graduate school in July. I had the option to transfer to his school but it was expensive and I just decided it would be best for me to stay local. But, we are getting by. I should be graduating from grad school in July 2015. My boyfriend will be graduating undergrad in May 2015 so as long as we can get jobs near each other, the distance will be closed.

Guys tend to handle the distance better...or at least they don't show that it affects them. It's not easy, but with the support of us here, and with patience you can do it. LDR's are hard, but they are so rewarding.

**Lumos** · March 30, 2013, 11:45 PM

I'm in my second semester of grad school and 3rd year of LDR. It can be done

**TriniCherryPrincess** · March 31, 2013, 04:31 PM

I have 1 more year to go in my graduate program. We've been together a little over 4 years now, long distance from the start. Creating a schedule for communication is something I suggest. That has been helping us a lot.

**dukes2011** · May 7, 2013, 05:11 PM

Hey there! I am yet another person in grad school and LDR. I am almost done and yes it's been a tough two years with my studies since I'm in a pretty intense program, but we've always made time to talk. We typically talk on the phone every night for about a half hour and if not then we'll text or send an email and the other person can get back to it whenever. We went to the same college for undergrad so it took some getting used to for to juggle school and a LDR, but it's all worked out! For me the anticipation of going LDR was actually much worse than the LDR itself.

**merci_mc** · July 19, 2013, 03:12 AM

Thanks for that last comment about the anticipation part being worse than the distance. I'm in that phase now, less than a month till he leaves. That it gets easier than it is now is reassuring.

**digitalfever** · July 19, 2013, 11:16 AM

I just left my boyfriend in London for grad school in Canada. Of was the hardest thing EVER and not having him here with me has kind of taken away from the excitement and accomplishment of getting into such a great program.

I tell myself everyday that it'll work in ou favour. We'll both be in high demand careers and be able to get a visa in his country of maybe move some place else. It's still hard and I don't really have any advice.

I just wanted to let you know there's someone else out there

**temporaryuser** · August 20, 2013, 03:58 PM

My SO is working on his masters (and has a ft job). He is taking 17 credit hours/semester. The hardest part for me is encouraging and supporting him to do well in school. He is so incredibly busy that there are weeks (if he multiple exams) that we barely talk. I can tell when he is getting down and discouraged, and I have to push him to work thru it.
There are days I just want to say "hello - i need some us time!". But then I bring myself back to reality. He will graduate in July and we will close the distance. if we can get thru this, we can get thru anything

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