Dear Miss U, I have been dating a boy for a year and a half now. It has always been a monogamous relationship, but we've had a lot of challenges that have put up roadblocks in our relationship. We met in college my freshman year and worked together. We were essentially best friends, always platonic. We each had a long term relationship and both ended badly. Ever since last May we have been inseparable. I lived with him for a few months and he wanted to have an official relationship, but I didn'...

Hi, I met Jenna (my girlfriend) at my school and we've been dating since my 15th birthday. We may seem young, but I promise you she is going to be my life partner. My mum has been really abusive to me, she's had me arrested on my birthday for nothing and it's hard to be happy. I've decided to go to live with my dad in England (from Australia) because I just can't take it anymore. Jenna is really upset about this. She is convinced that it's going to be really hard and I told her I know t...

Dear Miss U, I have had feelings for this guy since 2008 while I lived in California and he's in Nashville. He's remained a constant in my life we have talked, texted and skyped on the laptop. Every time he comes around I get excited but when he's busy with school months go by. And when we talk again sometime later those feelings come back all over. I'll be attending the same college as him in the spring but, I'm scared. Should I approach him or should I wait until I have made some friend...

Dear Miss U, My girlfriend and I have been in a relationship for a few months now, but we have known each other for years. I'm a college student and was home for the summer and we saw each other nearly every day, and it was wonderful. However, by the time I left for college a few hours away, she had gotten a new job and enrolled as a full time student in a community college. It's been about two weeks since I've been away and I hardly hear from her. She texts me every day but they're hardly a co...

Dear Miss U, My boyfriend and I met in May and since meeting we had a 'thing' for each over the past few months I've realized I love him, although we only started dating officially a month ago. We haven't met in person yet though he's flying over to see me in November. The next time we see each other will probably be late next year. Since we met we've talked about sexual things and it is a relatively big part of our relationship, although not the main part. We are both virgins and would love ...

Dear Miss U, We've only been dating for 3 months, roughly, and we have both told each other we love each other. We are best friends and have fallen in love faster than anything. It's a scary experience, especially since he has just started going to college in Arizona. We are both from the same area in California. We went from seeing each other every day to being on FaceTime every now and then and some phone calls here and there. There is barely any text messaging going on in between these conve...

Dear Miss U, I am in a LDR with my boyfriend for a year now. We live on 2 different continents but we have plans to move together to the same place in a year, which is not that much anymore. We meet every 3-4 months, which is probably a quite good thing for an intercontinental couple What bothers me that recently he got a female roommate, who is also his co-worker. He could not afford to stay alone financially, and he found a female roommate. We talk every day with my boyfriend, and nothi...

Dear Miss U, My specific question is should I stay with her? We were together very lovingly every day for 9 months then LDR started (military). I have seen her twice for a total of a month and a half over the last three months and I paid for the plane tickets both times she flew because she is still broke in school. She had military training herself and while gone to that she drunkenly made out with another man and then slept in his bed. I found out by seeing a conversation on her phone of her end...

Dear Miss U, I've been talking to this guy since January. I surprisingly met him on Xbox live and found out that he lives 56 miles from me but we never have time to meet up. I still haven't seen him person. He told me he loved me first and I said it back. Now He always says he loves me and he calls me baby, beautiful, hot, but then one way or another he goes into conversations about having sex and etc. We stopped talking for two months because he said he was 'busy', but I stalked around on g...

Dear Miss U, My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years and moved out together about one year ago. We enjoy cooking together, exploring the great outdoors, and sharing the best things in life. I've known for a long time that he is the one for me. The only problem is that he ships as a merchant Marine for several weeks at a time, so our time together is limited. I was able to cope with it for the past year and distract myself with friends and family, but I'm starting to feel depressed w...

Dear Miss U, I've been with my gf now for 7 months. We have been friends now for over a year. We meet when I was getting deployed to Afghanistan. When I finally made it home we started dating and really hit it off. I got a new job that requires me to travel. They sent me back to Afghanistan and I've been here for three months. Everything has been going ok until now. It seems like all we do is fight over stupid things. When I first got here she was really emotional and was having a hard time b...

Dear Miss U,

Me and my boyfriend have been together for a year now and before summer we decided that after the summer one of us will move. Currently we are both out of school. Neither of us wants to move to each other's country (I live in Estonia, he lives in Norway). We are both scared to move but being away from each other is crushing us both.

What should we do?
Liisa Dear Liisa, Moving internationally is a big thing – especially when you've only b...

Dear Miss U, I've lived in America for five years, so all we have ever known is long distance. We've had our problems in the past but now we are through all of that and stronger than ever. I recently came back out to America for a job after graduating from university here. My partner lives in England. We are both doing really well in our jobs and lives. I've just been offered an extension by a few years on my current visa by my work, but I don't know how much longer I can live without my other ha...

Hello! My question is not about long distance relationship (even though I am in one), actually is regarding semantics! My mother language is not English and I've been dating a boy from US. He always says he's smitten with me, but never said he's in love. So I'd like to know if it means that he doesn't like me that much as I don't understand if being smitten is like "one stage before being in love" or something like that... Could you please help? Thank you very much! Joanna...

Dear Miss U, I met my LDR SO little over a year ago. She makes me laugh and seeing her smile turns my heart into putty. She's the most considerate person I know! Things were good. We met up in different countries. Traveled. Laughed. We'd send post cards and home-made gifts. Though this would've never been an issue at the start of a relationship, since she was my first, things began to slide downhill for me due to the lack of intimacy. I desire her a lot, yet half the times when we meet, the...