Long-distance relationships?, I'm going to college next year... Options

[red94celicagt]

Hey guys!

I am graduating this year, and my girlfriend of one year (as of June 24th) is only a junior this year. I live in Akron right now (about 30 mins from cleveland) and I will be going away to college in Cincinnati to study mechanical/electrical engineering. If you don't know, it is a nice 3 hour drive from Akron to Cincinnati (going 75 the whole time). I am wondering if anyone is maintaining a long distance relationship right now and how is it?

I plan to live on campus (duh) but perhaps drive up to akron to see my girlfriend, family and friends every other weekend. I will also be back up on the school breaks and for next summer.

We are pretty serious, going very strong after one year with our only fights being very little ones that we can solve the same day. I have had my fair share of girlfriends in high school, but this one is very different from the rest. We were best friends for almost a year before we started dating, and I know eveyrthing about her and vice versa. Her parents love me as well as her brothers. We've talked about maybe getting married later on (not until I graduate and have a job set up) but the talk is defiantely there.

So do you guys think we can make this work? I figure seeing her 2 weekends a month as well as nightly phone conversations and AIM/webcam things, we can get through this. Any tips from people who have gone through this? Girls, post here and tell me how hard it would be for you to be in a long distance realtionship from your boyfriend and if you had any advice for me to keep this relationship going.

[playr158]

you are going away to school. lots of new temptations will await you. id say put the relationship on hold, cause even if you dont mean to, youll problably end up hooking up with a hot girl at a party sooner or later. then youll look like the asshole.
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now thats not true lagos

you can make it work
here are a few things you'll need though
THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL THINGS
1) good communication without good communication it won't work

the needed things
2) great deal of trust and security in the other person and yourself
to make the right decisions and not place yourself in the position to potentially make the wrong mistake
3) visits try to make them if you can


but mostly #1