make-it>LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP>break-it

anthony

My girlfriend of 3 years has just moved to the East Coast to finish college (by the way, I'm on the West). We've decided long before she moved that we wanted to stay together and that the bigger picture was that our love is strong enough to manage the distance.

It's only been one month, and I'm already miserable for the following reasons:

1. I'm used to seeing her every weekend (we used to live 1 ½ hours from each other).

2. I'm lonely as *&@# without her

3. I must admit, I'm a lil worried if she's going to go outside the bounds of our relationship while in away from me.

4. LET'S NOT FORGET THE NEW ABSENCE OF INTIMACY

We talk every day and 2-way each other throughout, but I'm just sick without her. I even thought/think about moving out there with her, but am not sure if that's a good idea. Since this is the first time she's lived on her own, I think the experience will mature her as a person and give her a sense of greater independence before we get married. If I moved out there with her, I'm worried that she would feel that I'm pressuring her and that we might as well get married... to that I don't think we're both quite ready(but we're close).

However, I've heard, and know of countless relationships where one or both parties, used that new found freedom and distance from each other to utterly screw (no pun intended) up their relationship. I'm not worried about myself as far as staying committed to her. This may sound strange, but I'm around me all the time and see what I do... I don't know what she's doing in my absence.

I guess I'm looking for a way to keep from going crazy, avoid making her crazy with my worries, and when it's all said and done, look at everyone who has said, "Are you crazy? You know she'll eventually start doing..... a,b,c,d,e,g & !"

????ANY SUGGESTIONS?????