man_in_the_box Posted August 24, 2013 Posted August 24, 2013 As I'm going abroad for 3 months (yeah not very long) this will be the first time since our relationship me and my girlfriend are going to be apart for a long time. During my abscence we'll have our 5 year anniversery. It's not that I fear anything will happen between us but on the other hand I am pretty much blindfolded of what to expect. I have no experience whatsoever with how relationships work if you're on the other side of the world. For the people who have been away from their SO for a couple of months: how was your experience with suddenly changing to a LDR for a while? Did you grow apart or did it bring you closer together? How much were you able to stay in contact with completely different timezones (as in were never going to be able to talk in the evening, it will always be trying to find some spare time on weird hours to talk). I'm still looking forward to doing this, but I cannot deny that I'm a bit anxious. And my partner definitely is a bit worried (although she does her best to be as supportive as possible).
Els Posted August 24, 2013 Posted August 24, 2013 Hrm, I did a 'short term' LDR with an ex, one in which we saw each other every month or so. It didn't seem to make much difference for the most part, at least not in terms of driving us apart or closer together. Different timezones can be handled quite easily with smart phones and Skype, I'd think. Surely one of you will have a bit of time in the morning, or during lunch, or just before bed, etc, to talk.
Author man_in_the_box Posted August 24, 2013 Author Posted August 24, 2013 That's what I'm aiming to do - but by that time we (hopefully) both are working 40 hours a week, making communication more difficult. In the weekend I want to travel as this is a rather unique oppertunity, so communication in the weekend will be difficult as well. Either way we'll probably have to 'make' time for more thorough communication. We've already established some good ideas, such as never let an online communcation end in an argument (hopefully there won't be any at all but you can never know). I just want this to be a good experience for her as well, as she has to stay in our home country
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