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You might have heard about the challenges of being in a long distance relationship, but we bet no one told you about these five things.
#1 Time will not be your friend
When you are apart, time will move very slowly. You will go to sleep wishing that you wake up only an hour away from seeing him again. And when you are together, time just flies in a blink of an eye. You plan to do all the things "normal" couples do, but there is never enough time.
#2 You will have a better relationship with your laptop or phone
There will be days you fall asleep, kissing your laptop with his face on it, or wake up grabbing your phone to see if he left any "Good morning, beautiful!" messages in your chat window.
#3 Your biggest enemy is over thinking
You need to know that there is nothing like a long-distance relationship to test your temperament. You will have all the usual issues like other couples, but they will be magnified somehow. You might go a little crazy over-thinking worst scenarios or over-analyzing things he said when you were talking. When you are alone at night, your thoughts may stab you in the back. The best way to overcome negative thoughts is to focus on being creative with your time and to think of ways to be together again.
#4 When you finally see each other again, it will be as if you never parted
When he is physically hugging you, not virtually hugging you with emojis, the long weeks you endured without him would have suddenly evaporated and you would go back to living the perfect life together.
#5 Distance will make you grow the confidence in your relationship
There will be times you cry for no apparent reason at all. There will be times when he can't be there when you need him the most. There will be times when the distance just feels so darn hard. You will weigh your options daily and make tough choices daily too. But then, at the end of the day, you find that if you aren't meant to be, why do you both bother so much? You will find yourself talking about everything and anything in between, you will learn about each other on a deeper emotional level, until you develop that feeling of sureness in your relationship. You will begin to understand that if you can conquer the distance and survive the emotional roller coaster ride that it entails, you can survive anything!
