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10 Too-Real Realities Of Your Long-Distance Friendship

Doing long-distance is just a bump in the road.

Ally Mishell Smith

Oct 23, 2017

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10 Too-Real Realities Of Your Long-Distance Friendship

Ally Mishell Smith

Best friends are one of the greatest blessings God can give you. All friendships have ups and downs and bumps in the road that you have to overcome, and long-distance is just one of those bumps. While it's hard, it really is a big blessing in disguise.

Here are 10 things that happen when you are in a long distance friendship:

1. Snapchat streak

Technology is amazing.

2. Weekly FaceTimes

There is nothing like a facetime call that was supposed to be 10 minutes, and you're now going on your 3rd hour.

3. You always pick up right where you left off.

Sometimes, life gets in the way and you don't get to talk to your best friend as much as you would like. Once everything settles down and you finally get to talk, it's as if no time has passed and that's the best thing about friendship.

4. Random reassurance/encouragement texts

Even if you don't have time for a full conversation, a random "hey I love you and I hope you have a great day" text in the morning sets your day up to be a great one.

5. You're counting down until the next visit.

Once you plan your visit, the countdown starts. If you're like me, you have an app on your phone that counts down the days until you are reunited with your bestie.

6. You look at old pictures and cry.

Sometimes you fall into the old picture vortex, which makes you cry because it seems like yesterday that you were attached at the hip, and now you might get to see each other once every 2 weeks. Timehop is also the worst.

7. You talk to them about your friends who are nearby.

Whenever your BFF does something funny or take a really good selfie, you have to show it off to everyone you can because you're a proud best friend.

8. When you finally get to visit, the girls days are unlike any other.

Trust me, we've had this day planned out for weeks and nothing will change it.

9. Our 30-minute lunch dates turn into 3-hour lunch dates.

Never plan anything after a lunch date with your long distance best friend, because there is no telling how long you will be there.

10. The goodbyes never get easier.

Whether it's your first goodbye or your 51st goodbye, it never gets any easier. You'll always want to hold on a little longer and you'll never ever want to let go.

If you're one of the ones who doesn't get to experience long distance, hug your best friend anytime you can for those of us who don't get to hug ours as often.

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10 Too-Real Realities Of Your Long-Distance Friendship

Doing long-distance is just a bump in the road.

1. Snapchat streak

2. Weekly FaceTimes

3. You always pick up right where you left off.

4. Random reassurance/encouragement texts

5. You're counting down until the next visit.

6. You look at old pictures and cry.

7. You talk to them about your friends who are nearby.

8. When you finally get to visit, the girls days are unlike any other.

9. Our 30-minute lunch dates turn into 3-hour lunch dates.

10. The goodbyes never get easier.

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1. Build a snowman

2. Start a snowball fight

3. Build a fort

4. Binge-watch Netflix

4. Look out the window

5. Grab coffee with a friend

6. Complete school or office work

7. Sleep

8. Read a book

9. Bake cookies

10. Drink hot cocoa

11. Go ice skating

12. Take a Walk

"I don't want to do things. I want to not do things."

1. When you look at the syllabus and realize there are only three weeks of the semester left; even though the first day was LITERALLY yesterday.

2. You look at your grades and realize they probably aren't as high as they should be, which is a terrifying realization.

3. When you think to yourself at night, "tomorrow, I will wake up early and go to the library ALL day, and, hell, maybe after I'll go to the gym for a little bit, just to push myself that extra mile."

4. Tomorrow actually comes. The inevitable and overpowering sense of procrastination is too strong to overcome.

5. But you DO end up going to the library. Not all day though, but still, a while. But no, you do not go to the gym. Still, you made an effort, so you decide to treat yo' self.

6. When you realize you need to schedule a meeting with your adviser because you need to sign up for classes next semester. But you also realize that since you waited until the last minute, you're going to get stuck with all of the crappy classes.

7. When you low-key try to slip into conversation with your professors that you need extra credit because you're that desperate.

8. When it's already the third time you've seen your adviser in two days because you have no damn clue what you're doing and need all the help you can get.

9. When you apply for a job associated with your major even though you have no experience, but you just want to dive headfirst into the deep end of adulthood and get it over with.

The world is not always sunshine and rainbows, and you do not have to be, either.

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1. Figuring out when to start

2. Searching through list after list to get everything you need

3. Shopping for deals

4. Getting bins to put everything in

5. Figuring what you can’t live without

6. Going through clothes to find what you need

7. Finding out your siblings took something from you

8. Fighting with your parents.

9. Trying to plan things with your roommate

10. The fear of forgetting something

11. Move in day

Relatable moments from one of the best shows I have ever watched.

1. When you fail that midterm you studied so hard for.

2. When your crush finally texts back.

3. When payday comes around.

4. When you accidentally like someone's picture from 108 weeks ago.

5. When someone takes your unassigned assigned seat.

6. When your favorite character in your favorite TV series dies.

7. When that guy/girl you’ve been crushing on agrees to go on a date with you.

8. When you have so much to do, and such little motivation to do it.

9. When someone asks for your last fry.

10. When you try a new health-food craze.

11. When you get new clothing.

12. When you check your bank account.

13. When they're serving good food in the dining hall.

14. When someone tries to tell you what to do.

15. Or just your thoughts about life in general.

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