1. Trust
Trust is important in any relationship. But, when you spend most of the year apart, it becomes essential. Growing up in different states and meeting at school means you basically have two different sets of friends. When you are always doing stuff separately and going out with different groups of people the other does not know, trust is key.
2. Communication
Bottom line, your phone is your best friend. Communicating is important because when you are so far away you always wonder what they are doing. You become great at texting and a 2-minute phone call can literally make your day. Facetiming is essential and will be the cheapest “date” you will ever have. Just talking, even if it is nonsense, is so important and can sometimes make up for the fact that you are not in the same room or even the same state.
3. Being Together
You spend so much time apart that when you are together you don’t want to actually do anything. When you are finally together, being lazy and just being with each other feels so good. Plans do not have to be made and sitting on a couch doing nothing is great. Nights in together watching a movie are a lot of times better than going out with a lot of people. Making time to just sit in the same room is essential and when you are, nothing else matters.
4. It Gets Harder With Time
You may think that as time goes on you get used to the distance and it gets easier. Wrong. You think you will develop a schedule to visit each other and you understand being apart sucks, but when you are together it makes it worth it. Wrong. As time goes on, it gets harder. You get easily frustrated over the fact that you are so far apart all the time. Every day you wish that you lived closer and can’t wait for the day things change.
5. You Hate Everyone Else’s Relationships
You hate being apart so much that when you hear other people complaining about making time to see each other you get annoyed. I have friends who complain about a 20-minute drive or even an hour-long drive. I would love to only be separated by an hour drive. I don’t even think I would classify that as a “long distance relationship.” When it comes to seeing other people being together all the time you actually get mad out of jealousy because you just wish you were together.
