Wherever you go in life, you’re bound to make new friends. Whether you move to a new school, go to summer camp, play a sport, or venture off to college, making friends is almost a given. But that doesn’t mean you stop being friends with the other people in your life. It can be difficult to keep in touch with some people, especially if you only get to see them once or twice a year. Unfortunately, some people will fade away over the years, but the people who are really important to you will stay in your life forever. Having best friends that you don’t get to see regularly is hard, but, if anything, it makes it that much better when you do get to see them. If you’re familiar with this situation or are just curious to see what it’s like, take a look below.

1. Separation anxiety is a real thing.

2. Something will remind you of them, and it sucks when you realize they’re not there.

3. FaceTime is the best thing since sliced bread.

4. You make detailed plans of what you’re going to do together at least three months before you actually see each other.

5. And when you do get to see your best friend, nothing has changed.

6. All the inside jokes are still just as funny as they were before.

7. You stay up all night filling each other in on the past year.

8. But then the one day reunion comes to an end, and you aren’t sure when you will be together next.

9. And realizing you don’t get to see your best friend every day, week, or month is a struggle.

10. But you know that it’s going to be OK because, at this point, nothing will end your friendship.

Even if you don’t text your best friends every day and you don’t know every detail of their life, you know that they will always be there for you, and you will always be there for them. You will most definitely be at each other’s weddings still laughing about the same things you laugh about today. So just remember that even though having long distance best friends isn’t ideal, you can make it work.