Being in a long distance relationship can be a rough and wild experience. For me, I never thought I would end up being in one. Transitioning from the “high school relationships” to the “real world relationships” is one of the best times in your life. The college life isn’t like the high school life at all. You meet people from all over the country and even the world. But learning about one person that you catch ‘the feels’ for and knowing he lives states away can be so cool, yet hurt at the same time.

After you meet them, you start to make a crazy amount of memories which led to the days feeling shorter and wanting them to never end. College is fun and all, but you have a lot of time away. Before you know it comes the month long breaks and the three to four month summer.

Going from waking up and falling asleep next to one another, to quickly checking your phone each morning to see that, “Good morning!” text can be hard. The first week is the hardest though. It's almost like you have no energy because your boyfriend, better yet best friend isn’t physically by your side for the next few months. Constantly being afraid that the 14 hours would drift us apart. It was my worst fear and still is to this day.

Communication is what we relied. We were never really the couple to text from the minute we woke up to the minute we fell asleep because usually we would be heading home together after dinner. Talking about our day and the loads of homework we received from professors, were the smallest talks that meant so much. But being separated, the phone makes an appearance a lot throughout the day. The little, "I miss you," texts or the little Instagram posts helps make your heart warm again. It is true that the littlest things are what mean the most. In my opinion though, the best are the phone calls. The one minute, “Good night,” phone calls are the best calls. You realize how much you mean to that one person and think, "Wow I am the luckiest person in the world."

Through all the laughs, smiles, headaches and tears of being away from each other, you tend to get overly excited when you think, “Only 45 days until I get to see the love of my life.” As high as that number is, your mind starts breaking the time down; a month and a half is six weeks, which give or take, a week goes by rather quickly. Just thinking how perfect it will feel being back with your boyfriend is amazing. But picking him up at the airport can be extremely nerve-racking. As happy as you will be, it feels like you’re meeting the love of your life for the (second) first time.

Both people have to be willing to put in the same amount of effort in to make it work and keep each other happy. To the boyfriends out there…the phone calls, text messages, letters being sent in the mail and maybe receiving a little gift makes your girls heart melt…trust me. As much pain that a long distance relationship causes, it is completely worth it. The only thing that changes in your relationship is the strength, bond and trust. It all gets stronger.