Contrary to the popular belief that "long distance relationships will kill you" coined by the Naked Brothers Band back in 2009 they won't. For me and a lot of other girls and guys in college, long distance relationships save them.

Recently the precedent has been set that college is more fun if you're single. Guys constantly talk about getting with the Freshman who's boyfriends break up with them first week of college. This coupled with the fact that social media makes college look like a big party makes having a long distance relationship seem nearly impossible.

What I have discovered is that having a long distance relationship is easy as long as you really care about each other. You have to put the effort in that comes with being far apart. Relationships (like everything else in life) take effort. I feel like most people are so used to spending every second with their partner, so when they leave it's like a big shock to the relationship. It's so hard to prepare for, but I feel like to some extent you have to.

You have to mentally prepare yourself for road trips to see one another. You have to make time to video chat or talk on the phone, and most importantly you have to remember distance shouldn't change how much you love and care for each other. Your relationship should still be growing and changing.

Long distance relationships can seem impossible, but their not. They're just hard sometimes and people give up. If you're not 100% into it, it will fail, but if you are meant to be together it will work its self out.