Being in a healthy relationship these days seems pretty difficult, but adding distance into the equation makes it really hard to stay connected and feel like the relationship is the way it is when you are together in person.

It is difficult not getting to talk to your significant other in person every day. Even though we have technology like Skype and Facebook Messenger's video chat feature, it just isn't the same as talking face to face in the same room. I like to use Snapchat instead of texting on a regular basis because at least I am able to see my boyfriend's face when he sends me a message back rather than just seeing words on a screen.

Another thing that is difficult about the distance is that we live in different time zones, so when he wakes up I am still asleep and when he is going to bed I'm still awake. It would be nice to plan a trip to see one another but the cost of traveling is too high to make it reasonable for college students.

He also is working almost every single day, and I have commitments to a soccer team where I live. So we are both too busy to just drop everything we are doing and take a trip to see one another.

On the bright side, we will see each other in about two weeks when we return to school for preseason training. We are happy that even though we have both been busy over the summer, we can talk every day via our phones and that we are only away from each other for three months of the year when I go home for the summer. It would be much more difficult to have a long distance relationship without the technology we have now that allows us to communicate with each other so easily.