Any advice for homesickness or long distance relationships?

I am getting ready to move out of state for graduate school and I am anticipating some pretty severe homesicknesses. Up until then, I will have lived in the same city for my whole life. That is where my family and friends are, and it is where my boyfriend will be for another year. I am very anxious about leaving all of them behind. Any advice on how to deal with homesickness? Any advice for how to deal with a long distance relationship and make it work? My boyfriend and I are very serious about each other and plan to marry eventually, but dealing with the period of time away from each other will be especially hard. I've never done the long distance thing before and I'm worried about being alone without him. Any advice??Any advice for homesickness or long distance relationships?
i know exactly how you feel girl... i am going away to school this year too. i am spending every moment possible with him this summer.





the best advice i can give you is the same advice my mother gave me. she told me that if we loved eachother as much as we think we do. then being apart for a while will be hard. but if we can manage the seperation and still maintain a strong relationship, then its true. she said that a seperation like this is good for young serious couples, (i assume your young right?) sort of a test ifyou may.not that i feel our love needs testing but you know the saying puppy love, if a young couples love is great enough to survive a seperation then it is real. thats really all there is to it. so dont worry yourself to death, that will only make it harder. just be confident in your love and you guys will definitely make it through.





so good luck, with him and schoolAny advice for homesickness or long distance relationships?
Stay focused. I have been in a similar situation and all I can say is stay focused!!
long distance relationships are hard, but not unknown and certainly not impossible. I'm in one at the moment and we are doing just fine. He is stationed in AZ while i am in Cali for schooling. In march he leaves for Iraq, which means an even greater distance between us. Yes i'm going to miss him, no i'm not going to leave him and while distance separates us we still communicate very well. Use the phone, the internet, heck even use the snail mail and as a last resort there is always a really really long string with two cans attached! good luck and just keep in mind that you love him and if he loves you the same it will work.
it will be hard but you just have to think of the future and what is going to happen then maybe you will make some friends and that will help...and being to communicate and get on line with him will help also..both of you need to computers with cams so y'all can see each other that would really help a lot to get to see him every night or so...you can even have fun and flirt and tez on cams cause they are Private whats a couple hundred dollars to invest in your relationship. you can make it easier by doing this....but i know nothing like being there so good luck and time will fly by before you know it and you will be done.
You've got to want that relationship bad, and if you do, it will work. My hubby and I was apart all 4 years of college, different schools. We saw each other maybe 1 weekend out of the month if we were lucky and we didn't have email or free nights and weekends on the cell phone. We had to PAY for our conversations so they were limited too... but we made it. And we have been married 13 years and I think that the struggle has made us stronger and has made us want to spend more time together and appreciate our relationship more. You can do... but you have to want to.
Stay busy busy to keep your mind off it...Try to talk and do the whole webcam instant messaging thing as much as possible...Make sure you stay open and honest...Make sure to still include each other in every aspect of every day as if you were still in the same town but just didn't get a chance to get together that day...Also still try to see each other as much as possible even if that means meeting each other half way for even just a day or two. (not sure how far away you will be)..
you'll get over it, phone sex is nice
the best thing you can do for homesickness is to get acquainted with your new city right off the bat. where are you moving to? research it now, find out the area attractions, maybe even use myspace to contact people who already live there or go to the school you will be attending.


excel in school. study all the time, it can often serve as a major distraction from any lonely feelings you may have, plus it will certainly pay off in the long run.





as far as a long distance relationship goes, i'm sorry... they suck no matter what you do. like i said, the more familiar with your new city and the more active and productive you are during school, the less you will feel distant from your old life... you'll just feel comfortable with your new one.








best of luck.