Ahh yes.....long distance relationships. I think I might be able to give you some advice considering my now wife used to live in Brazil and me in the US for nearly 1.5 years before we finally could be together.

A few things I learned is that communication is crucial for a long distance relationship. You'll definitely want to make sure you set some money aside for big phone bills (mine were usually higher than my car payments!) Something else we learned is the importance of ICQ or MSN personal chat programs. These allowed us to talk without major phone bills. If you're lucky enough that your colleges have ISDN or high speed modems then you can easily add a mic and speakers and talk over the modem for free.

Once you've figured out how to communicate you need to make sure you do communicate. Talking about your day and the events around you is very important. Don't leave out the details, you'll find it brings you closer. Definitely make the effort to talk to each other and try and set up a time that you'll both be able to talk every night. If one of you finds you can't be there to talk then email or make a quick call to prevent the other from getting worried or jealous.

Try and plan dates that you can meet each other on weekends or even week days and stick to them. This should be fairly easy considering you are only 2 hours apart. Introduce each other to your friends, I think this is very important. If your serious about each other, in college acceptance from your peers is helpful. It will prevent you from being steered down the wrong path by your "friends".

Now the tough part. Your going through college and you'll meet tons of new people and I guarantee you'll be distracted. You'll grow alot through college more so socially than anything else in my belief. There will be parties and hangouts, study groups and clubs which you'll want to take part in. If you really care for her and she really cares for you then you'll stick together, but don't forget to make new friends and go out with them too! You don't want to close yourself off to the rest the world to maintain the relationship, it's not healthy and you won't be happy.

Feel free to ask any question or email me if you like. Hope this helped and good luck.

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