Hey ladies

my boyfriend left for uni today and I can't help but feel down.
It was my 18th yesterday so it's a major shock to go from a major high to a major low in such a short space of time.

But on the other hand, I feel oddly happy because he's been itching to go to uni for ages (all his friends went like a month ago) and now he's there and having fun and I know he'll do really well: I'm really proud of him. Plus he's left lil "bits of him" around the room, e.g. He's drawn I <3 U into the dust on my Tv, he left post it notes around my room which he made me look for and find telling me how much he loves me, and gave me one of his t-shirts to sleep in.

I just wanna know how to handle long-distance relationships, because I really love him and I believe in soul mates and all, and you might think I'm daft, but I think he's "the one", so I am desperate not to ruin it/lose him.

Hello,

Firstly, congratulations on your 18th birthday! Hope you had a really good day. even with the cloud of your BF leaving a day later :-(

I don't think that you are daft at all for thinking he may be 'the one' ! I am a strong believer of there being a 'one' for everyone (or nearly Lol!) and that if you are meant to be together it will happen, no matter how hard it is sometimes.

It sounds like your BF is really willing to make a good go of a long distance relationship with you, and did you give anymore thought to what the other boardie told you about cheap train tickets? If you book a bit in advance, you can get some good deals, and if you invest in a young person's travel card, then it will be a right bargain! That way at least you can see each other more often at weekends.

As for getting through the weeks when he isn't around, make appointments to go and visit friends, go for girlie nights out or in, offer to work overtime? Anything that keeps you busy, and your mind occupied, that's what kept me going!

Hope you are feeling a bit better now, feel free to vent on here whenever you like!

CL On Long Distance Love http://messageboards.ivillage.co.uk/iv-ukrllongdist/

Thanks m'dear (London Dungeons + 18th= fun times)tehe!

Yeah, I'm hopefully going up to York at some point (but won't be anytime soon with exam revision and Ucas forms to fill out etc...bah!) but he's coming down for a wedding in about a week, and then sometime in november to see me in our schools production of Hairspray (No main part for me again *sigh* but Council Member isn't too bad...a lot of dancing)

Thanks for the advice hun :). Have got to write a play for my extended project so I'm hoping I'll be pretty distracted by that. (However, there's no way I wanna work over time...I work at tesco. Every saturday. 10-7pm. And each saturday I die a little inside paha! ;p) xxxx