I think it’s very difficult for young people going off to different colleges to retain a long distance relationship. 😳 There are more available single people at college than anywhere else in your adult life. This makes it very easy for singles to flirt, date and get involved with other people. Since you already have communication issues with your boyfriend, adding that issue to this scenario is going to make for misery. The other issues is that going off to college is exciting — but it’s also scary, and many people hold onto relationships as safety nets because they’re afraid to face the future. That’s not a good reason to stay together at this time in your lives.
I hear you saying that you don’t want to break up, but you don’t want to be upset because your boyfriend doesn’t communicate with you the way you’d like — so you’ve kind of painted yourself into a corner. 😥 I think that although it’s difficult, the best thing for both of you is to let go and move on. If you find yourselves dating during winter break and summer break — if you’re both in the same cities at the same times, then you should reevaluate, then. But for now, with these big life changes in front of you, I think it’s going to be easiest and most practical for you to break up on good terms, and go to your respective colleges. If you don’t, I think you’re going to be focused on the problems in your long distance relationship, not the experiences in front of you.
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