Long Distance Relationships in College

“Long-distance relationships in college.” Does that sound frightening, or does it sound like a poorly stated joke? Many people believe that long distance relationships are the sole thing that you do not get yourself into when going off to college. You choose your university, you choose your sorority or fraternity, you choose your classes, and you chose your major, but whatever you do you should never choose to be in a long-distance relationship when pursuing higher education. For many newly dubbed “adults,” college life entails a world full of partying, studying, hooking up, and experimenting (whatever that may entail). College is the place where both guys and girls get a chance to possibly escape from their home towns, and relocate themselves to a new setting they can call home for the next four years; a place filled with students just like them, eager to meet new people. With this said, in a scenario where a couple just so happens to end up going to different schools, is it simply inevitable that they are bound to break up? Should they not even bother to try long distance? Do they say, “See you never,” or “See you later”? Although, thousands of people believe that long distance college relationships are simply a prelude to a definite break up, there is no doubt that they can succeed and flourish.

With no way to sugar-coat and cushion this point, simply stated, distance is a foolish reason to instantaneously break up with a significant other. This is especially true for couples that are truly serious about their relationship. Does an army wife start packing up her belongings and get in contact with a divorce lawyer when she finds out her husband has been called overseas? Not at all. Of course, college couples are not necessa...

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...to thrive greatly. Perfectly stated, although terribly cliché, distance truly means so little when someone means so much.

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