[aelle]

I am in a Long Distance Relationship (2 international borders, 4+ hours of travel), have been for 10 months or so now, and we're looking at one more year to 18 months before we can be together. I'm in my early 20s, he's in his late 20s, we're both finishing grad school. We're both very commited to each other, are blissfully happy when we can actually be together and both feel that there is enough love, intellectual connection, personnality match, shared values, common goals for the future and generally so much we can bring to one another to really want this to work long term.

But in the meantime... it gets hard and frustrating. We've found a rhythm that compromises between how long we can bear being apart and how often we can realistically meet up, and I'm fine with not seeing him for weeks at a time, but the couple days we do spend together always feel horribly short.

So, my questions here are: people in LDR, how do you deal with it? How do you stay connected while apart? How do you maintain focus or interest on your everyday life when your partner cannot be a part of it? How do you make the most of the time you have together?

Also: people who've had successful LDR, bring in the support and positive experience! I want to attract all the success and happiness I can, here!