Long Distance

• Between 25-40% of all romantic relationships among college students are long distance.
• Couples live an average of 125 miles apart, and visit each other 1.5 times per month.
• Phone calls are made every 2.7 days; the average call lasts 30 minutes.
• Letters (not counting emails) are exchanged 3 times per month. 

While I was browsing facebook I came across a new years contest.  Couples wrote into Nieva (a body care company) and told the corporation about their long distance stories. The couple that gets the most votes will be reunited in Times Square to ring in the New Year! I thought it was a very good concept. http://promomagazine.com/news/nivea-facebook-contest-1207/
So i decided to write a blog about it because there are several people who are in long distance relationships-including myself.  Over half of my current relationship has been long distance so I am pretty used to it. I even experienced being 9,000 miles away from my significant other for quite some time--and that was the hardest! But oddly enough, if I had to do it over, I wouldn't change anything. That experience def made my relationship extremely strong and I am really thankful for that. 

Many may disagree with me, but to be honest I think being in a long distance relationship is a very good thing. It def makes you stronger and allows you to build trust in the other person. It also gives you time to really miss someone--which I find to be very important. It also shows you just how strong you really are & I learned a lot about my strength this year. Even when you think you are going through something tough, just think, someone out there is further away than you are from their significant other. I always think of the people who have someone fighting out there in the war..I give a lot of credit to those people! Before I went to graduate school, I had a teacher who said her marriage ended because of going to school. :/ Haha, why would you tell someone that?? 

Anyways, I think it's very important to follow your dreams--so that's what I did. I thought moving far away would be impossible! But after that loooong distance-I knew that in the end, miles between really means nothing. I am glad I have a very good support system 300 miles away! Without that love and support it would be very difficult to be so far away and make it work.(Thanks cakes! :))So to all of you experiencing a long distance relationship--kudos to you! I hope you  all get a chance to ring in the new year with your loved ones. And to all the single ladies/men out there--I hope you find new love in 2011 :)