Have any of you guys ever had to go away from your love for a signifigant amount of time? I'm on a 6 month trip right now, traveling around and doing volunteer work an stuff. And I can't see him until March. I almost can't wrap my head around it. It hurts really horribly but there's no way around it. It's like I feel really incomplete and I've only been gone a month and a half. still 4.5 to go and it's just sooo hard. We still talk lots, and are still doing fine, it's just really painful to be away. ANy expereices to share? or anything like that...
keep in touch as much as possible, and stay positive. send postcards and pictures. consider getting a cheap calling card. if you can get on the internet, send emails. contact is important. just stay positive and relaxed. you can do it! you're already 1/4 of the way there.. good luck! just out of curiosity, how far apart are you guys? are you in the same country? perhaps he could come out to visit you for a couple days, or if you get a few days off you could sneak back for a long weekend. if you're out of the country, i hear that a couple airlines (delta is one) are selling real cheap tickets 'cause the airline industry is hurting and this is their slower travel time (which i think lasts until dec 14). if you get to see him at the halfway point, say in a month or two, that might help
my girlfriend is going away for 6 weeks next week. i know it's nothing like 6 months, but i'm still really scared about it. mostly coz she's going to train for the army. i'm a bit of a hippy at heart and always hated the idea of the army... and i'm more scared that she'll come back harder and less emotional or affected by the huge bullying institution that is the army... any thoughts?
My girlfriend of almost 3 years has been in the Peace Corps since June 2004. I finally got to visit her for two weeks last month (cost me a pretty penny to fly to Eastern Europe), but she won't be back for good until the end of next August. It sucks being apart, but I support her doing what she wants with her life nonetheless.
i know a girl who's living in bolivia for two years and her boyfriend is staying behind here for the first year she's gone. they just keep in touch as much as possible and it seems to be working for them. he's going to join her in about 4 months or so.
that's all ppretty up lifting. I think we'll be ok, none of the feelings have changed and my nervous breakdowns seem to be getting more speractic and more easily cured, It's alot to adapt to. Oh and Lawngirl, I wish so very much I could get a flight to see him but my program feels that if we see our friends and family while participating in this program then it wrecks the group dynamics or something, I can see that I guess, plus I don't think I could deal with saying good by again. Last time was like the hardest thing in the world and took a long time to heal from. Like I almost feel I'd quit and just go back home with him and I really want to be hardy and see this whole thing through. But it's really comforting hearing all these similer stories, very hopeful, makes it seem like far less time I'm apart. Anyway, thanks guys.
It's Canada World youth. It's like a none profit, volunteer, cultural exchange deal. My teams 6 from Canada, 6 from South Africa, 6 from Mozambique. And we live 3 months in Canada then 3 months in south Africa. I'm from Toronto, so right now I'm a 3-4 hour plane ride home. Things are moving though, it's almost just 4 months, and that does not seem long. I'm having a good time, I'm juist feeling a little...incomplete.
well just look at it this way, by the time you are finished with your excursion, imagine how much of a thrill it will be to see him again. It may even bring you closer together i've never had a signifigant other though, so i wouldnt know how you feel right now, but just keep your spirits high
