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Old Mar 28, 2011, 06:00 PM
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Hello! I'm sorry to hear about the struggles you are currently going through.

I also did a long distance relationship throughout college with my now fiance. I'm not going to lie, I believe everyone starts to wonder, at some point, if this is really "the one" and you start to examine all these problems and begin to think that maybe you don't belong with your current boy/girl friend. Everyone will tell you that relationships are hard work (or that they take work, but it should be work that you enjoy, not necessarily hard).

But, with those things in mind, one thing REALLY stood out to me. You said that you could stay with your boyfriend and have an "okay" relationship. An okay relationship would be settling; you should really be aiming for an amazing, wonderful, perfect with all it's flaws relationship. It doesn't matter who it's with, your boyfriend, your friend, someone you haven't met yet.

Like TheByz said, you need to figure this out on your own. I wouldn't jump into a new relationship right away, though, if you do decide to break up with your boyfriend. You should some time to be single, don't rush decisions, don't get too attached to anyone right away (those can end up being residual feelings from your last relationship, in my opinion, at least, and not true to the new person). I also wouldn't recommend you try to make this decision overnight. Long distance is stressful, lonely, and exhausting. Plus you've been with your boyfriend for two years, so he at the very least deserves some of your time for you to really think about this. From your post, it seems like everything that started this train of thought happened really recently. Take some time to mull things over and figure out what would be best FOR YOU.

At universities and colleges in the US, there are psych services usually with temporary therapy available to students. You could look into this, see if they have this at your school, and maybe just sit with a counselor a couple times to work through this if you're still feeling stuck after you've done some thinking on your own.

Take care!
Thanks for this!
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