Do long distance college relationships normally work out?

My girlfriend and I will be attending different colleges about a few hours away from each other. We have dated for about a year and three months throughout our senior year of high school. I understand when people say if it was meant to be, the relationship will continue. Realistically, do these types of long distance relationships usually pan out? Advice or comments please.

I really do not know if your relationship will last; however, if you are looking to marrying this person, you can look online to see what the statistics are. On a side note, you are a senior in school getting ready for college, so I would wait until about the age of 30 to settle down.

My wife and I have been married 46 years. We dated while attending different colleges that were abot 150 miles apart. We would travel back and forth to see each other probably two out of three weekends. My grades suffered a lot as did other relationships on campus. However, we were seriously in love so at that time I would not have had it any other way. We got married at 22. In your case, coming out of high school, you will be faced with the fact that she will suddenly be thrust into a lot of other social situations, meeting other guys, etc. All I can say is good luck. If you are able to sustain the relationship, you will be doing good. There will be a lot of challenges.

No. Each person finds new friends and experiences new things.

Give it a shot, i'd say if u love this girl and she does too, there are chances that both of you will be able to handle the challenges it takes. Gud luck!

My fiance and I dated through out college, about 1000 miles (roughly 17 hours drive) apart from each other. We went to high school together and had a bunch of mutual friends, though we weren't friends with each other. We started dating Thanksgiving break of our Freshman year in college. That was about 6 years ago.

Today, we're living together and getting married in 4 months.

He was the best support for me in the world. We didn't have any problems with friends outside of our relationship. He was in a fraternity, and I'm naturally pretty social. We talked every day, but we still lived our own lives (This is extremely important). At one point, he even studied abroad in Germany while I was in the US.

It can work out.

Think of it this way -- most relationships, long distance or not, will fail. How many people do you know married the first person they dated?

At the same time, don't give up on new experiences and new friends. Make sure you live in the present.

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Good luck!

It didn't in my case. We met new friends and had new experiences and eventually met other people we wanted to date. It was just a growing process.

That you have decided to go to different colleges is telling?