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Last year I was involved w/ someone in California (I live in Denver). (It ended, but not because of the distance). I thought the best thing we did was have a plan for the future when we would be together; like "in one year we will start looking for a job in the same city, and that city will be..."
W also tried to make sure we each had lives outside of the relationship so that we didn't focus on not being together. We made a promise that neither one of us could get jealous of opposite-sex friends, we had to just trust each other.
The third thing we did was sit down and have a heart to heart about money. It's financially draining to be in an LDR - long distance calls, plane tickets, etc. We each figured out how much we could spend and made sure that we planned our trips to see each other accordingly. It's really hard when one person feels like they are spending too much, etc. It sounds hokey, but it REALLY helped!!!
It's really hard to make it work, but if you truly love each other, it will!!!!
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