Not sure if this is the right place...

[Munchkin03]

Anyway, I was here to ask for advice. This past October, after two and a half years of being in a solely long distance relationship, Mr. Munchkin moved here, where I go to school. He was able to transfer his (well-paying) job, and found a great (although pricey) place not far from the house. So, for a few months, we've had an awesome time. Sure, we've fought a little more, but that's bound to happen when you go from spending only a weekend together every three weeks for almost three years to being together every single day.

The long and short of it is, that today we found out that he has to go back home (about 1500 miles away). Part of it was financial, part parental, but none of it could have been avoided. I have no idea how to go on from this point. He won't be coming back here to live, because I graduate in May and our friends will be gone, too. We're discussing the possibility of his coming wherever I go to grad school (he can get a job anywhere) in September, but that's 6 months of being apart. I know it sounds silly, with all of the really important things going on in the world, but has anyone else been in a similar situation? I know that, in theory, I can handle being in an LDR. But, I also know that it will be so much harder, because we're used to being apart.

Oh, yeah. I need to mention that this sets back everything we had planned together--his going back to school in this region to get teacher certification, our marriage plans--everything. I seriously don't know what to do and I don't want to burden my friends here.