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When I graduated college, my significant other and I moved in different directions and we tried to keep it going as a long distance relationship. We didn't make it. In the end this was a good thing. In a lot of ways an LDR is a test of the strength of a relationship, particularly one where you were geographically together before going long-distance.
When it was good, it was pretty good. We talked on the phone every day (and this was before the advent of the all-you-can-eat cell phone and internet phone so that's a lot easier now). It was important to be able to tell each other about our days and what it was like in our new lives in our respective cities.
Also, being totally honest here, we were comfortable with, umm, intimacy over the telephone (blush) which helped us cope with being apart and kept us feeling close.
Also the reunions were fantastic, after being apart. It wasn't that unusual to finally get out of bed to realize we had to start thinking about where to go for dinner . . .
In some ways the good parts of the LDR gave us a false sense of the "goodness" of the relationship. If we saw each other every day there may not have been as many moments that set off the fireworks (in a good way). Being chronically apart kind of leads to every moment together being a "big ticket" moment. For me these are much easier to navigate than the day-to-day moments of a non-LDR.
The bad part of the LDR was the feeling of going to parties, etc., and seeing other people with their real-life bf/gf in tow and realizing that a part of you was missing . . . and not knowing how to ever become whole. Being apart also gives each partner a chance to do a lot of thinking. In our case we saw that we were not right for each other, despite our ability to create the fireworks. We were also each growing attached to our new lives and neither wanted to give that up.
I echo those that say having a plan on how the distance gap will be closed is incredibly important.
Very best of luck to the OP and to all others in similar circumstances!
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