I’m not usually one for sentiment but….
In March, I will have been dating my boyfriend for four years. Yes - that is close to 1/5 of my life and that fact absolutely scares the shit out of me. Trust me, I would’ve been the first person to nay-say our own relationship. I would’ve told you that there was no way in hell that we’d actually make it high school -> college. I’m not a naive person, I knew what happened when people went to college…how the definition of hook-up changed…the free love feelings. I had seen it already with my older friends who were off having crazy drunken adventures. But, somehow we made it. It wasn’t easy, but before we knew it I was the one leaving first for college and he was to follow a couple of weeks after.
Here we are again, 3 weeks into our separate semesters…and he’s still the first person that I call when I learned a new thing, or fell down and got caught between a revolving door. Its not easy being long-distance. I wish we weren’t, but I’ve learned to feel him through the line. Whether it be telephone, skype, or IM, we’re still connected. Hes (usually) the last person I talk to at night and the first I wake up to with his ‘good morning sleepy head’ texts.
I’ve never been the wordy one in our relationship, that’s his forte. But, I found a quote that made me want to write and share it with the world.
“Distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It’s for those who are willing to spend alot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It’s for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don’t see it nearly enough.”
I don’t even come close to seeing him often enough, but when I do, it feels so right.
