Surviving My Long Distance Relationship
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Surviving My Long Distance Relationship
| Sun, 02-29-2004 - 5:08pm |
I am a single mother with two daughters. I met my boyfriend at work ( I was married at the time) and we became good friends. He is a very educated man with great ethics and an extremely positive outlook on the future. I fell in love with him from the moment I met him. He always showed how much he cared for me and last September we shared our birthdays together (they are two days apart). He took me to Seattle and we went to dinner and dancing and stayed at a very nice hotel. That was the first time he told me that he loved me, thank god because I had wanted to tell him forever. Our relationship blossomed from there. Cards, flowers, jewelry, midnight champagne toasts on the back steps, every womans dream. Here is the problem. When he signed with our company he agreed to work abroad if the opportunity arose. In December of last year he broke down and told me of the company's plans to send him to the United Kingdom. I was crushed. He was sent to Europe in January and because of incomplete paperwork, was sent back a week later. We spent every weekend out and just enjoying eachothers company and being madly in love. (It's crazy - I never even loved my ex the way I love him). He left February 1, 2004 for England. It feels like its been forever. We email and talk daily and he is so reassuring that he only loves me and that after this assignment we will be together. I have never been one to wait, in all honesty, he is the first man I have ever been faithful to. I know he worries that I won't be able to wait for him, but I am and will, any suggestions on how I can set his worries to rest? Telling him I will wait and telling him that I love and miss him, just don't seem like enough...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Lonely in WA
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| Sun, 03-07-2004 - 10:56am |
I don't know if I have any good advice, but maybe we can get the ball rolling. Long-distance relationships are not my forte'. However, maybe a video taped message from you and your kids would cheer him up, or even just audio. Those kind of things can really close the distance because a person can play them over and over and catch every lilt in the voice, gleam in the eyes, etc. It sounds like you're doing everything else. SOMETIMES sharing a personal secret can make people feel endeared to you. Probably if you just surround him with your love, he'll feel reassured. Best wishes.
