<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

I met my girlfriend while we were both studying abroad in New Zealand, we really hit it off and became extremely close with one another. We talked about a long distance relationship and weren't very sure about it to begin with, but we agreed we would revisit the topic in the future. Now that I have just left to go home I am finding being away from here to be quite tough. Leaving her at the airport was one of the most difficult things I have had to do. Feeling like a wimp about it in all honesty.
Anyway, I want to ask her about a long distance relationship and I feel that she will be ok with the idea. Although we were both skeptical at first I feel our relationship has grown a lot and we are ready for it. The only issue is that she will be in New Zealand for another 8 months then she moves back to Europe while I live in the States. So essentially it would be incredibly difficult to see each other considering the distance and our monetary situations. In my opinion, she is worth it and I would be willing to make that commitment even though we have only been dating a short time.
My question to r/relationships is have any of you been in this type of situation and how did you handle it? Do you have any advice you can offer me or us? If so it would be greatly appreciated. This has been on my mind non stop and is really concerning.
Any help is appreciated, thanks
<bot>: Gf and I met on study abroad are now considering long distance relationship, only problem is we both live on different continents.