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

I live really far away from my family, but we are all super close. I love seeing them and spending time with them whenever I can. When I go to see my family, 1-3 times per year, it's usually for a long time, from 2 weeks to a month (if that fits in with school breaks, etc). My boyfriend haaaates when I leave. Where we currently live, neither of us have any friends we hang out with, and his family is far away as well, so he gets lonely.

He told me that he wants to agree that we can only take long trips together. But I find that it's hard to agree with this. I don't want to leave him alone and make him sad, but I want to see my family. I could agree with shorter visits, which I think he would be fine with. The problem is, he is very committed to work, and it would take a lot for him to get any time off.

Is it normal in a relationship to expect the other not to go on long trips? I feel like I'm being selfish and like I'm a bad girlfriend.
<bot>: I like to take long trips by myself to see my family and my boyfriend wants us only to take long trips together. Am I a bad gf?