<human>: So a little backstory, my gf and I have been going out for about a year and a half now. I know we're young, but I truly do love her and I know she loves me. However we're both joining the military and won't be seeing eachother as much as we'd like to for the next 4 years during her military career (I'm only joining the reserves). Anyways, I'm not too concerned about her cheating on me or anything like that. But I am worried about distance. Before she left for basic a week ago, we we're spending every moment we could with eachother and now we'll see eachother maybe twice a year. I realize she's going out into the world and I want her too, we're young, but I just want some advice from people who have made long distance relationships work. I know most long distances don't work, but I want to know what helped from people who have made it work.

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<bot>: gf and I aren't going to see eachother a lot. I want advice on what helps from people who have made it work.