<human>: I have a business trip coming up and it'll require me to go away for a period of a few days or even a week. My GF has stated in the past that she doesn't want to be in a relationship with someone who travels a lot, but my line of work will require me to travel every now and then. 

To be fair, I may have given her a reason to dislike me being away, as I'm not much of a phone-call guy and in the past when I was away I didn't call her much and gave her the impression she is bothering me. I think I've grown since then but still, I want her to understand I love her and think about her even if we don't talk.

I see other people in a relationship and I feel like they are more "independant" than me, they can go away for a week and generally they feel like an individual. I keep attributing that feel into them being in a relationship for longer than I am, but I wonder if that's true. To be clear, I love her very much, we live together and I see my future with her and only her.

This trip isn't mandatory but I want to make a good first imperssion and show up and help, and more importantly - I want to go and have fun doing what I love, how do I tell her that without hurting her feelings?

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: gf loves me very much and I love her. I want to go away for business for a few days/week but she won't like it. Any advice?