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Hi all. 

In a month I'll be going on an exchange abroad and I can't wait. I've never been so excited for anything. Except for that me and my boyfriend have been together for a little over a year and we're great together. We see each other quite a lot these days and I always miss him terribly when I don't see him for a week or so.

Which is kind of my point. I'm afraid I'll just be kind of sad and depressed most of the time while I'm abroad even though it should be a super fun experience. He's also not going to come visit my because tickets are too expensive. 

On the one hand I feel like we would be okay when I get back even though I'd be miserable while I'm away and I also think that our love would kind of extinguish because of prolonged non-contact. We are okay by text, but not great or anything. 

On the other hand I still have this idea that I'm young and I WANT to go out and meet new guys and have new romances. I really do even though I would never cheat on my boyfriend. 

So I'd been thinking about talking to him about a break while I'm away and then we'd see when I get back how we still feel about each other. I'm not sure how we would go about that though, no contact  while I'm away, a little contact? I don't know. I'd still miss him a lot but I would be better able to block that out because I know it's okay and we're on a break for now. Quite sure he'd not be okay with that though ... 

What do you think, reddit? Are longdistance usually okay? Isn't it too awful? Maybe it's selfish but I just think I'd be too unhappy. Breaking up is not actually on the table though. I wouldn't want that...
<bot>: Won't see my boyfriend (together one year) for seven months, afraid I'll be too unhappy if we're not on a break, he won't want to go on a break, don't want to break up.