<human>: So the title contains the essential question, I have been dating my girlfriend for about ten months now and she will be studying abroad in Greece for the next six months or so. I have a much higher sex drive than my girlfriend (she has had some issues with depression this semester and it tanked her desire to be intimate, it was not an issue last semester) and we are both painfully aware that the lack of physical intimacy will be a big issue for me. I tend to put a lot of stock in physical intimacy (from cuddling to intercourse) and the thought of being deprived has put me a bit on edge.

My girlfriend is much less comfortable with the idea of an open relationship than I am but we are both pushing for it for different reasons. I am completely willing to not pursue an open relationship to prevent hurting her but she knows that I will be frustrated as all hell. She wants to figure out a way she could be okay with it, so basically I am looking for advice from people who have been in open relationships or any advice as to an alternate situation.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: GF is going to Greece and we are trying to figure out how to deal with my unreasonable libido while maintaining the relationship and not hurting any feelings.