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So, first a bit of background. I met this girl in mid-March, we ended up hooking up, and started going out. We both knew going into it that we'd likely be spending the summer apart. It turned out really well; we both click just great. So a few weeks before the end of the semester, we decided that we weren't going to break up for the summer, but to try and do the long distance relationship thing, with her in D.C. and myself in West Michigan.

As a further bit of background, I don't have a lot of experience with relationships, and this is certainly my first long distance relationship. So, while I suspected I'd probably miss her a bit, I think I underestimated just how much I was going to miss her. And I know she misses me a lot too. We're planning on visiting each other at some point over the summer, but that's not for at least a couple weeks yet. So I thought I'd ask the wise people here for advice on how to deal with this sort of thing.

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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."

"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche