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I moved 8 hours away from home and to be honest, I had a really rough time of it. I was so close with my friends from high school, and I had a girlfriend that was younger and was staying home...so leaving them was really hard.
Like Averett said, it did teach me about being independent. I made new friends. They didn't replace my old friends, it was just different. It was often lonely but all in all, I'm glad I did it. I wouldn't have gained anything by staying in a "comfortable" static situation.
As for the relationships themselves...it's gonna be really hard, no doubt about it. As long as the two of you are completely honest with each other and want the same thing, you'll get through it. At some point, my girlfriend decided she wanted something different. It stung. But ultimately it was okay. As for my high school friends, we decided it was worth working hard to save our friendships, and here we are, almost ten years later, still the best of friends.
Best of luck.
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