Usually, with most LDRs that I've heard of, the longest wait to see them was the very first one. After the first meeting, they were able to see each other more often. I know that'll happen here. After waiting this seven months to meet my boyfriend, I'll have to wait three months for when he comes again in August, then a month and a half before I go there in September. But we won't (hopefully) ever have to go seven months without seeing each other again.
One thing you should do, is while you're together, plan the next visit. Don't leave not having any idea of when you'll see them again, that's just depressing. At least when he leaves I can think "hey the next wait is only three months, that'll go by fast". Even if I have to go most of the summer without him, it'll give him time to get a job in Massachusetts and save up for a car for his August trip to make our visits easier.
But my sister also dated someone LDR, from here to Ontario. However, she'd already been with him in college for about half a year before they graduated and she had to come back here. He initially came back with us and stayed for a month. But he was kind of self-centred, and sometimes they'd plan visits but then he wouldn't be sure cause something in his life would happen. My sister wanted him to move here, and there were so many times he was going to, but then again something happened. He'd even set up an apartment, and then again it didn't work out. My sister finally got fed up and they broke up after about a year and a half.
Also, planning your next visit does give you something to look forward to, rather than being so depressed when they leave, like I said. I know I'll be sad when he leaves, but I'm sure after a few days I'll get used to being without him again and look forward to when he comes again in August.
It also hurts when they don't put in as much effort as you are, and you're the one doing all the planning while they just kinda go along with whatever you say, or even disagree. I know, like I said I've dated guys who lived an hour - two hours away and they complained about it, so I ended up going there most of the time to see them and that's no fun. I mean you want them to come and spend time with you and your family, not you having to go down there all the time. Plus there should be equal effort on both of your parts. It's not fair if one puts in more effort and the other doesn't even try.
Another thing I've dealt with, is guys who never thought of me to surprise me with something cute. They'd only get me gifts on holidays, and sure the gifts were nice, but nothing cute or romantic. From every boyfriend I had, The only thing I asked for was flowers, but I still never got them. Like, why? Isn't that what most guys get their girlfriends on most occasions, or even randomly? For some reason, mine didn't. And James tells me he'll get me flowers, so I will see. Plus, the guys never saw something and thought "I bet Alicia will like that" and got it for me just to surprise me. Nope. I was always doing things like that for them, and it felt like they didn't care. It was a bit disheartening. One guy got me a ring once, but it was a cheap one that turned my finger green, besides I was there when he got it so it wasn't a surprise, and I have no idea what happened to it. I don't expect a guy to spend hundreds on a ring, I mean the one I wear daily is silver so it doesn't turn my finger green, and it was only like 15 bucks. So long as it's real metal I don't care what they spend on it.
I've already got a few gifts for James, and I'll be accumulating more once I get paid again before he comes since there are a few things I need to do to prepare. I want to give him a fireworks show as a surprise for our anniversary, he has no idea that I'm even thinking about getting fireworks, so I will keep it a surprise until then. He knows what our anniversary date will be though. We'll just go out to dinner at a restaurant I picked out (he knows which one it is) and then go play pool or something. Maybe walk around town for a bit before coming home. Then once it's dark, I'll be like "hey want to go for a walk?" and then have someone light the fireworks as we're walking down the trail. It would surprise him for sure :P
There's 38 days until we meet. Altogether, that'll be 212 days that we have waited to see each other. Most relationships couldn't do that. I know that my former best friend would die if he had to wait that long to see his girlfriend, since he's so dependent on her that he's forgotten he has other friends. Or, had other friends. Not sure how many people are still true friends to him. I know a couple besides me who kind of faded away after he began ignoring us for her. But anyway, he can't even spend a day without her without complaining, so it's kind of pathetic. Couples who have to be attached to each other all the time bother me. Now when James comes here, I'll probably be attached to him, but we have a reason to be. The couples who can see each other whenever they want and don't bother with their friends anymore annoy me too.
You really do need a life outside of your relationship. Especially since you never know when the relationship could end, and then you'll be left alone because you'll have ignored all your friends and your friends won't want anything to do with you anymore. I don't have much of a social life per se, but I would if my friends would actually hang out with me lol. James has hung out with his best friend a couple of times since we've been together. Actually, going to work is the most social I have been in like forever lol. Otherwise, my friends just don't ask me to hang out or they're always "busy" when I ask them to hang out.
Mine and James' 6 month anniversary is in 10 days and after that it'll be 28 days until we see each other. That's crazy. I feel like I repeat myself sometimes but I can't help it, I'm too excited to see him. Like I said, in a couple of weeks I'll start preparing what I have to prepare for his visit. I have the feeling that April will go by fast, since March went by really fast.
James works a night shift again tonight so I won't get to talk to him, but I was talking to him earlier before he left. It still sucks that we won't get to see each other on skype :( and I hope that he can come on in the morning before I leave for work at 3 - 9 tomorrow. But at least we'll still get to talk tomorrow night and go on skype again and whatnot. Sometimes our schedules suck, but he's putting in his two weeks notice next week so that he can move on the week before Easter.
Well I think that's all for now. Stay strong, we'll get through it.
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