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Girlfriend going to the Navy, I'm going to the Air Force, how can we make this work?

• Okay, I know Yahoo Answers can't really give me a direct answer for this question, but I would like some advice from anyone who has been in a situation similar to this because I honestly don't know how to handle any of this. My girlfriend and I have been dating for 2 and a half years now. She's about to graduate this year, while I graduated last year. We've been together since I was a junior in High School. We're both pretty timid at times, unless we're around each other and we can be ourselves. In the past two years, we've spent a lot of time together with each other. She took me to my prom, I took her to her prom. She was the first girl I've ever really taken on a date. Hell, I'd like to even consider her to be the first kiss since everything before that was just casual experimenting as a child. Just letting you know my emotional attachment to her. What's my problem? Honestly, I want to know if this will work, us being in two different branches of the military. We both did JROTC in High School (where we met), it was a Navy branch so I'm very familiar with the Navy and it's lifestyle. I'm not too familiar with the Air Force and I picked this branch based on my ability to score well with test, and it's lifestyle benefits. I'd really like to marry her. A lot of people have tried telling me to just let it go and find someone else since the chances of her cheating on me are almost a positive anyways and that I should just focus on my career. I'm no fool, I understand the possibility...but at the same time I trust her more than anyone else in my life so why not take the chance if I'm already doing it with everyone else around me? I just need advice on what I need to do, or if I should even do anything at all. Is there a strategy to having a successful relationship while in the military? I'm not really like most guys, I've never cheated on her, never really had any temptations to. That may sound kind of phony or even like a "nice guy" situation, but that's not the case. I just genuinely love this girl, not my fault.. I am currently 19 years old, while she's 18. She leaves in June for basic training I believe, and I should be leaving around that time as well since I'm in the process of it all (I take the ASVAB tomorrow). How could we make this work? Can we make this work? She ensures me that we'll be okay, and not to worry, but I don't think she's really done her research on the situation. Why don't I just join the Navy? I honestly just don't like the branch based on my High School ROTC experience. If it'd be anything like that, I'd like to stay away from it as far as possible. I mean, I could all kinds of awards and ribbons, my uniform was full of them. But in 3 and a half years, I only got maybe what, 2 promotions? Even still, they wanted me in all sorts of leadership positions. While I had to sit back and watch the very people I trained be promoted ahead of me? No thank you. I don't really want to tell her not to go or anything, I'm not the type to destroy someone's passion or dreams, no matter how much I oppose them. As far as sexual status (don't read this section if you don't feel like reading about teen sex), technically, we're virgins. Lol, why technically? We didn't start sexual activity until about a year and a half after dating. (Hell, she wouldn't really kiss me until like after 4 months). Even still, the most we do is oral, and "hand stimulation". We've never had "traditional intercourse", simply because she has a low tolerance for pain (high five to the guys, loljk) and she says she's not ready. Let me remind you, I'm a 19 year old, Scorpio male, I guess you could say most people expect me to be some sex driven beast. That's not the case though, yeah it's frustrating, but I have no problem with waiting. I've covered a lot of things so far, hopefully this is enough for someone to really critique the situation and give the best advice possible, I really need it. Again, I won't be deciding what to do based off any of these answers, simply looking for something to send me in the right direction. If you've read all of this and replied, I really do appreciate you, God Bless. Too long didn't read? Girlfriend going to Navy, I'm going to Air Force. I'm in love and I want to keep her. I don't know how to go about keeping her or even if there's anything to worry about. We some virgins, we kinda shy, we both encourage each other to pursue our dreams, we've been through a lot together, etc etc etc...HEEEEEEELP! -end-

• Answer:

  Hi there, first of all, CALM DOWN...its an era of technology and most of the people are or have experienced long distance relationships, well, who am I to tell this? Coz I'm also in an LDR since an year, and since past 5 months, I haven't seen my bf, we talk but its like barely 10mins a day or sometimes, NO CALLS AT ALL! But believe me, its going great...coz we're going to meet in June. :D Well, coming back to your problem, don't listen to people!! Did you took people's advice when you started dating her? Did you took people's advice when you first kissed? Did people told you to go on a date with her or hang out? So why now? Why are you so bothered? If she's saying everything will work out, she'll make it happen too! And if you guys are emotionally and mentally so attached, chances of infidelity are very low. Will you date another girl in your Air Force training if you got a chance to? NO! Coz your heart won't allow you to, everytime you'll think about dating someone else, you'll be reminded of your Navy-girl and your mission, to WAIT for the right time to be reunited! To wait for the time when you'll be together once again. If you can't sacrifice for a relationship, or anything in life, you'll never know its value, and a LDR is much better than casual and regular relationships, coz it gives us the time to understand the other person by being far away, coz it gives us the opportunity to feel the love and pain...pain of distance is excruciating and believe me it kills you inside! But then, if you learn to overcome it, and after months when you'll meet your better half and go on a date, you'll find a different kind of attachment, a sort of maturity and closeness...you'll yourself feel that all the wait and separation was totally worth it! And if you can handle this with maturity, you can surely be a sorted out and happy couple in future..! Cheating is what comes to mind everytime when the other person doesn't attends your call or replies to your mails...but if you will wash these thoughts out of your mind then you'll never feel bad or frustrated...you start loving each other more! Well, I can only share what I have experienced, rest, situations and circumstances of everyone's life are different and only the people living in there can tell you what's actually going on! There will be a lot of moments that you'll feel to quit everything and just breakoff, but that's the actual TEST of your love and your faith...if you pass that, you can have the happiest life! GOOD LUCK! :)