College is known
for being the best years of someone's life and the next greatest chapter after graduating
from High School. College is the perfect place where you learn to become
independent, responsible and have the opportunity to experience the new people
and ultimately, the college life. Did I mention meeting new people?
You never know who
you are going to meet in college, so why be tied down to a long distance
relationship with a nagging girlfriend or boyfriend? College is the time to
embrace finally being on your own after living under your parents’ roof. If
you’re going to college, you may as well have a “true” college experience to
meet new people and find out more about your own self. It's the perfect time to
figure out what your goals are and what career you want to pursue. When being
tangled in a long distance relationship, some may choose not to fully embrace
the opportunities and feel resentment when having someone in the back of your
mind 24/7.
The most obvious
stressor in any long distance relationship is the irritation of not knowing what
your significant other is up too, no matter how much you want to believe they
are being faithful. That alone can spark many arguments and lead to messy
breakups and continuous fights and to make matters worse; those disputes are
trying to be settled through a phone line.
Not only are you
tossing and turning, worrying about the commitment issue but you could be
missing out on experiences with your new friends, who possibly become important
individuals in your future and always being on the phone with your significant
other can put a strain on your friendships. The relationship would be a lot of
hard work and cause a lot of stress on your own well-being. Besides, if you decide
to break up, you'd be forced to look back on all the times you could’ve been
living your college life, in a whole new way; meeting new people, becoming a
stronger person and maybe even missing out on that person you were really meant
to be with. My advice is to allow yourself the new step into the world and if
your relationship is really meant to be, then you will find each other down the
road and everything will fall into place, but you need to allow fate to run its
course.