text: I went through exactly the same thing. I was in England, he was in Ireland. It's not a huge distance to make a relationship work, and the flights are dirt cheap. Just one piece of advice for you; if one of you decides to make the move permanently across the water, make sure you both have your own lives and friends. I split with the man I moved for and it was very lonely being on my own away from home. But I built up my own live, and have now lived in Ireland for 8 years, and the guy is long gone, but I would never go home now!