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" With just about a full semester down of long-distance dating, Kyle and I thought we&amp;#039;d give some thoughts and tips on a few common relationship issues! Adjusting to college life Jen: The first few weeks apart can be the rockiest because both people are trying to get used to a whole new lifestyle. Both of you need to focus on yourselves for a little while more than the relationship, and that can cause tension. Getting used to college is a unique experience for everybody, so don&amp;#039;t be angry or upset if the two of you are handling the transition differently. Kyle: Both people should make an extra effort to make a good core group of friends at school as soon as possible. Once you have some solid friends, the adjustment period is a lot easier. That takes a lot of stress off of you, so that takes stress off of the relationship. Staying in touch Jen: One thing I really like about long-distance is sending letters and other surprises in the mail. Whenever I&amp;#039;m out with friends, I keep an eye out for cute greeting cards or just small things that can be easily packaged up and sent. A little while ago, Kyle ordered a bouquet of flowers to be sent to my dorm&amp;#039;s mailroom, and it completely made my week. Kyle: We videochat pretty often, but not every single night, because then we&amp;#039;d probably run out of stuff to talk about. Videochatting is important because it&amp;#039;s more personal than texting. Also, you can show what your dorm looks like and introduce your roommate. Visiting each other Jen: It&amp;#039;s difficult for us to visit each other since we&amp;#039;re so far apart (he&amp;#039;s in Pennsylvania, I&amp;#039;m in Florida). When we do, though, we try to fit everything in\u2014going out to dinner, seeing each other&amp;#039;s families, etc.\u2014since we have such a limited amount of time. He thinks it&amp;#039;s kind of weird, but I usually make a checklist of everything I want to do when we&amp;#039;re together! Kyle: When she visited, I definitely wanted to show her around campus and introduce her to everyone so she could better understand what college is like for me. I like being able to say &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m going to class,&amp;quot; and she has an idea of where my classes are and everything. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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