"Long distance relationships will kill you." is a line from a song from a band known only as The Naked Brother's Band. They had a hit Nickelodeon T.V. show back in 2007 that ended in 2009 and only one of the brothers is known now for his roles in most of the movies based on John Green books. I'm here to tell you that a long distance relationship will not in fact kill you if you don't let it.

I personally am in a long distance relationship as I am away at college and my boyfriend is five hours away from me back home. We make it work though and I wouldn't trade him for anything. There are a lot of things that make a long distance relationship stressful just because you can't see them, physically touch them, or sometimes talk to them everyday. It's a learning curve with these types of relationships and you have to have a certain level of respect and trust to get through the rough patches.

While I don't talk to him on the phone everyday, we keep an open text conversation and are constantly sending each other memes, blurbs about our day, or just cute texts to remind the other person we love them. Communication is key in any relationship but being able to communicate while far away from each other is on a whole other level. You have to have patience and work with one another. He knows when I'm really upset and tends to call me instead of texting me to make sure I am okay. We also occasionally FaceTime in order to see one another.

If you aren't in college and don't have scheduled breaks where you go home, make plans to visit one another. Whether you go to him or he comes to you is up for you to decide. Even though I get to definitely see him every other month, he makes an effort to come up at least once a month to see me and visit with me on the weekends. It's okay if you can't commute to each other every weekend because that means your time spent together will be extra special and something to cherish. If it's meant to be you will permanently be together one day.

You have to trust each other. I know it's hard, believe me. You do not know how many times I've seen some random post on social media that I take out of proportion and assume he's either not into me anymore or he's found someone else. DO NOT DO THAT! I can't stress that enough. That just makes the other person mad and it's never a good idea to go to bed mad. Jealousy is a real thing but you can't let it consume you.

The biggest thing with being in a long distance relationship is reminding the other person you love them everyday. You can never overuse I love you and by letting the other person know they make you happy and that you are theirs, they know you love them and will never let them go.