Earlier today, my boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend and I were talking about Snapchat.

She happened to ask how long my streak was with my boyfriend. It happens to be 640 days, which comes as a surprise to most. Snapchat happens to be a lot more than taking pictures and a simple app to us.

Our relationship is not odd, but common.

Most of the time I am away at college while he is at home going to school and working. We both live very busy lifestyles and barely get to see each other. We are both working passionately for a degree. During our busy life, we still have found plenty of time for each other.

Snapchat made this possible.

Snapchat gives people a chance to have a conversation while seeing each other.

This is exactly what people in a relationship like ours need. A perfect blend between pictures and texting, all in one app.

Snapchat means being able to see each other, when you physically can’t.

Being able to capture raw emotions and feelings in a picture, means feeling like you are right there with your significant other.

Snapchat means having a deep conversation with someone who isn’t there.

With having the option to either just text or put text on your pictures, it makes it easier to be able to have a conversation that means something.

Snapchat makes being a couple easier when you are away.

It’s not a matter of our love to us. It’s not a matter of being away. It’s a matter of staying connected. When you get swept up in all of the other things in a normal life, people tend to lose interest and connectivity to the special someone in their lives. Snapchat makes being a long distance couple for nine months out of the year, easier, more enjoyable and more rewarding. Having Snapchat makes our relationship stronger. An app brought us together and now it continues to keep us together.