I used a throwaway to post in here a LOT towards the end of last year/January this year because I didn’t want my ex finding my posts and linking it to him, but obviously we broke up lols.

Long distance was such a range of emotions, I’ve honestly never felt more connected with a person and I’m not sure I ever will. The pure joy I felt when I could physically hold him was unbelievable and I’ve gone from saying I could never do long distance and all LDRs are doomed to actually firmly believing that they ARE possible and can be healthy if both people are able to put in the work.

I wanted to make a thank you post earlier but honestly it’s taken until now to be okay again after losing that relationship. Thank you so much to everyone here who gave advice and helped me find my feet when things were good, and talked me down when things were bad!

The story has a (hopefully!) happy ending- nearly 6 months on I’ve met someone who makes me happy and takes clear action to grow as a person, apparently one of the things he’s enjoying is getting to be vulnerable and explore those parts of himself that a relationship throws up and he’s so gentle with me and my emotions too.

I hope you all continue to be happy with your LDR partners, thank you for giving me a community when I didn’t have anywhere else to go!