justic3 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Heyy everybody, I'm new here, and this forum caught my eye immediately because, well, I'm in one too. I live in Canada, and my boyfriend of nine months lives in Arkansas. And I was looking at all of your threads, and a lot of you need advice...it was too much work to go to each one and post something, so here you guys go...I hope I can help. Coty and I met on some random chat thingy on the internet. We started talking over MySpace, he was just some guy back then, so whatever right? But my life wasn't going very well, I was dealing with things that were going on in all the wrong ways. Coty helped me stop doing stuff that was ruining my life, he stopped me from ending it. I have no doubt in my mind that God sent me my very own angel, when I needed him the most. After a year of knowing eachother, we decided to be together. We fell for eachother more each day, and started talking on the phone. He kept calling me, despite getting grounded countless times for the $500 phone bills. Finally, his mother gave in, and set him up with a phone plan that allowed him to call anywhere in Canada for, like, 20 bucks a month. Obviously, we were really happy..we could talk for hours and hours now, and no one would get in trouble. We started sending eachother gifts for our "anniversaries", birthdays, Valentines Days, etc. (By the way, our 4 months was ON Valentines Day...I just love that, haha. ) For Valentines/my birthday, he sent me this gorgeous, white-gold ring...it's got two hearts on it, each with a little diamond inside them. And he said, "Will you marry me?" He said it alot before, jokingly, and I laughed and said of course. He said in his most serious voice that he meant it. We talked about it seriously, and he had been thinking quite a bit about all this...he had everything planned out. And now, at nine months, we're going to get to see eachother in six days, and he told me that he'd do a real live proposal then. If me and Coty could have such a strong relationship when we hadn't even MET yet, not to mention the fact that I'm 15 and he's 17....you guys can definitely pull it off as well..you just have to work on it, and never ever give up. I really hoped I helped some of you...speaking from experience, long-distance relationships can have their pros as well. Like, you learn not to take the little things like holding hands and kisses on the cheek for granted. Every physical moment counts. And since all you have are your words, you two should get lots of practice communicating. Link to post Share on other sites
catrocks Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Good for you. Another story to prove they can work (short version cos I'm tired) He was posted in Germany with the US air force. I was living in Belgium because I was bored of England. We met at a music festival, became friends and started dating a couple of months later. Just over a year later the AF decided it was time for him to go to Utah... blarg. So he did, and then started the crappy distance. He was there for a year, and when that was up he decided not to re-enlist and went back home to Ohio and found a great job. All this time I'm finishing college, we got to see each other 2-3 times a year (thank you school holidays!!!). So last summer we were discussing what would happen after I graduated (since I was entering into my last year) and anyways he proposed and I said yes. So this last year I have been finishing college and applying for a fiancee visa (which arrived last week, woohoo!!!) I'm flying out to be with him on August 16th and we're getting married September 15th. It's been a really crap 2 1/2 years of distance but you know what, it's been freakin worth it and I can't wait until we are finally together. Link to post Share on other sites
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