Dive in Deep
I wasn’t sure how I was going to get through a full week of not seeing her.
We started the walk back to her place, my hand holding hers. “You know, I really appreciate you coming all this way, but I need you to know that I’m willing to try a long-distance relationship without you going through so much effort and expense to come here. My parents managed to stay married, and they would go months, sometimes a year, without seeing each other when my dad was deployed. I’m a military kid. I understand that relationships are sometimes done over the phone with sporadic visitations. I don’t want you to think you have to bend over backward to see me.”