Boyfriend away for six months?

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Since about 4 months I know my boyfriend will go to the other side of the world in the beginning of next year, for half a year. Can a relationship survive that? I will go there for two weeks, and he'll come back for two weeks too. But it gives me so much stress, won't this be the end?

My experience: True Love can survive anything like that...we had a year completely apart & no change to the way we feel about eachother.

It gives me so much stress since I know it. I can't handle it very well. I want to know wat to expect, if I should feel the pain or not. He says it'll work out. I don't know. I feel awful about it sometimes. Don't get me wrong- he really should go, as an opportunity. I don't try to convince him not to go.

Try to take your focus away from it as much as possible, focus on your own life, projects, etc.
You'll still feel the pain, but he will miss you too...and it's not forever.

The main problem is: Will we survive it? I don't know... I try to convince myself...

It is a risk, yes.
But for me, I wouldn't want anything less than that which could survive such a test, if necessary.

I'll be honest with you and not give you any false hope. Most of the time... It just doesn't work. There you go, this is my honest opinion, and I've seen it time and time again. He's gone for half a year. Six months. 180 Days.

Chances are that your emotional connection will start to tear and rip - relationships are needy, and this is mostly a good thing. Not so much when you can't even meet with that special someone for months at a time.

Hell, embrace the situation and try it out. If it doesn't work? You're the one to figure that out. There's many paths for you to take... Choose wisely.