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Long-distance love
Being in a long-distance relationship, either during or after your year abroad, is an emotionally exhausting experience.* However, if you are communicative, proactive and thoughtful you can both get a huge amount out of it - from a better understanding of what you both want out of life (you will have a LOT of time to talk! Thank heaven for Skype) to mysterious and exciting parcels arriving by post, surprise midnight cookie deliveries and romantic mini-breaks half-way between you. And after all, you know what they say - "absence makes the heart grow fonder!" (eurgh. You definitely don't want to hear that.)
* Believe us - we've been there...
- Independent article: How to cope with a long-distance university relationship
- The top ten relationship words that aren't translatable into English
* Believe us - we've been there...
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Surviving a long distance relationship on your Year Abroad
Written by Hayley French Monday, 19 November 2012Hayley French is currently in her fourth and final year studying French, Spanish and Italian Triple Honours at Bangor University in Wales. She spent a semester in each country and managed to keep her long-distance relationship going through the eighteen months she spent abroad, and beyond! Here is her advice for other year abroaders considering the same commitment...Published in Long-distance loveTags -
Leaving behind friends and family is one of the hardest parts of going on a year abroad, especially if that means saying goodbye to your boyfriend or girlfriend. When you’re in a relationship, the prospect of one of you taking a year abroad can lead to a difficult question. Will your relationship survive a year apart? It may not be the obvious option, but going abroad as a couple could be the solution. My boyfriend and I have spent the past nine months living in France together. Here’s how we did it and what we wish we’d known beforehand!Published in Long-distance loveTags -
Spicing up a long-distance relationship
Written by Tracey CoxLong-Distance Relationships: (noun, singular though can sometimes be plural) The act of carrying on with a holiday/year abroad fling, trying to make it work across countries/continents/the universe. LDR for short. See also: folkloric love, love hurts, happy families and love conquers all.Published in Long-distance loveTags -
After a fabulously loved up pit stop in England between the two halves of my year abroad, I have set sail (or flight) to the lovely city of Rome. The second half of my year will be spent here in the Italian capital where I am embarking on an Erasmus exchange at the unbelievably disorganised Roman university, La Sapienza.
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Jennifer is coming to the end of her year abroad as an Erasmus student in Gelnhausen, Germany. Here is her story about the emotional rollercoaster she faced on her year abroad, and her top tips for long-distance break-ups.Published in Long-distance loveTags -
For all you year abroad students preparing to enter into or continue a long-distance relationship, things are not as bad as they seem. With cheap (surprise) flights, quick international postage, mail order flowers, spontaneous romantic gestures and a healthy dose of trust and infatuation, you'll sail through. But, believe me, nothing makes a long-distance more manageable than Skype.
Here's an infographic to illustrate how developments in technology have made life a whole lot easier for long-distance couples...
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Finding a partner during your time away is possibly the safest ticket to fluency known to man. You'll learn more about the country, the culture, the love-bird expressions (even if you choose not to use them - 'mi querido pastelito' anyone? That's 'darling little cupcake' to anyone not studying Spanish or Soppynish), in fact, at the very least, you're going to learn a whole sub-language through text messages and emails (only ask trusted friends to translate these). You'll find yourself picking up all your partner's little vocal tics too, which will make you sound more fluent. Having someone whisper seductive things in your ear in French, Spanish or Italian is great. German, less so.Published in Long-distance loveTags
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