The Sweeter Side of Distance.

I guess this day and age, finding love on the internet isn't exactly unconventional. Some people tend to make a big deal out of it, and yeah sometimes it doesn't work, or turns out badly, but other times, it just works.

The day Jack and I met was one of the most perfect days of my life. And I've had a lot of them this year. Nothing was contrived. As soon as we saw each other, it's like every doubt we might have had, all the nerves, just disappeared. Before we even said a word to each other, I kissed him, and it felt so natural, like we'd been dating for months.

Without going into too much detail, it's been 8 months since that day. We considered ourselves together much earlier than March. We tell everyone we started dating in January, and we may as well have. Everything that happened to get us to where we are now fell perfectly into place, and it has ever since.

The catch, I guess, is that we live 450km apart. It's about a six hour drive, a six hour train trip, or an hour on an airplane. And I know we are a lot luckier than couples who live in different states, or different countries, but I also know that when we're apart, there is a gaping hole in my chest that will never be filled by anything, or anyone else.

We have so many people ask us how we make the distance work. I so often have trouble explaining it, because, we just do. I guess the most simple way to put it, and what I say to most people who ask, is that, when you find someone you love, and care for so deeply; someone who moves when you move, who loves you unconditionally... You don't let anything get in the way of it. If you want to be with someone, you shouldn't let anything stop you. Not a highway, not an ocean.

It's not always easy. Jack and I are lucky that we see each other pretty much every fortnight. Sometimes for a week, sometimes for a night. But there have been a lot of times, during the very few times we've had to spend more than two weeks away from each other, that it seems too much. Some mornings you wake up, and dont want to face the day, because he's not there. But we grow stronger for it.

Every bad day is forgotten when I look at him.

Knowing that the distance is only temporary makes every minute without him worth it. We make plans and talk about the future and there is nothing anyone can do or say that is going to stop us.

He is my life, my hope, my dreams, and my future.