Didn't work for me. I was way too attached and he also happened to be a dickhead. He went to an honors college and didn't want to screw it up so he would just ignore my calls for days at a time. We also "talked about it" and he was full of shit.

Break-up. One year separation in high school isn't a big deal, nor is one year separation in college a big deal. Despite the closeness in age, you'll be in two different worlds soon. Particularly if he's going to be living in the dorms, life is going to change in a big way. If you stay together, he's going to feel limited, trapped, and held back. It will make him resent the relationship, and maybe even you.

You guys should break up knowing that you'll be in different worlds soon to avoid ruining what you have now. Some people change immensely when they move off to college, particularly towards the end of their first year. If you break up now, you'll avoid any complications, but still have the lingering emotions that will allow you guys to pick up at a later time, should you both feel inclined. It's for the best.

this is more of a college/post-college relationship, but it's still regarding the same issue.

i was dating my boyfriend for 2 years by the time we graduated from college in the midwest. i moved to boston for grad school and he moved to chicago for work. it's been over a year of doing long distance, being in two different cities that required a 1.5 hour long flight to get to. yes, it's hard but we both try hard to make it work. there have been lots of mutual visits and lots of phone conversations, to keep involved in each others' lives. who knows what the future looks like for us, but so far, it's been going okay. i think a lot of it has to do with commitment and being able to trust each other... and continually making that other person a priority, even if you can't see them all the time.

i don't know if your life stage (high school/college) makes things a little different, perhaps in terms of the seriousness of your relationship. but i've definitely know of people who were high school sweethearts, went to colleges on opposite sides of the country, and ended up getting married.

My ex-boyfriend and I were together for almost a year when I started college.  I moved three hours upstate and he stayed home to work.  We saw each other on weekends and during breaks; it really wasn't too bad of a situation since we stayed together through my first and most of my second year of college with minimal problems.

There's no reason why you two can't stay together and have a relationship that stays strong or becomes stronger despite not being home together.  Just make sure to keep the lines of communication open and remember that trust and hard work are integral to successful relationships.

"Long distance is a lie teenagers tell each other to get laid the summer before college." - How I Met Your Mother

Yeah seriously, it didn't work out for me because both of us were way too tempted to cheat while separated. Then again, I guess we both felt too young to get that serious. Hmm.

two hours isn't that long

my high school bf was a year younger than me, and i when i went away (only an hour away) we had been dating for a year and a half and the distance nearly killed us after seeing each other every day.  we held on for one semester and i came home on weekends.  then i dropped out and came home to go to community college.  we dated for two more years, and then broke up for completely unrelated reasons.

my bff has a long-distance boyfriend who was about 3 hours away for the first two years and is now several states away.  they've been dating for 6 years.  she doesn't recommend it for other people, but loves him more than anything.  they call every day and visit when they can, and they do fun activities like watching the same movie at the same time, and skype.  they're planning to get married eventually, but neither are in any hurry.

another friend was separated from his gf for a year cuz they got into different med schools.  they talked every day on the phone, and he said he feels like he knows her better now than he would have if they had stayed geographically close because they really just talk- no TV or food or anything else distracting them, just an hour or so on the phone every night.  they're getting married in June

so, all in all, it can be done   it depends on how serious you both are, how important the "college experience" is to him, what resources you have available to you (like, can you drive to see each other every week or two? have computers to skype?  do parents mind paying HUGE phone bills?), and whether or not you're both on the same page, but you can certainly pull it off if you try

The first relationship I had with a guy in college (before I was in college), we broke up after a few days. He was just too busy adjusting to the college life and meeting new people that he decided we should break up. We had been going out for about 6 months.
The second one I had didn't work out either, but that was kind of for different reasons. I had been on and off with this guy a lot..when I add it up now, we dated for about 2 years, but that 2 years was split up over a course of 4 years. When he went back to college last year and I was a senior in high school, I broke up with him because I just wasn't feeling it anymore, but I think part of that was because he was away. So being long distance does make a difference, no matter what people say.
I'm now in my third college-relationship thing, both my current boyfriend and I are starting college shortly. It is going to be hard but I think because I have dealt with long distance twice in the past, hopefully this time I'll be more prepared. I feel like now I understand commitment better.
Good luck.

I dated a dude who was younger (high school junior) while I was starting my first year of college. My college wasn't 2 hours away, it was more an hour away so I visited him during the weekends. But we were basically "inseparable." This was the most damaging because I wouldn't want to hang out with my other friends when we hung out and I had to study very hard during the times I wasn't seeing him or talking to him because he distracted me A LOT during the school year. We had a lot of issues working it out, becuase he didn't have a car and I would have to always drive to him (I also commuted to school.. so that was a lot of gas to make those trips). We webcammed sometimes but still... blah! 

My friend, H, she dated a guy who went to a college (they were both first-years from the same college) about 6 hours away. They were inseparable during the summer, but she found out that he cheated on her and never made time for her when he was at school. Didn't work out. He ignored her. 

Lastly, my friends V and D have made it really work. They had been going out since their junior years in high school and go to schools 2 hours apart from each other. I'm not sure of the details, but they trust each other a lot, and if they do webcam, it's usually just to see each other doing homework (they both go to very prestigious universities with lots of work loads) and it's very, very cute. :) 

So it really depends how you make it. 

My college was 2 hours away.  I left in late 1989, and the Loma Prieta quake struck.  In those pre-internet days, I was just too immature to handle a relationship with my high school gf. 

Years later, my gf and I hooked up again.  But there's a lot of past baggage, which presents another challenge.  Again, it's up to the individuals to forge a successful, healthy, happy relationship.

I'm in basically the same situation. T_T

I'm going to college 14 hours away and he gets to stay at boarding school for another year. And we used to spend nearly every waking hour together and now it's maybe a visit over winter vacation.

I feel like the odds are against us, I mean reading all these comments about how basically EVERY LDR failed miserably is kinda not comforting...School actually started for him like a week ago and we basically fought 3 times in a week, not great stats I think. And I worry that in two weeks, the fighting will start up again, or even worse, our conversations will be stilted. And stilted conversation seems to be the precursor to all these break-ups, the lack of communication and caring about the other...T_T

i was going out with a guy for about a year or so, when he started a job in real life while i started college. It was hard especially since I was still growing and learning to find myself. I was young, and I still didn't know what i want. So I wanted to explore myself more. So we broke it off.

my step brother and his girlfriend were in a similar situation last year. she was starting her senior year, he was going to a college that's about six hours away. they had been together maybe a year at the time, i honestly don't know. maybe more. but they met through doing ROTC in high school, and they had a lot of the same friends. he wasn't allowed to come home except for school-sanctioned breaks (thanksgiving, winter, spring break, etc) because he was a freshman in the corps cadets and that was just how it was, but she was allowed to go visit him. she kind of made it a point to do that. she's friends with a lot of the same people as he is, so maybe that had an impact on the way that they turned out. they had one major fight where they were like "let's just take a break from talking for a few days" but it wasn't like a break up, and they were back on within a week, i think. they've been going strong now for 2 or 3 years and everything is looking good for them. also, she's very close with his family, so maybe that had something to do with it.

you should be good when he leaves. and if he's not in the corps cadet like scott was, he should be able to come home on a weekend and when he does, make it a point to see him. and also, make it a point to spend time with him before he leaves, and when he leaves as well. try your hardest to. your relationship should be fine, as long as you trust and love each other. and if you both want to make it work, it will.

I dated my boyfriend for two years before college. We really loved each other, but we decided to break up so we wouldn't end up holding each other back (academically and socially) from our first year at college. Having a SO seems to make people feel more secure and less likely to want to reach out and find many new friends. We went to different colleges, made different friends. I dated one random douche for three weeks before realizing he was two-timing me, and several creeps tried to get together with me, but I never got into any sort of serious relationship. My ex-boyfriend didn't get into any relationships at all.

After first semester, we started talking again, and it was almost as if we had never started dating. Talking to him made me so happy, and we became "best friends" almost immediately. We'd call everyday, and talk for at least an hour. We really cared about each other, even though we had somewhat lost touch for the first half of our freshman year. He would drive an hour to come see me every other week, and it was just natural that we would start kissing and being intimate like we used to. The friends-with-benefits deal turned into a full-fledged relationship, and we're a happy couple now, about to go into our sophomore year at college.

Make a choice that's best for you!  Will you hold him back in college? Do you trust him enough not to be a typical college boy at frat parties, inviting lapdances and drunken makeouts? Can your relationship survive the distance?