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Long distance - am i expecting too much/do I need to relax expectations?

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KatDubs261 · 12/01/2018 15:39

Partner and I have been long distance for 4 months & we are a 2hr 40 min plane ride away. Each month we've taken turns visiting the other, with mĂșltiple daily messages & 2 skypes per week in between. It is now boyfriends turn to visit.

At Christmas we spent 1 week together which was lovely, but now there are no plans to see each other next. Partially, this is because he's been applying for new jobs & waiting to see when he might need to go in for follow Up interviews. He says he doesnt know when he will see me next but Will have a better idea after he gets a response from the latest job application.

Its been a week since I Saw him & i'm starting to feel fed up. We have another Skype this weekend but I am feeling reluctant to bother for the first time...its hard for me when future plans are non existent.

Do I need to chill or am I right to want a plan from him sooner rather than later?

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LemonShark · 12/01/2018 23:00

Ah okay sorry for jumping to conclusions twitterqueen. I see loads of people be snarky about typos taking them literally to be dicks about it and thought that may have been what you were doing! I was wrong and I apologise x

TwitterQueen1 · 13/01/2018 09:31

Hey Lemon, no problem! Wink Grin

Personas is a favourite alternate term for audience profiling really - but more in depth. So at work we develop 'personas' for our target audience - think mobile, powerful, lightweight PC for saleswoman (let's call her Lisa for example) on the road all day.

I know nothing about weird online relationships!

Here endeth the lesson and the sidetrack.

KatDubs261 · 13/01/2018 15:27

I'm not one for games, so in the end I did suggest we reschedule our next call for when he has a plan together to visit me. He responded by asking which dates suit me best and said he may even come to see me in 2 weeks. Seems like pressure works on him! Thanks!

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