My boyfriend lives in France. We talk every day and manage to see each other once a month, but it's really frustrating not being able to go to see him after work if I fancy it, or when the conversation turns a bit spicy and we can't do anything about it (at least, not together). He's been really stressed lately, moving house AND job, and I hated that I couldn't give him a hug. Neither of us have done the long-distance thing before.
Has anyone here been in a long distance relationship, or even have a husband who's away a lot with the forces/oil/whatever? How do you deal with the frustration (I'm talking more about missing each other than sexual frustration, to be clear 
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Living in the same country as each other isn't on the cards, at least not for many years, for various reasons. I accept this may not be a relationship for life, but I'd like to try and make it work rather than just give up.
P.S. Not a journalist. I haven't used this nickname for a while but I'm a pretty regular poster and I can ask MNHQ to confirm if anybody's worried.