Future relationship

[User69420]

Right okay so basically me and my ex have been seperated for around 2 months now and we've both recently gotten back into talking together (as friends) and we both said that we miss each other and we feel like we should give it another go in the future.

However, in a couple months im off to uni and will be away for 3 years and im saying to my ex (who is clearly wanting to try again with me with all the stuff that she is saying to me) that if we wait 3 years before we get back together, we'll be happily together. But she isn't seeing the bigger picture and is only focused on the 3 years with not being together and saying "we will miss out on so many memories". Which yes is a valid point but if we wanted to try again so bad surely the 3 year wait is an option that could be taken.... as the saying goes "No reward comes without great sacrifice".

So the point of this thread is would the sacrifice of not being together worth it for the possibilty of being together for 10x longer and living a happy life together (bare in mind when we were together, we had an amazing connection and when we first met, we had an instant spark and broke the ice almost immediately).

Sorry for the long thread but any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Are you both 18?
it's basically impossible to commit to getting together with someone at some point in the future. You're either together but long distance or you're friends with a possibility of getting together in the future but the second option risks one or both getting hurt when one person meets someone new in that time.
why did you break up?
university (when you're young) is a time of huge change and you won't be the same people in 3 years.

Yes we are both 18 but she is turning 19 at the end of the year. Yeah I mean I think the friends option is the one that we are going to take but this whole situation is hard to be honest because she's saying things like "I miss you alot", "I hope we try again the future" etc but then she is saying "Do you think it'll work out" (the 3 year part)...... But of course there are risks to anything but I said to her that if we are able to wait the 3 years then thats a fair sign of true love........ in my opinion she just needs to see the bigger picture and imagine the couple we could become after the 3 years and not rely soooo much on the 3 year part.

But we broke up mutually as it was the wrong time and we rushed into it too quickly.... But neither of us hate each other, we both have the same feelings towards each other.