Me and my girlfriend had been together for about 1 1/2 years before I went off to college ( Shes younger and was still in H.S. ). My college was about 8 hours away, but we managed to do it the whole year ( I saw her about a weekend a month). We recently went seperate ways because we didn't see eye to eye on things that i don't think we ever would of . But it worked out great, as long as you got trust thats all you need.