I am currently in a long distance relationship from Chicago to Kansas City that has lasted close to seven months.

I guess I don’t talk about it very often on here because, well, I’d like for it to last and I just want to keep it private. As much as I enjoy this relationship and as much as I’ve learned and grown in the past seven months, it is one of the hardest things I have ever done. I think it is completely worth it but it sucks a lot and there are a lot of days when he wants to drop out of school and move here or I want to quit my job and move there. The good news is there aren’t a lot of days that we want to give up on it.

The only reason that I mention it is because of the conversation I had yesterday:

Person: What’d you do for Halloween?
Self: [relay occurrences of the evening]
Person: Did you talk to any cute boys?
Self: Why would I talk to cute boys? I’m dating someone.
Person: Well….I guess? I mean, how long are you REEEEALLY expecting that to last?

Normally, I would brush this off but SERIOUSLY this “Person” is the sixth with whom I’ve had this conversation (or similar). I know that I’m an overly sensitive person but I am starting to get really frustrated. Thankfully, most of my friends and family have been extremely supportive and I really appreciate it. I just want everyone to know that we’re both in this for the long haul and being in an LDR (as a few of my friends know) is difficult enough without a snide remark like the one above.

Thank you for your support, whether loud or quiet.

I feel a little obnoxious now, so I’m going to hide. That’s all I will (hopefully) say on the matter. Thanks for tolerating my mini-rant.