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LDR, and fear.

Quick shot,

My gf is really distressed and now her self, she lives quite a bit away and we havent seen each other in ages, and a visit isn't plauslabe right now.
One of her friends has died and its brought the reality of death to her mind, and shes scared of losing me, and I can't help her one bit.

Reassuring her that I won't die is something that is not posible... I think the feeling will die down, but always be there, even for me. I guess the real question is,

How do you comfort your LDR significant other over the net with something as deep as this?
Reply 1
Phone her.
Can you email her, or maybe phone her as Hotfuzz suggested and just simply reassure her.
Reply 3
Contact is NOT the problem, shes right here on msn...

How do I reassure or help her?
Anonymous
Quick shot,

My gf is really distressed and now her self, she lives quite a bit away and we havent seen each other in ages, and a visit isn't plauslabe right now.
One of her friends has died and its brought the reality of death to her mind, and shes scared of losing me, and I can't help her one bit.

Reassuring her that I won't die is something that is not posible... I think the feeling will die down, but always be there, even for me. I guess the real question is,

How do you comfort your LDR significant other over the net with something as deep as this?


Just reassure her on msn that you love her loads, and maybe write her a letter so she's got something to look forward to in a few days' time? Hope that helps!
Reply 5
chloe-libertine
Just reassure her on msn that you love her loads, and maybe write her a letter so she's got something to look forward to in a few days' time? Hope that helps!

Writing is a great idea because it gives you something to look forward to and makes you stop and think about how much someone loves you that they've put in the effort to sit down and write a letter.

We're not saying contact is the problem, but its nice to use other forms except msn.

Let her know you're there for her and she can always count on you for someone to talk to. Try and arrange a time when you will meet up even if it isnt for a few weeks, it'll give her something to look forward to.
Reply 6
L0RA
Writing is a great idea because it gives you something to look forward to and makes you stop and think about how much someone loves you that they've put in the effort to sit down and write a letter.


Yeah I am doing that now, thanks :smile:

L0RA
We're not saying contact is the problem, but its nice to use other forms except msn.


All otehr methods are too expensive for the distance atm.

L0RA
Let her know you're there for her and she can always count on you for someone to talk to. Try and arrange a time when you will meet up even if it isnt for a few weeks, it'll give her something to look forward to.


And as you might have guessed, if the contact is expensive so is the travel, summer is the next time.
Reply 7
I think L0RA meant contact like a letter.. maybe even send her flowers through interflora or something like that?
Reply 8
Yeah, writing a letter sounds like a good idea because it's more personal than MSN or texting etc. I guess reassure her by telling her you're still here for her, and however many times you tell her this, it will still mean a lot. Just stick by her throughout this bad time, and with time things will get easier for both of you.
Oh god, I have the same fear. After seeing two poor girls on here who lost their boyfriends I realised that that could happen to me. Then my boyfriend had a dream where I died and now we're both paranoid about it.

He's in Peru at the moment so I know about the LDR thing. As for comforting her, for me, when I've been down about him being away a spontaneous email or gerenal contact made me feel better. Just hearing something that proves that your boyfriend is thinking about you makes a girl feel really special.

I know I'm in a different situation but I think the advice is the same
Phone her...