My girlfriend goes to school at Indiana University. It sucks that I'm in a fraternity with a lot of date parties and mixers, and the one girl I want to see isn't there and won't be there. And then there are those days when I feel like bumming around with her but can't. For those whose significant other lives nearby, not being able to see him or her may not be as pressing an issue. When you're in a regular relationship, you know you're going to see them.
Couples employ various coping strategies to deal with the distance.
I drive up there every once in a while to see her, and then she'll drive down here to see me. The drive sucks, but we only live two and a half hours away from each other, so it's not as far away from each other as some couples. My boyfriend has to save up for a plane ticket, and then he has to pay for when he gets down here. It's just hard, and we cannot visit each other that much because it gets so expensive. It's just so you know the other person is still thinking about you.