Laurene Linettea month agoMy 22M GF 29F has no support system outside of me and is feeling miserable when I’m not there, how can I help? For context me and my gf have been together for ~6 months and are in a LDR (about an 11 hour drive away) in the US. She is such a loving and supporting partner and all I want to be is the same for her. Her family lives in France (she moved to the states ~6 years ago for various reasons that would take too long to explain) and has been living there since. We’ve seen each other many times even before dating and talk every day for hours. I listen to her problems and feel like I have a good eye for the difference between giving support and giving solutions for her. I just came back home from seeing her a few days ago and it was really rough on us. I’m still in school and have my family a few hours away so it’s easier for me to cope. She has a not so great apartment with very little friends (her family and friends are in France). She has great relationships with all of them it’s just a distance issue. Her love language is also physical proximity and touch which makes it extra difficult. I feel like a lot of days are now rough because while long distance sucks (we’re planning on moving in with each other in 2 years) I still enjoy our relationship as it is where I feel like she just is “holding on” to when we see each other again. I hate that she feels this way and I know she’s her own person but I want to help. I’ve given a lot of suggestions on how to help combat her loneliness depression (therapy, meds, seeing her family, making new friends, talking and playing video games with her online and French ones, etc.). Nothing seems to help and I don’t like the idea of any time we’re apart being sad since we only see each other once every 3-5 weeks. Any suggestions? Also moving to her country would be something we both don’t want since I’ll lose my support system and she says she feels like it’s a step back in her life. I don’t want to resent her but I feel pressure to spend as much time as possible with her to keep her from breaking down. TLDR: GF has no support system where she lives and is constantly lonely whenever I’m not there.169
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