Sustaining a long distance relationship?

At least you can drive there. I had a LDR with my wife when we first got together and she was from the UK and I lived in Pennsylvania. I had to fly all the time. That is costly for a college kid with no job. But I made it work. We are married 7 years now. If it was not going to work, it would have been clear that it wasn't worth the effort. But we never felt like there was anyone else for us, there was temptation to be sure, and when you are an ocean apart, its easy to stray. As long as we came back to each other, that's all that mattered. If you feel like its worth the effort, if that 10 hour drive flies by on your way to see her, and the ride home seems to take a year then it's maybe meant to be. You will know whether its worth it the first time you have a choice to make between going to see her, and staying home to do something else. If you find yourself choosing to stay more than go, it may be a sign that the timing just isnt right.