2,587 Miles Apart

Trust in a relationship is everything. If you can’t trust the person you are with then it makes the relationship very hard, especially if you are doing long distance. Then trust becomes all you have. And well, Snapchat.

Would you believe me if I told you that my boyfriend goes to school in Virginia and we do long distance all the way across the country mostly communicating through Snapchat? Does that make us crazy?

Maybe. Our relationship is worth it though and I know what we have is real. If I am being honest, it would be hard for us to make it without Snapchat which is difficult for me to admit because I don’t want my relationship laying in the hands of a social media app.

Long distance is hard enough as it is, but with Snapchat it makes it bearable.

How We Got Here:

Snapchat used to be my least favorite social media app. It confused me, the filters weirded me out half the time, and I liked texting because it was the big thing back when I was younger, not Snapchat.

Then I started talking to this cute guy a little over a year ago and he was super into Snapchat for the reason of being able to see my face and the rest is history.

Now rarely we text and the majority of our time is spent on Snapchat. Is that weird? According to L.A. Biz Journals it’s not. Apparently 83% of teens said that Snapchat is their favorite platform of social media.

Why Snapchat Helps Us:

Snapchat lets me talk to my boyfriend at all times of the day. It allows me to see his face and it lets me communicate with him through text or even video if I want to.

Of course we get to FaceTime, and call one another everyday but that usually isn’t until later at night when both of us are done with our busy days. My boyfriend plays baseball in Virginia and I play basketball here at Central so we are on very different, busy schedules.

Try adding a three hour time difference in there too and it gets hard to communicate with each other. That’s why Snapchat is so nice for us because it’s a way we stay in touch when we both are running around carrying out our busy days.

A Love-Hate Relationship With Snapchat:

Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I hate Snapchat. After five plus months of not seeing one another, there comes a point where I no longer want to get just another Snapchat notification on my phone. I’d much rather just be with him in person and it’s so frustrating that I can’t be.

It’s even more annoying when I find myself checking it constantly waiting to see if he has opened my Snapchat yet or not. I find it affecting my mood a lot because if he doesn’t respond for a while I get nervous that something is wrong, or that he’s hurt.

But most of all, I am thankful for this little app that allows me to talk to him when I can because I can’t imagine doing long distance without it.

It may be crazy that we do long distance 2,587 miles apart mostly communicating through Snapchat, but it works for us and I am grateful that we live in a time where we have this app to let us communicate from a distance.