Long distance relationships are seriously tough. But they can work. I know it was a long time ago but I often think of my grandparents. My grandad went off to the Far East during WWII and ended up in a POW camp for the duration. My gran didn’t know where he was or if he was alive until after the war ended and raised their young family alone. He had no way of knowing if he was ever going home. Yet they loved each other and years apart never changed that.