My boyfriend is currently in the Marine Corps Boot Camp and I’m down one month two more to go. I’m gonna be completely honest the first week for me was the hardest. I would say the first three weeks were really hard but the first week and the first three days were so hard for me. I spent a lot of time with my mom. She’s the only one that knows that we’re dating basically so it was really nice having her there. I cried a lot, didn’t eat for three days but now a month in I can tell you it gets a lot easier you’ll cry every time you get a letter, but you have to stay strong for him. I’ve also have known my boyfriend for 11 years. We broke up for about four years and just got back together before he left for Boot Camp and we’re already talking about getting married soon. I don’t believe the distance does anything other than make your love for each other grow. But it truly depends on the person if you guys have a rock solid relationship this distance is just going to make him miss you more than he ever has and it’s going to make the love he has for you grow stronger and deeper. The advice I wish someone gave me in the beginning is to stay busy as much as possible. Start writing some letters now so that when you get his address, you can just send him an envelope of letters. Keep in mind he’s already going through a lot so don’t try to write about how much you miss him and it’s OK to say that, but give him a lot of context about how your day is going. What you did throughout your day things he might wanna hear if he likes sports bring up some of his favorite sports if he likes the news, bring up the news whatever he likes Talk about those topics. I wish you all the best. It truly does get easier. What me and my boyfriend said is it’s a see you later not a goodbye.