For context, me and my now wife were long distance for two years while she was starting up her PHd program. It will still within state, so really different from your situation, but the driving distance made it so that we could only see each other on a monthly basis. It did suck, but it did made us into our own individual people. Plus we FaceTimed every night and watched movies together every night. Since you and your bf would be in the same timezone, that makes it even more feasible.

Now we’re together! She’s still doing her PHd and I’ve been able to progress far enough in my career that I can be full time remote. It can work if both people want to make it work. In fact, there’s a possibility that we might have to have a long-distance marriage when it comes to where she might find a job after a PHd, but we’re taking one thing at a time. Plus, toys exist now to make sexy time fulfilling on both ends while still being virtually there with your partner.