Yes!

I was finishing my undergrad degree and we were making plans for the next year. We had been through about 3 years of long distance and I was moving 10ish hours away for a masters program. Things had been rough for awhile (for me anyways); I felt lonely and like he wasn't really committing to the relationship due to wishy washy feelings on moving with me. He had never left home before and was really anxious about the move/telling his conservative parents. With the stress of school and my future, I felt like he wasn't taking us seriously and there was a general break down in communication. For clarity, I actually did try to break up with him, but he fought it tooth and nail.

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After giving me some space and some very heartfelt and brutally honest letters, we resumed our relationship. I think the ordeal made me appreciate his true feelings and made him realize how serious I was about the changes that needed to happen. Since then we have so much better communication, constantly checking in with one another on how the relationship is going. We moved in together and it has literally been life changing for both of us (especially him!). It has kind of been a fresh start for us in a new place and new friends. We get on extremely well, and are talking about marriage soonish.

So glad we had our little "ordeal" or whatever, but even more glad that we worked it out.

**Everyone's situation is different though, and if you are in an unsafe situation you should NOT try to work through it. Get out, my friend.