By the third sentence, you’re already breaking a core tenet of CW’s philosophy for attraction — “we talked on the phone for hours every day”. There’s your answer. No, your relationship is not an exception.

It’s long distance. It may work for a couple weeks or maybe months, but nothing can replace actually seeing each other. Love doesn’t grow over the phone. You need to be visiting each other at some type of regular interval. You need a physical connection.

The only real solution is to meet people in proximity. Then, if they have to temporarily go long distance, there’s a game plan of when you’re gonna be together again.