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Have no doubts that my feelings for her are strong. But my feelings are like a steel rope that is stretched over hundreds of miles, so that it has lost it's initial strength and integrity. We live nearly a thousand miles apart, and plans to meet one another have continuously been hindered by our parents. This will not be a predicament in the eventual future, but one's steel can only be stretched so far before it longs for rejuvination... On more than one ocassion, we (my girlfriend and I) have talked about taking a break or just dating around in our own respective areas. I personally do not think that anyone could ammount to the things my girlfriend has shown me. However, our weaknesses are being less and less satisfied by each others' love. I should say weakness, for the only flaw in our relationship is the distance between us. Though I doubt that I could share the same love with any soul in this vicinity, my heart aches for the tight embrace which someone a thousand miles away cannot offer... I do not remember the last time I have held hands with someone, or held them close to me in my arms, or kissed their tender cheek at my heart's whim... It has been at least seven or eight months. Nearly a year, surprisingly. This longing in my heart is not a novelty. It is simply a crack in a steel rope which has only grown wider with time.