My boyfriend of 2 1/2 years is moving to the UK next year for a 6 month contract. I am already having difficulty in coping with the fact that we will be doing long distance again (for 9 months he lived a few hours away and we only saw each other once a month) It was extremely difficult, and almost ended our relationsip, but we managed to work though it - the fact that we were at least able to see each other once a month and phone calls/Free minutes were possible

Now I am trying to face the fact that i will not be able to see him at all for 6 months, and even regular phone calls will be too expensive. On top of that the thought of not having him around for all the special occasions - birthdays anniversaries etc, and even the unimportant ones is really starting to get me down.

when i speak to him about it, he assures me everything will be fine and we survived for 9 months, so 6 will be easy. he sees my struggle with this as not having faith in our relationship

I am an independent person, I have my own friends and social life but there is definately a difference between being single and being in a long distance relationship. I spent 9 months crashing my friends dates, i dont know if i can do it again. most of my friends are in relationships and do that whole " stay at home on a friday night and watch movies"  thing. The few remaining single ones want to go out and party then entire night, getting drunk and hooking up with random strangers.

Am i being unreasonable? His opportunity to go overseas is a once in a life time, and i do support it, but I' m struggling to cope now and its only February! Unfortunately I am not able to go with him due to my job requirements. We trust each other, (for the most part) so thats not my issue, its everything else.