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NickXIV t1_ixhn34p wrote

I mean an hour away is really not that far, you could easily spend time on the weekends for starters.

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Writemenowrongs t1_ixipf82 wrote

This. And ask her to your school prom.

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mathuin2 t1_ixkbkp8 wrote

Thirty years ago I met a girl at summer camp and I fell hard for her. She lived in another state maybe three hours away and I asked her to my junior prom a year later but she was busy with a drama production. She was my senior prom date and it was amazing and exactly what I could have hoped.

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Mechanists t1_ixkbxa9 wrote

That's the kind of memory that could be a painful "what if" had you not got the courage to ask her to prom. Small but critical details like that are everywhere in our lives and they as a collective make up who we are. As you get older you realize you can't miss your opportunities in life. OP, at the very least try and keep in contact with her so she's not a fleeting "what if" memory in 30 years and maybe you have a wonderful one like this.

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Ethan0pia t1_ixjaosu wrote

An hour away is very far for a teenager.

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NightGod t1_ixje60n wrote

Depends on where you grew up. I was in a rural area and an hour was a trip to the mall after school

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right_foot_creep_ t1_ixjkglu wrote

Kinda depends on how exactly far it is and if he has a car or access to public transportation that can take him there. If all else fails he could bike for 4 hours to get there and stay the weekend. Definitely not ideal but better than being away for super long imo

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albyagolfer t1_ixjr50e wrote

OP is in Canada, I’m assuming Quebec based on the French comment and their syntax, in the winter. They’re not cycling 100km in -20 weather.

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right_foot_creep_ t1_ixk1r14 wrote

Ah true. He could always wait till spring or something like that or invest in hella expensive winter gear for the journey loll

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Jdogg4089 t1_ixjqcc5 wrote

Yeah, good way to burn some calories too.

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acs730200 t1_ixjawiq wrote

Lmao I was sad for OP before realizing this was Europe and “exchange student” to them is closer than the college I deliberately picked to be close to home

Edit: totally just realized that it’s not France/Germany, it’s Canada and Germany but they’re in French class which makes so much sense. I said a dumb thing

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Thrawn89 t1_ixjfva0 wrote

It's also possible OP didn't mean French class, but it was taught in French and the student had trouble due to the language barrier. There are parts of Canada that mainly speak French.

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Yeah_Nah_Straya t1_ixkhoo2 wrote

My girlfriend lives an hour away… We see each other almost every day. Also I drive an hour to work each day

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hayzeus305 t1_ixjps4m wrote

Lmao that how long it takes me to get to work

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