My boyfriend and I have been doing long-distance for two years and we've gotten really good at our video calls and text routines but when we're finally together in person we feel like strangers who have to remember how to be in the same room. It's like we've learned to love each other through screens but forgot how to love each other with our bodies present.
More people experience this than they realize.
The intimacy you've built across distance doesn't always translate to presence, creating a jarring disconnection precisely when you expect to feel most connected.
“Where Are You with Long-distance love?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.