I moved to the same city as my long-distance boyfriend. Everyone expected us to move in together, but we didn't.
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When I moved to the same city as my long-distance boyfriend, we chose not to live together. It's given me room to build my own life and friendships.
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Despite moving to the same city as my long-distance boyfriend, we still live apart.Isabella DallasAfter a year of long distance, I moved to the same city as my boyfriend but chose to live separately.I love spending time with him, but I wanted to make new friends in Chicago without relying on him.We don't share an apartment, but spend nearly every day together while building separate lives.A year after meeting my boyfriend in college at San Diego State University, we entered the scary territory of a long-distance relationship when he moved to Illinois for his Ph.D. program, and I stayed in California.Whenever I visited him, I would stay for weeks at a time, and we very quickly got good at pretending we lived together: walking around Aldi, making popcorn for movie nights, and working on our laptops at a local coffee shop. The only difference was that eventually, I'd have to pack my suitcase and get on a plane.So when I got into Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and…