She's leaving pretty soon and it's stopping further progress from being made. What to do?

I met this girl a few months back who, after the past few months, I'm absolutely head over heels for. I've made my intentions clear and she's starting to come around. There could be something great here and we're both starting to realize this, but we're really just on the verge of getting things started.

Right now we live pretty close by, but her actual home town is far away. Like half a day's drive worth. I'll have to add that from where we come from this is a monumentally long drive, and is not something that can be done as easily as somewhere in the States. We are both exceptionally close to our own families.

I initially planned to keep proceeding as normal since it's too early to talk about settling down and permanent residences before there's any real commitment. "She is still working here," I thought, and that progressing the relationship could put us in a much better frame of mind to talk about this. That changed when I recently found out that she plans to go back home within the year.

I was speechless. I don't know what do. I really want to keep going after her, it's just that with the shortened timeframe it may not be i to make enough headway. She also has this in mind so it's been rather difficult progressing things. Of course I don't blame her since it's a perfectly practical thing to consider.

There you have it. I really want to take the chance, but will I just end up hurting the both of us by doing this?

Tldr: Budding relationship, lives far away, a lot less time than planned to progress the relationship before making the decision. What's best for us?

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 03:22AM

I met this girl a few months back who, after the past few months, I'm absolutely head over heels for. I've made my intentions clear and she's starting to come around. There could be something great here and we're both starting to realize this, but we're really just on the verge of getting things started.Right now we live pretty close by, but her actual home town is far away. Like half a day's drive worth. I'll have to add that from where we come from this is a monumentally long drive, and is not something that can be done as easily as somewhere in the States. We are both exceptionally close to our own families.I initially planned to keep proceeding as normal since it's too early to talk about settling down and permanent residences before there's any real commitment. "She is still working here," I thought, and that progressing the relationship could put us in a much better frame of mind to talk about this. That changed when I recently found out that she plans to go back home within the year.I was speechless. I don't know what do. I really want to keep going after her, it's just that with the shortened timeframe it may not be i to make enough headway. She also has this in mind so it's been rather difficult progressing things. Of course I don't blame her since it's a perfectly practical thing to consider.There you have it. I really want to take the chance, but will I just end up hurting the both of us by doing this?Tldr: Budding relationship, lives far away, a lot less time than planned to progress the relationship before making the decision. What's best for us?