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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 48 minutes ago

Going on two years.

Eight years. Moved away to another continent, they didn’t visit me and I was busy exploring my new life. See them once a year these days.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

What loved ones? I don't love anyone.

[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Eight months.

The day after my 21st birthday, late September, I'd left home to go to trucking school. Went through a trucking company's in-house "apprenticeship" program, which was somewhat predatory in hindsight.

Anyway, I went through this program, managed to get my CDL, which took several months by itself (through no fault of my own - the program was designed to take that long), and when I finally got a truck to myself, it only took me about five weeks to grow tired of the sudden isolation. I was finally allowed to go home around Easter.

After my three allocated days of hometime, I decided to quit that company, and I found a better job closer to home.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

That's really good to hear, and that the isolation gave you the perspective

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 22 hours ago

COVID I think it was about a year and a few months, we live in a far away city and no one felt safe flying to see each other

[–] 1ns1p1d@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Three-ish years. We live in different countries, and covid happened.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

Did the relationship survive

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Three months. New job, and I moved in advance so I could find a place for myself, GF and kids while they stayed at family.

Other than that, 5-6 weeks routinely (5 weeks in, 5 weeks off), as I used to work offshore. I still work in the same industry, but I'm on-shore support now, so the travels are rarely more than a week at a time, and not as often either.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

How did you/your partner cope?

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

Both of us coped just fine. I worked away before we first met, and one gets used to it pretty easily. Past a couple of weeks, the duration doesn't matter that much either.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 2 points 19 hours ago

All my life or All my life minus two years depending if self love is a valid answer for a loved one.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah last time was on a school trip for me, that was two weeks.

I don't go on vacations at all so...

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

Oct 2019 till Jan 2021.