Long distance love in trouble...

My girlfriend and I have been dating about 3 months. We are trying to make a long distance relationship work. We both know that we love each other but a situation developed last week and I am just going crazy. She has this friend, a male, that she spends a lot of time with. One of her roommates told me that there might be something going on. My girlfriend swears that there isn't, and some of my friends that are still there say that there is absolutely nothing going on.

I believe her, but yet their is still that doubt in my mind. I really don't think that she is cheating on me, but when I talk to her, I don't feel like I am an important part of her life anymore. What can I do to either get over it, or find out what she is really feeling? She sometimes has problems expressing her feelings and maybe that is the problem. I don't know what to do. If you have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

Establishing trust with someone takes time... more than 3 months, certainly. Trust comes from being tested by exactly the kind of situation you are in now... and then passing the test.

The test is not necessarily what you think it is, however. You might think the test is whether she is faithful or not.

But I don't think that at 3 months that is the real test right now. The real current test of the relationship is how well the two of you can create a valuable pattern of being able to constructively and intimately communicate over whatever is going on.

In this case, if she has trouble expressing her feelings, as you say, then the big test of the relationship now is whether the two of you can create enough safety in the relationship... so that she can end up more freely expressing her feelings. That she might end up doing so would be a remarkable thing for her... a unique thing that she would cherish very much... and a thing that would truly set you apart from other men... if you could create that safety for her, that is.

So the question is how to establish that better, safer and freer kind of communication?

That's a big question to answer in an email. But if you are able to see that as the main problem, the main test at this stage... bigger in importance than your anxiety over whether she is "cheating" on you or not... then perhaps you will be able to find some good answers as to how to establish this quality of communication with her.

Some additional help I can offer is to suggest that you spend a good amount of time using the "Soulmate Oracle" cards... and take in the messages they deliver about relationship, creating safety and good communication. Just keep picking 3 more cards online and read the full text of the messages they contain. I created these cards with the express intent to share valuable advice on how to create safe and deep communication. Here is the URL address for picking the cards. Bookmark it and use it to look at a few new cards every day. Then think about them all day long. A kind of crash course on communication and loving relationship:

Soulmate Oracle - Ask the Oracle

If your friend is interested, maybe the two of you could use these cards together. They were originally created to be used by a couple together... in order to be an ice-breaker for talking more deeply and frankly about the real challenges and issues of relationship... an ice-breaker with a strong educational component, we suggest a couple pick a few cards, then read aloud to each other the text that goes with the cards (switching every few paragraphs), then spend an additional time sharing with one another their thoughts on what they have read. This process, as simple as it sounds, has literally created and even saved marriages!

The best way to do it would not be online, but by having the actual physical deck of cards and book. If you want to go that far with it, you can order the publication online.

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