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[allovertheplace]

My advice would be to say you'll try to make it work but what happens happens. If she comes back after a year take it from there. I would think that having a constant weight of the relationship would put too much strain on the relationship. So, you have a good chance that in 1 year time she comes back without a guy, and you havnt met anyone better. Odds are in your favor if you go this route opposed to the we are still exclusive route.

As a caveat; don't you feel that having a relationship at home negatively impacts the girls actual time in korea?

[Swampfox10mm]

FYI: I had a girlfriend want me back 7 years later. I was already involved with my wife, however.

[Threequalseven]

You can still come to Korea and live with your girlfriend on a tourist visa. I know one guy who did that. He didn't really do much except play video games all day though. But if she's worth it to you, I know men who have done stranger things for their ladies.

When I initially read this, I assumed that the OP was going overseas without his girlfriend... in which case I would have replied, hopefully you don't like women with skinny wastes, long legs, and big brown eyes.

[PRagic]

Hate to be overly fatalistic, or maybe realistic, but if you're really going to go for it, give your partner a monster box of rubbers at the airport and hope for the best, especially if you're both young.

If it'll be just for 1 year and you can visit at least once over that year, the rubber box seal stands a chance of not being breached.

What you need to understand is that coming over here to teach is not like embarking on a professional career at home. Most newbies just perpetuate their college party lifestyle, and the job allows for that to happen.

[Ranman]

Even when you love and care about a person, long-distance relationships are bound to fail. They rarely succeed because relationships are so dependent on the physical connection.

All I can tell you is don't completely shut her out of life. You'd be surprised how people pop up in your life again when you think about it the least.