I'm a freshman, She's a senior.

When I first started high school a year ago, I was just getting out of a really bad break-up. Life went on, but at a horribly dull, monotonous pace with no happiness or love. Earlier this year in January, I started talking to a girl from school. She seemed like a really nice person, and the thing was: she actually cared about me! So, I plucked up the courage and asked her out. Many people found a problem with this; The problem being that I was a freshman and she was a senior. Obviously, we didn't care about the age difference. We loved each other. And we still do.

Fast forward 5 months to now: August. She's rapidly packing and getting ready to leave for college. Her college is 6 hours away in upstate New York. Seeing her is going to be extremely limited (what with gas prices and the times of her classes and such).

She's already expressed to me that, to adjust to life away from home, she would need one of two things: Either keep all of her connections from home and keep in touch with all of her friends that she wont see on a regular basis, OR cut off all her connections so she can experience being a college student with nothing making her home-sick.

We've talked, and she's already admitted she doesn't want to do the whole "long-distance thing", despite her access to a webcam, the postal service, phones, emails, and facebook. I'm just so torn up over what to do. I love her more than most people assume. And now... she's going to be gone, and I'll have no idea how to cope. Any and all feedback is welcome. Thanks.