22M 23F Successful international/LDR couples how did you succeed?
22M domestic student (me) and 22F international student. We both just graduated university and have future/job stress settling in. We both need to find a job in my home country to effectively stay together but its hard. Job market isn't great and the longer she stays here the longer she misses out on other opportunities in her home country. She wants to build a life here with me but the sooner time goes on the more we get stressed knowing any one of these days could be our last together not knowing whether she or I could get a job within our desired timeframe here. (Landing a job here is ultimately the deciding factor on her future here otherwise she has not much purpose in my country besides to be with me)
We have considered many options to try stay together such as me moving back to her country with her/studying, getting appropriate visas etc to land a job/sponsored visa but this is alot harder for obvious reasons.
Her love language is very strict too; she needs physical contact/presence for her spark to stay alive hence LDR is going to be impossible.
I want to know has anyone had any similar experiences with an international partner? How did you guys go about it?
Posted Sep 2, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC