Cody & Majo’s Long Distance Love Story

Cody & Majo’s Long Distance Love Story

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Hello, my name is Cody & my partner’s name is Majo. We are a long distance couple that live 2,500 miles away from one another. I live in United States & Majo lives in Mexico and this is our Long Distance Love Story.

How Maijo & I Met

I first met Majo when I was studying abroad through my colleges study abroad program in the Spring of 2013. I went to Mexico with a girl I had been dating for 4 years but things were a mess. It was the typical high school boyfriend/girlfriend relationship and things were essentially over.

About a month into the program the group of students I was studying with was told we had to go a local university and be assigned language partners. Upon arriving I noticed a girl in the back of the room but never really thought twice about it. Later, when it was time to learn of our partners, the girl I had first noticed drew my name randomly out of a hat from my program director.

We were required to meet at least 3 hours per week for the remaining of the semester. Our first night together, my language partner and I met for 3 hours and planned on meeting again 2 days later. We got together again and talked for another 4 hours. About a month of being language partners, we slowly progressed and fell madly in love with each other.

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The day after I asked Majo to be my girlfriend on Isla Mujeres

A little less than 2 months after first meeting Majo, I asked her to be my girlfriend on Isla Mujeres overlooking the sunset. The only negative part of our story was that in one month I would have to return to the United States and we would have to be apart for a little over a month. We left each other at the airport crying miserably and before I knew it my plane was leaving Mexican soil and the girl I loved dearly would be left behind for over a month.

When I returned to the states we FaceTimed and Skyped as much as possible and somehow made the distance work until she came to my house for the entire summer. After only dating for 2 months, Majo was going to be living in my house for over 2 months during the summer. She arrived and we spent an amazing summer together full of love and happiness.

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Together in the United States for the first time

Well, you guessed it! Summer came to an end and it was time for Majo to return to Mexico and we both had to start school. This time we would be separated for 4 months and I remember dropping her off in the airport and crying more than I ever had as she walked away and I caught my last glimpse of the love of my life for 4 months.

We struggled the first month and half of being away from each other because we had grown accustomed to being together. I had fall break through my college which consisted of a 4 day weekend. It was my only chance to see Majo before we would have to wait until December. I booked a $600 plane ticket just to see her for 4 days and we had an amazing time soaking up the sun in the Caribbean.

A classic FaceTime picture!
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A classic FaceTime picture!

Well, again, I had to leave and now just seeing each other for four days seemed like a tease and we were again separated for 2 more months. We did our best and stayed committed to FaceTiming during any free time we had and eventually made it to December. I returned to Mexico for Winter Break and spent an amazing Christmas with her entire family! Once again though, I had to leave but this time we would only be separated for a month until my parents and I returned for Spring Break.

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