Hi everyone, I am in a dilemma I was wondering what others thoughts where. I am a college student and have met this really amazing girl a few months ago. I am usually a very shy person and at first I was hesitant to make moves on this girl. After breaking the ice at the local bus stop we traveled to school on, we become friends and had chats every once in a while whenever we happened to run into each other on the bus. Lately, things changed for the better, she decided to stay on the bus past her stop when I told her I had nothing to do tonight and asked if I wanted to hang out at the mall with her. Acting somewhat apathetic I said yes so that my feelings would not show. Our hangout at the mall quickly turned into a date. We started to ask each other what each others hobbies where, about each others families, favorite places to eat. She told me she loved ice cream, so I took her to the ice cream store. We picked out our favors and she bought for me after I pleaded for paying for both of us multiple times. We sat down ate our ice cream. That is when she told me that she would be moving back to her home country within a few days and wanted to see an American football game and have somebody teach her the rules before she left. After this we walked around took some photos at the local phone booth and hugged and parted ways what just seemed like a lucky one time hangout. Here I thought that this was over for good.
I remembered the local high school football game was playing for Thanksgiving. She loved the game, started taking pictures, met my friends and had a good time. Here she told me that if she wasn't leaving she would go out with me, I said the same because I liked her but it wasn't that serious at this point. I then invited her to my family's Thanksgiving dinner since she had no prior plans and I taught it would be nice for her to have the entire American experience before leaving. I do not know what happened next, but it was as if magic was in the air. She loved the food, my family loved her, got along great with my grandparents, everything was perfect. After a great day at Thanksgiving dinner she said she would be free all night and invited her to black friday shopping with my sister. For hours, we were out in the freezing rain, but none of that mattered, it was her I knew I found the girl I truly loved. She was cold after 4 hours so I walked her home said goodbye.
I knew that our goodbyes were just not right, I was hesitant to say what was on my mind. The following night she was leaving for good at 330, I got off work at 2, had my friend drive me to pick up flowers and a card to say my final goodbye. It was almost as if I was in a romantic movie or something. I texted her to come out side and hid my presents. When I gave them to her and she read my card she broke down in tears, after all ready being upset earlier. I told her I did not want to lose her and I promised that next summer I would come visit her in her country. She then looked me in the eyes and said I love you and wish we could be together, that she did not want to go. I told her that while our time was short I felt like I had known her for years. We proceeded to hug, and stood there embracing each other for what seemed like an eternity.
My question to the forum is this: for the first time in my life I have found a girl that truly understands me, smart, intelligent, pretty, nothing more a guy could ask for. I have been in relationships in the past and I have never truly felt so strong about anyone. No I am not love sick, she is different. Is it wrong to even consider a long distance relationship with a person who I cannot visit for almost half a year. I am crazy about her, but I feel that it is almost not fair to have to put her through the agony of having to wait for me and that it would be wrong to not allow her to find someone in her own country that could be there for her. I cannot bear to think about her being lonely. Is it best to try to keep her as a friend and wait and see what happens when I come and visit or am I making a huge mistake.