Best Friend Moved Away

[Allain1996]

Ok, so I've been best friends with this girl for over 4 years. She is (or was) my directly across the street neighbor, and we are both 16 now. I'm obviously a guy, but she and I shared everything & did a lot together. We went on vacations to the beach together (with our families, of course) and did a lot more. Throughout all of this I have had a huge crush on her, and had wanted us to be more than just best friends. We tried going out for a time, a year and a half ago (summer 2011 to be exact), and she was my first "true love". We were pretty "intimate" during last summer (as intimate as two 14 year old "in love" teens get), but I won't get into any details on that. Needless to say, that part of our relationship ended very peacefully & we went back to being extremely good best friends. Surprisingly (at least to me) our break-up didn't affect our friendship to the least & if anything, we became closer best friends! The sad thing is that her father is in the military, so we knew that this summer he would get his next orders, and she would be moving hundreds or possibly thousands of miles away. In a heartbreakingly sad twist of fate, exactly one year to the day from the best day of my life (the day I asked her out), she was pulled from my life forever on June 25, 2012 and moved about 700 miles away. I know it's been over 6 months now since she left, and the school year has gone by pretty fast, but recently I've remembered how much she meant to me after we had to write a paper about a special person in our lives for school, and I (naturally) chose her. It almost made me cry writing the paper because I was having to recall all our fun times and describe them in the paper. When she moved we made a pledge to keep in touch daily, but neither of us has seemed to keep that promise because the last time we talked was right before Thanksgiving to wish each other a happy Thanksgiving. It just isn't the same without that friendly face right across the street, always there when I needed to talk about something or needed help, and always showing up to hang out right when I was board. I haven't had to walk home from the school bus stop alone in so many years that this year has been weird in that perspective. What should I do?

[DepartInSecret]

I went through a similar situation when I moved from one side if Australia to the other. I suggest that you start talking to her again. Now communicating every day can sometimes be very difficult as I am sure you have discovered but maybe set a time where bothShe and you can both talk. Say between 4-5 on Sunday. Now of course you would choose a time that works for you both.
Now that you have your times how are you going to talk. I have personally found that Skype is great. It's free, easy to get (computer program or an app) and it has a huge amount of people on it.
If Skype isn't fit you you could always call on a phone. During the week wait for the next call you could text or Facebook if something is to important to wait.

If things go well who knows maybe you can go and stay with get or her with you.

Also so that you don't feel do lonely why not go out of your way to make new friends or improve current relationships with current friends.
I hope this helped.

[Gandalf]

You miss her and that is completely normal, I think if you made that extra little effort then she would more likely respond the same and gradually speak more.

If you have romantic feelings for then it is really upto you if you express them or not, it may just be good for you to explain to her how you still feel. Although, since she's far away you need to realise that there might well be somebody new on the scene romantically for her, and as painful as it is to say if that were the case you'd need to accept that and workout how you move on from it.

Hope I helped :)

[Allain1996]

If you have romantic feelings for her then it is really up to you if you express them or not, it may just be good for you to explain to her how you still feel. Although, since she's far away you need to realise that there might well be somebody new on the scene romantically for her, and as painful as it is to say if that were the case you'd need to accept that and workout how you move on.

No, I don't have any romantic feelings for her anymore. I got all of that out when we dated, and I realized that she and I are better off and happier as best friends, not boyfriend and girlfriend.
I just miss her personality and her simply being here as a best friend for me.
I highly doubt she has a new love interest down there though, because she is still dating her last boyfriend from up here, who just happens to be a good friend of mine (just my luck). I never thought their long distance relationship would last, but as usual, I was wrong.
If she has a new love interest down there than she'll have some explaining to do to her boyfriend here!