u/AdDismal6470

My ex and I went to high school together, and had been friends for around two years before we started dating. We dated for a bit over a year before we broke up, mostly due to me being overbearing. Not long after that I graduated high school and joined the army, being gone for sixth months before returning home after completing my training. She and I began talking again, and eventually we began texting each other everyday. It’s been like this for about a year now, and since I’ve been back we’ve definitely become more than just friends. I want to ask her to give us another chance, but the problem is that I have a military deployment coming up soon that’ll have me leave the country for a little less than a year (the place I’ll be going has about a 13 hour time difference to our home). I don’t want to put the burden of such a long distance relationship on her, and with her being in college and me being busy working I know we’ll both be hard pressed for time to speak (not even mentioning the massive timezome difference). It really seems like it’s not the right move rn, but at the same time I just can’t help but miss our relationship. She’s my best friend, and I really am in love with her. I hate that we ever broke up at all. And while I’m glad for the growth it pushed me to make, I feel like there’s this difficult ground I now need to cover due to my past foolishness. If anyone has any input i’d be grateful.