I had a long-distance relationship for 3 years. We now live together, but our situation was perfect for my 20s.

The author said that a long-distance relationship taught her a lot about what makes for the right kind of relationship in her 20s. Here she is shown with her partner while they traveled together to Lake Garda in Northern Italy. Courtesy of Berkeley Mashburn. I met my partner, a Frenchman, while…