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Long-distance couples
find ways to deal with
their separation on
Valentine’s Day
By Marcus Hathcock
Oregon Daily Emerald
It may not be unusual to see stu
dents holding hands, hugging
and kissing at the University on
Valentine’s Day. But for the many
University freshmen with signifi
cant others out of the area, close
contact is nearly impossible.
Ian Reynoso said he and his girl
friend Jenny had been dating for
four months in their hometown of
Los Alamitos, Calif., before he left
for college. His girlfriend still at
tends high school in California,
while Reynoso studies at
the University.
“I guess the worst part of Valen
tine’s Day would be being alone,”
Reynoso said. “But I have been
alone on every Valentine’s except
for this one,
so I am
kind of
used to
it. It
will be
just
like
every
other year.”
However, Reynoso said this is
the first time he has had a signifi
cant other on Valentine’s Day.
He said while it’s hard to be
away from his girlfriend on Feb. 14,
it’s even harder to watch couples in
everyday life. -
“Being around couples is worse
(than Valentine’s Day),” Reynoso
said. He cautioned that seeing cou
ples doesn’t make him wish for a
new girlfriend here. “I always just
wish she was closer,” he said.
Reynoso said they’re going to cel
ebrate the day by talking on the
phone and exchanging gifts. He
said he plans to send a card to Jen
ny via his mother in California. He
will tell his mother to buy Jenny a
specific gift and take the package to
her on Feb. 14.
“She’s already bought me a gift,”
Reynoso said. “I’m just waiting for
it to arrive.”
Kathleen Sullivan is also waiting
for her gift to arrive. Sullivan’s gift,
however, is her boyfriend Jon him
self, whom she expects for a visit a
week after Valentine’s Day, when
they’ll have a late celebration.
For more than half of their nearly
three-year relationship, Sullivan
has had to endure a long-distance
relationship with Jon. She said they
attended high school together on
an Army base in Wuerzburg, Ger
many, until his family was relocat
ed to the United States. Now, Sulli
van attends the University while
her boyfriend is finishing high
school in Fort Knox, Ky.
The promise of a post-Valen
tine’s Day visit is exciting, but not
having her boyfriend on the day
itself is still somewhat dis
appointing, Sullivan said.
Valentine’s Day “real
ly tests me,” she said.
‘Being around other
amorous couples is
n’t easy on me, but in the end it just
makes me more thankful for our re
lationship. I know that he loves me
even if he isn’t here on Valentine’s
to show it.”
Sullivan added that Valentine’s
Day lets her know that it’s almost
time for Jon to come visit.
“The closer to that time, the bet
ter,” she said.
Sullivan said she expects her
boyfriend to arrive in Eugene on
Feb. 21.
Though he’ll be a week late, Sul
livan said that on that day it will be
Valentine’s Day all over again.
“We’ll just have a belated holi
day of our own,” Sullivan said. Part
of that holiday includes exchang
ing gifts and being “lovey dovey,”
she said.
But on Valentine’s Day itself, Sul
livan said she’ll probably talk on
the phone with her long-distance
love and go out to dinner with
others who don’t have Valen
tine’s date's.
“It’s okay, though,” she said.
“He will be attending the Univer
sity next year, and we will finally
be able to have a normal
Valentine’s Day.”
Like Reynoso and Sullivan, fresh
man Jeff Frawley said he has had to
deal with the negative side effects of
a post-high school relationship.
Frawley’s girlfriend, Dana, at
tends the University of Wisconsin
while he attends the University.
Their distance keeps them apart for
Valentine’s Day, but Frawley said
the holiday has traditionally been
low-key in their relationship.
“Usually we didn’t make too big
of a deal on Valentine’s
Day,” he said. “Maybe we
went out to eat or to some
where special — that kind
of thing.”
Showing affection should be an
everyday thing, not just a one-day
event, Frawley said.
“I’m not really into spending a
lot of money on Valentine’s Day,”
he said. “I believe more in the
friendship aspect of the relation
ship, and so does my girlfriend.”
Though Frawley said he misses
Dana, he plans on spending Valen
tine’s Day in his residence hall
watching reruns of “Coach” with
his roommate.
“It doesn’t get much better than
that,” he said.
E-mail reporter Marcus Hathcock
at marcushathcock@dailyemerald.com.
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Freshman
Kathleen
Sullivan talks
to her boyfriend
of almost three
years, Jon
Phillips, who
lives in Fort
Knox, Kentucky.
“(We talk) twice
a week on the
phone, but we
email
everyday,”
Sullivan says.
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