Unsure where relationship is headed

[KateMc]

I have been dating someone for 2 months now, and it is going wonderfully. The problem is in 5 weeks I am going overseas for at least a couple of months, and by the time I get back he will have gone travelling for a year. I have no idea what is going to happen when I go.

Here is some background: I met the guy I am dating 3 years ago, and I have been good friends with him for nearly a year, we were in the same class at university. We share the same group of friends and grew to be very good friends over the course of this year. 2 months ago it turned into more and now we are dating. We are yet to have had any sort of discussion to define the relationship... and I think a big part of that is because we are both travelling soon. But the relationship basically is that we see each other every day unless one of us isn't in town. We go out to dinner/ cook at each others houses a lot, we hang out with our friends together, we have gone away together, I have stayed at his parents house with him... As far as I see it is quite serious and we act like boyfriend and girlfriend.

We both just graduated from university and have had plans to travel this year (independently) for a while. We haven't spoken about what is going to happen when we go travelling. I am so happy with him, he is amazing, and I don't want it to end. I am willing to try and make it work but I don't know how. He will be travelling within the country so it is possible that I could visit him a few times over the year. Then we could see each other every few months. It's just such early days in the relationship.

I know I really need to talk to him about it but I keep chickening out and I don't know what to say. And I am worried he won't feel the same.

[RipVanWinkleX]

Calm down and talk to him. If you keep blowing it off it will only get worse. You don't want to talk about this the day one of you leaves to travel.