P.S. As for the driving of 6-8 hours being excessive, well....my BF lives in the UK and I live in Indianapolis. We are lucky if we see each other once a month or every other month. Would I rather wait in Indy for him to fly here or spend 4 hours with him in the car? I'll take the car, thanks. Frankly, I'd take any time I could possibly have with him, no matter what I was doing.
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