Without a doubt, the friends you meet in college will be some of the closest relationships you’ll ever have.

Think about it – you eat, study, exercise, watch TV, and sometimes even sleep in the same bedroom as your best friends from college! It’s no wonder that these close bonds are hard to let go of after graduation.

Therefore, it’s completely natural to feel sad about or even have separation anxiety over leaving your friends, especially if your crew spreads out across the country like my best girlfriends seemed to do.

I’m not going to sugarcoat it – one of the hardest parts of transitioning to adult life is forming a new circle of friends.

I’ll cover some tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years on that issue in a future post, but today I’m focusing on the girls who have stuck by you through date parties, gruesome finals, break-ups, and late night pizza deliveries.

Below, I’ve listed five ways for you and your BFFs to maintain long term, long distance relationships.

Read through these ideas, then be sure to leave a comment and the end and tell us your plan for keeping up with your besties over the summer or post graduation.

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1. Use your smartphones.

Checking out your friends’ TikTok videos, Twitter feeds, and Instagram stories is pretty much a no-brainer, but there are so many more awesome ways to utilize cool apps on your smartphones to keep in touch with your girlfriends.

I’m sure you’ve all heard of Snapchat by now. Although a lot of my friends have migrated to Instagram and TikTok by now, I still like this app because it encourages silly, personal photos and takes just a few seconds to show your friends that you’re thinking about them. Of course, you can also use Instagram for this purpose.