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Originally Posted by Salvanas
I disagree with this. If you have a future with each other, and TRULY love each other, then waiting one year for you to live your dream is a small favour to ask. If I truly loved a girl, and her dream was to do something, I would not in anyway stand in her way. A person who is in love with you, would not ask that of you.
Not to mention, the opportunity to go and study in Japan is not something you can do everyday. Japan will always be there, aye. But the opportunity to study there, wouldn't. Later in life you have too many responsibilities. You won't have the time.
Love is everlasting. Love will still be there after a year. Dreams can dissipate in under an hour.
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In my opinion, a relationship will be difficult to keep going for a year without seeing one another. It could be a relationship between two people absolutely made for each other - but if they don't see each other, it might be pretty difficult to keep the relationship going. I think that relationships are important for people. Anyone can live anywhere in the world - but I don't know if people can be truly happy without loving relationships. So, I kind of think it's important to consider relationships. Dreams are important, but what will a person have after they've reached the top if they decided to leave everyone behind? OP, like I said before, if you don't think that this is a serious relationship - then yeah, definitely go for Japan.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think there are many opportunities to go to Japan - in high school, in undergrad, in graduate school, and as an adult out of school. For example, there are many scholarships like the Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary that will pay for their students to go abroad. Then there are countless volunteer programs, job opportunities... the list goes on and on. I'm about to go to Japan for the third time and I'm still in college. I'm looking at this from the point of view of someone who is an adult, who is in Japan for the fifth time because of the endless opportunities, and who is wondering, "What would have happened if I'd stayed with the love of my life?"
I still think the OP needs to talk to his/her girlfriend, though, to figure if she is the love of his life and is important enough to stay with.