My long time boyfriend has gone on tour with a new band.  I am having hard time with the decrease in communication/interaction with him.  He also has told me that he doesn't want any drama so he can focus on music.  I need some suggestions.  None of my friends understand what I am going through and they all say I should break up with him. I could never do that.

Any suggestions? Thanks very much.

Hey, My bf is currently on tour, so I understand.. We also have a decrease in communication because where he is at,the internet SUCKS! and we use Magic jack (for free calls) and it works over the internet.....

I can honestly say, that over time it gets easier to deal with. I still have a hard time but not as bad anymore..

I have given him drama, while he is away, only to feel stupid once he is back and realize that he was just working for us, his family and nothing bad happened.. i was paranoid that he would cheat, being that I KNOW how it is in the music industry.... but if your boyfriend is a good guy and you trust him, then just let him do what he has to do... just support him..

It depends on how he is.. but if he's never given you a reason to worry, then i say, just keep yourself busy and show him that you don't "need" him to survive sorta speak.

The only reason I would break up is if he's had a history of cheating or something when he goes away, cause ugh.. I don't think that will ever change.

Thanks Joss for the response. I am such an independent woman but since he has been away our dog passed away which is hard in it's own. The dog was the link to our family (no children) so I always felt better with her protecting me and to focus on walks and park trips. 

I have given my share of drama. Only I didn't see it that way I saw it as me standing up for the relationship and showing that I really cared.  However, that's not the way it looks to him.

It's just hard when we used to see eachother everyday and were kind of stuck up eachother's you know what's.....to going to us not seeing eachother for two weeks now and barely texting.

I've been doing a lot of research about "space" in relationships and I think that this will only make us stronger but it's just hard to be cool when I'm depressed about our dog.