We had been dating since I was 32 and even though he had been sent abroad many times during our relationship for work, for up to 3 months at at time, we had always made it work, but this time it was different. I had decided to move to Dubai for a 1-year MBA, while he stayed in Chicago. And although we skyped regularly and were always up to speed on what the other person was doing. Slowly but surely our conversation faded to discussing nothing more but the weather and our lunch choices. By the time I was about to apply for jobs, we just had to be honest to ourselves and realize there was no point for me to try to get back to Chicago. I had better chances in Dubai and our relationship had substantially ended a while ago, so we made it official. It’s over.