Yup.
If both of you work at it, your relationship will survive and can even grow stronger (i.e. "absence makes the heart grow fonder").
It‘s essential to communicate and avoid drifting into a dream world where everything is perfect and there are no "warts" - otherwise the "bubble will burst" when you‘re reunited and reality brings you down to Earth.
Having said that, it doesn‘t hurt to do those little things that make a huge difference (e.g. mailing a "hug" once in a while - I‘ll never forget one of my young tent-mates in Kabul, who had a present from his girl for every day before Christmas - sort of like an Advent calendar - it warmed the entire tent ...).
Remember: there‘s only one thing that improves with neglect ... and that‘s rust.
(and, at risk of becoming the poster child for "there‘s no fool like an old fool", I‘m still enough of a romantic to believe that "when it‘s right, it‘s right" and it‘ll withstand the test of time ...)
Good luck.
Ne dubites, cum magna petas, impendere parva:
His etenim rebus coniungit gratia caros.
(Do not hesitate, when you are seeking great things, to spend a little;
For in such matters good behavior requires expenditures.)
