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They say absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I don't think there's a less true clich out there in common use.

I suppose I should justify my opinion though, I suppose it matters what the reasons for the absence are, no? I certainly can imagine that a soldier who is called off to war is definitely going to miss their loved one(s), but wouldn't, on some level, there be a risk that while that soldier is away their significant other is falling for someone else?

I guess, to me, that's why "taking time apart" rarely works. To me, all you're really doing is giving someone else a chance to move in on something you once had. To form a wedge that splinters the foundation and shatters the door of what you're away from.

I suppose there are some people who this isn't the case for, but I'm not sure that I'm one of them. I guess time is the only way to tell that.

One thing I know for certain though, whether my heart grew fonder or not would largely depend on why the absence occurred and what occurred during that time.

It's the digital age, there's no such thing as out of sight, out of mind.