Hey Ryan,

My girlfriend and I have been together for 7 and 1/2 years now, and we've had to be apart from one another several times, longest was for 6 months.
I think the most important thing is to be honest and trust one another. I mean if she has no problem telling you she's going out with friends that means she feels her love for you is strong enough, and the same if you're ok telling her you're having fun it probably means your love for her is strong enough. As long as you have no doubt about your love for one another and from one another it's ok. As long as true love is there, just stay honnest, trustfull and trustworthy as both of you seem to be now.

"Absence is to love what wind is to fire, it extinguishes the little and pokes the great."
(Translated from french with words I'm not quite sure about but I hope you get the message )

I hope you two make it through this tough period.

Ponrauil