Jordy is so right, as a 32 y.o woman married and with a child, though I love my life I do miss that time in my life when I had my own apartment, got to decorate it how I like, did what I wanted when I wanted etc. now I have a family that comes first. Definitely enjoy this phase you are in because it does go by sooo fast!! (Trust me!) you are living in the “good ole days” but I can also understand you are wanting that stability in your relationship, so your feelings are definitely valid! As humans I think we just always long for that next step or thing. So we have to practice living in the moment and being thankful for where we are now 💛Also I’m very jelly you got to see Ed Sheeran live, I absolutely love his music since he started back in like 2013 or so. God bless Michel!
I'd love to see all the extra content! Maybe it just resonates with me because I also love things like organizing cabinets. 😅 Also really enjoying seeing how much happier and free you seem now, like your personality is really shining. This is my first time moving out of my parents and living alone and your vlogs, especially solo travel, have helped me try to embrace independence and try new things. ❤
My husband and I did long distance and I wished that time away so bad! But exactly as you said, we both talk about those days so fondly now and how special they were and how much we missed each other. Picking each other up from the airport, surprising each other, sweet gifts ❤️ now we don’t get a chance to miss each other and are so busy with life and baby. Savour these times as hard as they are 😃
when i was two, i was diagnosed with bilateral moderate to severe hearing loss (hearing loss in both ears), *please* learn ASL from someone certified and/or in the deaf community!!! it is quite literally a part of our identity & uncertified hearing people don’t always know how to properly teach ASL!
Do you have any recommendations for online ASL courses? I've been trying to learn ASL since the beginning of 2020 through random apps, and recently enrolled in the 2 basic ASL courses with Oklahoma School for the Deaf, and I have learned a lot...but I still feel like I need more. I'm having trouble grasping the grammar/sentence structures.
I’m not deaf 🧏♀️ but I have taught myself asl and it paid off while I worked in the Covid unit with a few patients and I LOVED when you signed “happy girl” I wish they would make asl a second language in school as we grow up because it could be so universal!
@@MichelJanse it truly was the filling moment that I needed in the mist of all the bad and sadness. And it made an enormous difference in the patients health by giving him hope!
Jordy is so very sweet. I think long distance would be terribly hard but I do also love my independence. Enjoy every phase of life and make the most of it. A longer video once a week or so would be great. I choose longer videos when cleaning the kitchen after dinner every evening.
I'm just over the one year mark of long distance, and I'm at the same point of I need to make a decision. 3-4 weeks apart is rough. I know what you're going through girl! But I want to do things according to my faith and God has kept telling me to wait. Time will tell!
I would 100% watch deleted scenes or hour vlogs, but ONLY if you truly wanted to! I know you said it’d be more work, so only if you feel it’s the right season to do more ❤
Long distance survivor here - you won’t miss those days 😂😂 it’s a lovely sentiment and so so sweet but it’s not true. What is true is that you strengthen your communication skills and your sharing of your life with one another to build a stronger foundation for the future. The suck is worth it.
Girl idk why you deleted that footage of you organizing your pantry!! I would have LOVED to see that!! I’m always in the market on how to make my life more easier and organized - just an fyi would totally watch a longer vlog if you kept things like that in more often!! ❤
More content sounds great! I'm a fan of both short and long vlogs. Also being in a healthy full-time relationship, even living together should never mean a loss of your independence, but you are young with a lot of life ahead of you, there is no rush. ❤
Your feelings finally being as they are is what should be expected. Your at a great place in your relationship and being so far away all the times is harder.
My bf & I did long distance for 2+ years and I get what you mean. I was over it after the first year but our weekend visits were always so special & fun 🩵
I feel this so much!!! My husband and I are long distance for our medical residencies and the little things make it so much harder - headphones not working well, schedules being so off. It won’t be forever!
I think it’s good that you are ready to move on from long distance I think it means you are healing and moving forward. I went through something similar when I was dating my now husband. We weren’t long distance but I kept him at arms length for a while. I am so glad I gave in when it was time. I am so happy you found a good and sweet guy like Jordy. ❤️
I tend to search for your longest videos, the longer the better. I listen to you while I’m on the treadmill. You make my workout a little less painful. You have a wonderful, joyful attitude. Helps me through my day. Thank you! ❤
Truly loved this video and how Jordy treats you. How you treat each other is so sweet. Love the outfit check. Super cute! Food looked amazing. And that song was Jordy song right? That's my favorite one. Sound is so great! 🙂
MICHEL! I'm literally binging your videos that I had missed out on due to a new job/being busy, and LOVED being able to hang out with you for a long period of time. Also, I would TOTALLY do a PAID Patreon with you! LOVE YOUR CONTENT!
Some of my sweetest memories with my hubby were driving back and forth from each other's houses and our little impromptu dates. Its harder now with a toddler but that part of my life was so so sweet. Also your relationship will evolve and not feel the same, not in a bad way but in a "seasonal" sense. Savor it!
I think you are a dependent queen. You can want to live nearer or actually live near to the one you love and still be independent. But I do have to say that partnering with someone in life is waaaayyyyyy better.💗
I really like long form content. It's very relaxing for me while I do things like washing dishes or folding laundry or doing skin care/makeup (and of course I also actually "watch" vlogs, too, but I think you know what I mean about having a nice UA-cam video in the background when you're doing other tasks around the house. 😊 I don't have a sister, so it's a little like a sister updating me on her life every week. I hope that doesn't sound weird LOL. A second channel would be fun, as well as interesting to see a little bit of the process of how certain things get cut out of vlogs. There is so much that goes on behind the scenes that we, as viewers, just don't see.
I just saw Ed in tampa on May 20th! One of my favorite concerts ever 🤍 so glad you got to do this with Jordy! And thank you Jordy for being so selfless and treating Michel so well 🤍
I would 100% watch a cut footage vlog! I live alone and work from home so I love putting on long UA-cam videos for company. Yours are always so well done!!❤️
I used to watch a UA-camr who did average 45 minute long videos. And they were sometimes way longer, rarely shorter. And I loved it. I love longer videos because UA-cam is usually on in the background and I’m doing other things. So it helps to not stop often and select a new video.
In a LDR across the world. We only get to be in the same place every 6 months. For a few weeks. About to go get married and be LDR for a little longer. So excited to marry him! Luckily we're in the same timezone which helps a ton. It's really tough when I dwell on it but the thing that helps is that we've really been proactive in creating our future together through saving, sorting out visas and work and that does take time but we know the fruits of our labour will be great. My only advice is to really celebrate what you have and where you're going together. It helps a ton. 😊🌻🌺
This made me so so so excited to see Ed Sheeran. I completely forgot Khalid is opening for him and who I love too! I’m seeing Ed 3, maybe 4, times on his tour 😅 Also the Janse clip was so cool! I just love your vlogs, that is all ❤
I really love the way you edit your videos & thumbnails! Thank you for sharing your adventures, blissful moments and your kind heart and happiness to the world. We all deserve a friend like Michel! Literally sunshine on a cloudy day 🥹🌸💕
I did long distance while dating (different colleges in different states and different hometowns) and then did it when married (international sales who was gone Mon - Thurs 35 weeks a year). We enjoyed it! We got to focus on work and personal hobbies/friends etc during the week with no guilt and every weekend was a special couples-only time. Cherishing your alone time makes the time together sweeter. BTW - please take those stickers off your pantry bins.
I don’t know much about auto immune diseases but is that much processed food not an issue at all? I have a family member with lupus and they steer clear of anything pre packaged basically unless it’s dire. Could eating clean not help with auto immune issues? Hope this is ok to ask!
i'm really happy to see you thrive in your current relationship -- it seems so healthy and amazing. full of love, life, realism, comfort, and growth. all that GOOD stuff!! i did long-distance for almost 5 years with my partner (now-husband, i'm still not used to using this label 😬), and it would be a big fat lie if i say it was easy. to be perfectly honest, for me, it came with toll because, thinking back, i wasn't really ready to go into that state after dating him only for a couple of months, but i wanted to come off as that independent badass bish lol and acted cool when it came to the point when he had to leave. we just thought that it would be ridiculous to end the relationship "just because" we'd be far from each other physically. we gave it a go, and decided to take it month by month, semester by semester (we're in PhD program), and here we are. i definitely, just as you are now, went through phases. mine was a bit different from you in the sense that it won't be realistic for us to even imagine living together until either one of us graduate from a PhD degree so we didn't even imagine that as an option. then when COVID happened, we took advantage of being able to work remotely and quarantined together. that was a great way to be forced into living together for a prolonged time in a 280 sqft apartment and test our compatibility lol. BUT the thing is, i still wasn't mature enough as you are now and didn't admit how much i rely on him, the fact that i am better mentally (and even perform better) with him vs. alone. i still was committed to playing the role expected to that strong, independent bad-ass bish who doesn't need anyone to be around to be at their optimal state, so once the school system started going back to normal, we went distant again *even though* i was still working from home, *even when* my partner suggested that we should consider moving in together. then i hit what i'd call "bottom" a couple of times. i don't know what i was trying to prove myself; i was in a complete denial that i could totally benefit from leaving my home base and moving in with him. he was more physically bound than me so it would have to be me making the move (i think there was also my ego playing in this to be honest). you, michelle, are so much more in tune with your emotions and feelings that you acknowledge that you have hit the turning point. i wasn't mature enough to do that, i KNOW if i had admitted those feelings of mine 2 yrs ago, i would have not had to go through some of the things in the past couple years all by myself. i'm almost envious of the mental state that you're in now and so proud!! anywho, i finally decided to END this state of long-distance relationship. we are still not in a "settled" place with our job and living space, but we decided to go through these transition periods together regardless. we realized that we were losing more by being alone by default and traveling back and forth in terms of physical & mental energy as well as finance than having a home-base where both of us belong together. i'm not saying this is what others should do because mind you that it took me 5 years including the 3 years post-COVID where i technically could work remotely to finally pull this. in any case, the most important thing is that our relationship got out that time of being distant with more strength, more trust. so don't feel like you're missing or losing anything!! the time will come where you get a strong inclination/feeling of making changes and at the same time are able to afford that change, and you will have my blessings and everyone else in this community then (not necessarily talking about marriage or anything, just in terms of ending the long-distance era and moving onto something else)!! OMG i talked way too much. anyways, sending love and courage!! long distance sucks, yes, you put it right!! but that state will change eventually. i will just say one more thing -- i recommend acknowledging the fact that you both are doing something hard and give yourselves words of affirmations that you guys are doing great and appreciate each other's efforts that you're putting into it. that would help this time to serves as a real, strength-building phase, i think. and like Jordy said, you get to "celebrate" being together every time you reunite, which is cool and fun!! to many, being (physically) together is a default, but it's something special to long-distance couples... so enjoy that phase!! 🥰🥰
Love the little deleted scene! Is it hard filming so much, then having to cut clips you enjoyed filming? I imagine you and your editor must have to find a balance for all your videos.
Just came here to say that however you say your name is the correct way, especially if it’s the way your whole family says it. My great grandfather used to tell my grandmother (his daughter) that if she wanted to pronounce her last name as crabapple then she could bc it’s her name and no one could tell her different. Her last name growing up was Woodward. So however you pronounce your name is right not wrong! Love you friend! ❤
My husband and I did long distance before for a year. And right before we got married we went two months without seeing each other. It’s definitely special in its own way being long distance but hard too.
My partner of 8.5 years gets motion sickness so he ALWAYS drives unless it isn't efficient or doesn't make sense. I'm always passenger princess and I love it.
Like I've said before, Jordy is a keeper!! Just the sweetest fellow!!❤ Girl!! I would without a doubt watch an hour video from you!! I've seen several hours longs that were a waste of my time but yours no!!! I can watch you all day!!
Aw, it must be hard being far away from loved ones 🤍 My sister is currently halfway around the world and there are days where I miss seeing her face, but I also know she's very happy where she is!
Awe he is so super sweet!! Just got back from CanCun and your video was the first one I watched to try and relax after dealing with all of the chaos that is Mexico. You should do a few of those extra footage videos just to see how they do.
@@MichelJanse it was absolutely beautiful!! I tried new foods I've never had before and pushed my comfort zone and went snorkeling for the first time. It was so beautiful.
Yes to the cutting room floor type videos ❤ as for the long distance, I totally get it, been there done that, still got the man.❤😂. Enjoy this time in your relationship where you truly miss each other, believe me you will be able to remind yourself years down the road, just how special this moment is.
Today is the 8 year dating anniversary of being with my husband- We started long distance & it was great for about a year, then we hated it! He had been through a messy divorce where he was cheated on & I was late to the dating game with him being my first boyfriend. Easing into the relationship was good for is both.. but, yeah, after a year- if it’s going to last, you just can’t stand to be apart anymore. Obviously, my husband and I made it & did not stay long distance. But hearing your update totally took me back to those days! 💙
What if you took the extra footage and used it for special "deleted scenes" videos to upload when you would normally take time off? So this way you're not batching videos, you're not doing extra work to take time off, but you can still have videos uploaded?
Michel: “No one would watch a one hour vlog”
Me fully prepared to watch a one hour vlog 👁️👄👁️
Me too!!!! Hahaha
For the record I WOULD watch an hour long making the bed video
I’m so happy you found a great guy. Isn’t amazing how your life can change sooooo much in a year. You deserve this happiness.
🥹🫶🏼wow thank you friend!!
You don’t need another channel, just use this one. I watch every video regardless of what it is, you’re the comfort vlog
Jordy is so right, as a 32 y.o woman married and with a child, though I love my life I do miss that time in my life when I had my own apartment, got to decorate it how I like, did what I wanted when I wanted etc. now I have a family that comes first. Definitely enjoy this phase you are in because it does go by sooo fast!! (Trust me!) you are living in the “good ole days” but I can also understand you are wanting that stability in your relationship, so your feelings are definitely valid! As humans I think we just always long for that next step or thing. So we have to practice living in the moment and being thankful for where we are now 💛Also I’m very jelly you got to see Ed Sheeran live, I absolutely love his music since he started back in like 2013 or so. God bless Michel!
Yes!! This is great advice, thank you for sharing friend!! 🤍🤍
I'd love to see all the extra content! Maybe it just resonates with me because I also love things like organizing cabinets. 😅 Also really enjoying seeing how much happier and free you seem now, like your personality is really shining. This is my first time moving out of my parents and living alone and your vlogs, especially solo travel, have helped me try to embrace independence and try new things. ❤
My husband and I did long distance and I wished that time away so bad! But exactly as you said, we both talk about those days so fondly now and how special they were and how much we missed each other. Picking each other up from the airport, surprising each other, sweet gifts ❤️ now we don’t get a chance to miss each other and are so busy with life and baby. Savour these times as hard as they are 😃
I think we need to🎉 Tara for her awesomeness!
YES!!! She is the BEST!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
when i was two, i was diagnosed with bilateral moderate to severe hearing loss (hearing loss in both ears), *please* learn ASL from someone certified and/or in the deaf community!!! it is quite literally a part of our identity & uncertified hearing people don’t always know how to properly teach ASL!
Do you have any recommendations for online ASL courses? I've been trying to learn ASL since the beginning of 2020 through random apps, and recently enrolled in the 2 basic ASL courses with Oklahoma School for the Deaf, and I have learned a lot...but I still feel like I need more. I'm having trouble grasping the grammar/sentence structures.
I’m not deaf 🧏♀️ but I have taught myself asl and it paid off while I worked in the Covid unit with a few patients and I LOVED when you signed “happy girl”
I wish they would make asl a second language in school as we grow up because it could be so universal!
🤍🤍 I am so glad that those patients had you I’m sure that made things a little less scary for them!! Thank you friend, very sweet!
Agreed! If everyone learned ASL in elementary it would help do much with language barriers
@@MichelJanse it truly was the filling moment that I needed in the mist of all the bad and sadness. And it made an enormous difference in the patients health by giving him hope!
Jordy is so very sweet. I think long distance would be terribly hard but I do also love my independence. Enjoy every phase of life and make the most of it. A longer video once a week or so would be great. I choose longer videos when cleaning the kitchen after dinner every evening.
Jordy is a keeper. I know long distance is hard, but stick around. It’ll get better!
Petition for a second channel called More Michel!
Agreed!
Me too!😊⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍
Agreed
Yes
That's what Mia Maples does and I love it!❤
I just had to pause the video to come and tell you that I absolutely would watch an hour long vlog!
Loved the signing. Taking an ASL class changed my life in such a beautiful way.
I'm just over the one year mark of long distance, and I'm at the same point of I need to make a decision. 3-4 weeks apart is rough. I know what you're going through girl! But I want to do things according to my faith and God has kept telling me to wait. Time will tell!
I would 100% watch deleted scenes or hour vlogs, but ONLY if you truly wanted to! I know you said it’d be more work, so only if you feel it’s the right season to do more ❤
Long distance survivor here - you won’t miss those days 😂😂 it’s a lovely sentiment and so so sweet but it’s not true. What is true is that you strengthen your communication skills and your sharing of your life with one another to build a stronger foundation for the future. The suck is worth it.
Girl idk why you deleted that footage of you organizing your pantry!! I would have LOVED to see that!! I’m always in the market on how to make my life more easier and organized - just an fyi would totally watch a longer vlog if you kept things like that in more often!! ❤
More content sounds great! I'm a fan of both short and long vlogs. Also being in a healthy full-time relationship, even living together should never mean a loss of your independence, but you are young with a lot of life ahead of you, there is no rush. ❤
Your feelings finally being as they are is what should be expected. Your at a great place in your relationship and being so far away all the times is harder.
My bf & I did long distance for 2+ years and I get what you mean. I was over it after the first year but our weekend visits were always so special & fun 🩵
I feel this so much!!! My husband and I are long distance for our medical residencies and the little things make it so much harder - headphones not working well, schedules being so off. It won’t be forever!
Please do so, Michel. I shall watch your one-hr vlogs. From a 79 yr-old newly captivated fan!
I think it’s good that you are ready to move on from long distance I think it means you are healing and moving forward. I went through something similar when I was dating my now husband. We weren’t long distance but I kept him at arms length for a while. I am so glad I gave in when it was time. I am so happy you found a good and sweet guy like Jordy. ❤️
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I would LOVE blogs, you’re my comfort channel and you help with my anxiety so much so like an hour vlog every two weeks or month would be my dream!!!
That is an awesome extended family story!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
BAAAAABE how are you almost at 200K 🥺 been here since like 20K or something
Heheh 🥰 Thank you so much for being apart of this community friend!! I am truly so honored!! 🤍🫶🏼
I tend to search for your longest videos, the longer the better. I listen to you while I’m on the treadmill. You make my workout a little less painful. You have a wonderful, joyful attitude. Helps me through my day. Thank you! ❤
Love watching you become more and more of what feels like the real Michel in each and every video!
Truly loved this video and how Jordy treats you. How you treat each other is so sweet. Love the outfit check. Super cute! Food looked amazing. And that song was Jordy song right? That's my favorite one. Sound is so great! 🙂
MICHEL! I'm literally binging your videos that I had missed out on due to a new job/being busy, and LOVED being able to hang out with you for a long period of time. Also, I would TOTALLY do a PAID Patreon with you! LOVE YOUR CONTENT!
Bonus cut footage vlog? Heck YES!! I am here for it! 🥰
Some of my sweetest memories with my hubby were driving back and forth from each other's houses and our little impromptu dates. Its harder now with a toddler but that part of my life was so so sweet. Also your relationship will evolve and not feel the same, not in a bad way but in a "seasonal" sense. Savor it!
The asmr vibes while organizing your pantry!
I think you are a dependent queen. You can want to live nearer or actually live near to the one you love and still be independent. But I do have to say that partnering with someone in life is waaaayyyyyy better.💗
Jordy is such a great man and such a good friend!
We love Michel no doubt! BUT WHAT IS THIS BEAUTY OF A SONG AT THE END OF THE VLOG!! Just realised its Jordy singing! Its soooo GOOD!!!!❤❤❤❤
Jordy loves you at the level you deserve. So happy for you!
I'm here for an hour long vlog, honestly 😄 But love the idea of a 2nd channel of uncut footage! 🤩
Just use this channel! Keep them as bonus videos and upload them on a random day that feels right to you!
Honestly I’ve been watching so many of your videos lately as I do things like unpack from college and I’ve been wishing they were longer
I’m for the longer blogs. I like the idea of once I’m tuned in I stay on!
heck yeah ill watch an hr video i love long videos :) especially when is you and jordy
Enjoyed the vlog and especially the awesome editing! It's almost an artpiece some of your vlogs!
I really like long form content. It's very relaxing for me while I do things like washing dishes or folding laundry or doing skin care/makeup (and of course I also actually "watch" vlogs, too, but I think you know what I mean about having a nice UA-cam video in the background when you're doing other tasks around the house. 😊 I don't have a sister, so it's a little like a sister updating me on her life every week. I hope that doesn't sound weird LOL. A second channel would be fun, as well as interesting to see a little bit of the process of how certain things get cut out of vlogs. There is so much that goes on behind the scenes that we, as viewers, just don't see.
I for one would LOVE hour long vlogs lol. And a bonus channel would be amazing 🤩
I just saw Ed in tampa on May 20th! One of my favorite concerts ever 🤍 so glad you got to do this with Jordy! And thank you Jordy for being so selfless and treating Michel so well 🤍
I would 100% watch a cut footage vlog! I live alone and work from home so I love putting on long UA-cam videos for company. Yours are always so well done!!❤️
I used to watch a UA-camr who did average 45 minute long videos. And they were sometimes way longer, rarely shorter. And I loved it. I love longer videos because UA-cam is usually on in the background and I’m doing other things. So it helps to not stop often and select a new video.
Thanks Michel for such a nice, sweet vlog. I love seeing you guys together and looking so happy! x
Im here for the one hour vlogs! More Michel anyday :)
In a LDR across the world. We only get to be in the same place every 6 months. For a few weeks. About to go get married and be LDR for a little longer. So excited to marry him! Luckily we're in the same timezone which helps a ton. It's really tough when I dwell on it but the thing that helps is that we've really been proactive in creating our future together through saving, sorting out visas and work and that does take time but we know the fruits of our labour will be great.
My only advice is to really celebrate what you have and where you're going together. It helps a ton. 😊🌻🌺
This made me so so so excited to see Ed Sheeran. I completely forgot Khalid is opening for him and who I love too! I’m seeing Ed 3, maybe 4, times on his tour 😅 Also the Janse clip was so cool! I just love your vlogs, that is all ❤
I really love the way you edit your videos & thumbnails! Thank you for sharing your adventures, blissful moments and your kind heart and happiness to the world. We all deserve a friend like Michel! Literally sunshine on a cloudy day 🥹🌸💕
🥹🥹wow this is SO KIND!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼🤍
🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏼♀️ this girl is all for a second channel. I just love you and Jordy together. ❤❤❤
yes I want a blooper/cut out video! sounds great!!!
I ❤ this! I hope your appointment goes well too.
Oh my, Jordy’s falsetto is incredible, so unique! Love the Fire song!
i started having cut flowers in my house, love the look of them.
You can be in a relationship and independent at the same time….they are not mutually exclusive….
Hey Friends Im so happy to watch today!!!!
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I did long distance while dating (different colleges in different states and different hometowns) and then did it when married (international sales who was gone Mon - Thurs 35 weeks a year). We enjoyed it! We got to focus on work and personal hobbies/friends etc during the week with no guilt and every weekend was a special couples-only time. Cherishing your alone time makes the time together sweeter.
BTW - please take those stickers off your pantry bins.
I don’t know much about auto immune diseases but is that much processed food not an issue at all? I have a family member with lupus and they steer clear of anything pre packaged basically unless it’s dire. Could eating clean not help with auto immune issues? Hope this is ok to ask!
i'm really happy to see you thrive in your current relationship -- it seems so healthy and amazing. full of love, life, realism, comfort, and growth. all that GOOD stuff!! i did long-distance for almost 5 years with my partner (now-husband, i'm still not used to using this label 😬), and it would be a big fat lie if i say it was easy. to be perfectly honest, for me, it came with toll because, thinking back, i wasn't really ready to go into that state after dating him only for a couple of months, but i wanted to come off as that independent badass bish lol and acted cool when it came to the point when he had to leave. we just thought that it would be ridiculous to end the relationship "just because" we'd be far from each other physically. we gave it a go, and decided to take it month by month, semester by semester (we're in PhD program), and here we are. i definitely, just as you are now, went through phases. mine was a bit different from you in the sense that it won't be realistic for us to even imagine living together until either one of us graduate from a PhD degree so we didn't even imagine that as an option. then when COVID happened, we took advantage of being able to work remotely and quarantined together. that was a great way to be forced into living together for a prolonged time in a 280 sqft apartment and test our compatibility lol. BUT the thing is, i still wasn't mature enough as you are now and didn't admit how much i rely on him, the fact that i am better mentally (and even perform better) with him vs. alone. i still was committed to playing the role expected to that strong, independent bad-ass bish who doesn't need anyone to be around to be at their optimal state, so once the school system started going back to normal, we went distant again *even though* i was still working from home, *even when* my partner suggested that we should consider moving in together. then i hit what i'd call "bottom" a couple of times. i don't know what i was trying to prove myself; i was in a complete denial that i could totally benefit from leaving my home base and moving in with him. he was more physically bound than me so it would have to be me making the move (i think there was also my ego playing in this to be honest). you, michelle, are so much more in tune with your emotions and feelings that you acknowledge that you have hit the turning point. i wasn't mature enough to do that, i KNOW if i had admitted those feelings of mine 2 yrs ago, i would have not had to go through some of the things in the past couple years all by myself. i'm almost envious of the mental state that you're in now and so proud!! anywho, i finally decided to END this state of long-distance relationship. we are still not in a "settled" place with our job and living space, but we decided to go through these transition periods together regardless. we realized that we were losing more by being alone by default and traveling back and forth in terms of physical & mental energy as well as finance than having a home-base where both of us belong together. i'm not saying this is what others should do because mind you that it took me 5 years including the 3 years post-COVID where i technically could work remotely to finally pull this. in any case, the most important thing is that our relationship got out that time of being distant with more strength, more trust. so don't feel like you're missing or losing anything!! the time will come where you get a strong inclination/feeling of making changes and at the same time are able to afford that change, and you will have my blessings and everyone else in this community then (not necessarily talking about marriage or anything, just in terms of ending the long-distance era and moving onto something else)!! OMG i talked way too much. anyways, sending love and courage!! long distance sucks, yes, you put it right!! but that state will change eventually. i will just say one more thing -- i recommend acknowledging the fact that you both are doing something hard and give yourselves words of affirmations that you guys are doing great and appreciate each other's efforts that you're putting into it. that would help this time to serves as a real, strength-building phase, i think. and like Jordy said, you get to "celebrate" being together every time you reunite, which is cool and fun!! to many, being (physically) together is a default, but it's something special to long-distance couples... so enjoy that phase!! 🥰🥰
Love the little deleted scene! Is it hard filming so much, then having to cut clips you enjoyed filming? I imagine you and your editor must have to find a balance for all your videos.
Just came here to say that however you say your name is the correct way, especially if it’s the way your whole family says it. My great grandfather used to tell my grandmother (his daughter) that if she wanted to pronounce her last name as crabapple then she could bc it’s her name and no one could tell her different. Her last name growing up was Woodward. So however you pronounce your name is right not wrong! Love you friend! ❤
My husband and I did long distance before for a year. And right before we got married we went two months without seeing each other. It’s definitely special in its own way being long distance but hard too.
I can’t even imagine how much fun this was, I’m so happy for you!
I would totally watch the unused footage!!!!! And watch an hour blog!! 🎉🎉
I saw that sneaky little happy girl asl move! 🙃
i’d love a bonus cut footage vlog!!! i’d watch every video!!!
My partner of 8.5 years gets motion sickness so he ALWAYS drives unless it isn't efficient or doesn't make sense. I'm always passenger princess and I love it.
Your vlogs always have the best music! ❤❤ love your taste
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I agree esp the song at the end of this one is that Jordy?.
That is not true. I watch vlogs of women living in Europe . They have over 1 million followers. They do 30 min to 1 hrs videos. They are wonderful.
I like the idea of a cut footage vlog! Yes,Please!
Great vlog….Jordy gives you fever…..love fever girl❤❤😂
Like I've said before, Jordy is a keeper!! Just the sweetest fellow!!❤ Girl!! I would without a doubt watch an hour video from you!! I've seen several hours longs that were a waste of my time but yours no!!! I can watch you all day!!
I would definitely watch an hour vlog.
i would LOVE cut footage vlogs!!!!
i would DEF watch them😊💕
God really blessed you with Jordy. You 100% deserve it.
I would totally watch an hour vlog! Lol ❤😊
I LOVE LONG VLOGS!
Aw, it must be hard being far away from loved ones 🤍 My sister is currently halfway around the world and there are days where I miss seeing her face, but I also know she's very happy where she is!
Awe, yes definitely!! 🤍🤍 sending you love Ele!! 🫶🏼
i would totally watch a vlog that is an hour long!!! i could literally listen to you talk to us 24/7. petition for you to start a podcast, maybe?? 🤭
Awe he is so super sweet!! Just got back from CanCun and your video was the first one I watched to try and relax after dealing with all of the chaos that is Mexico. You should do a few of those extra footage videos just to see how they do.
Great idea friend!! Oo I hope your trip was relaxing and sweet!! 🤍🤍
@@MichelJanse it was absolutely beautiful!! I tried new foods I've never had before and pushed my comfort zone and went snorkeling for the first time. It was so beautiful.
I would totally watch an hour long vlog if it is from you 😂🫶🏻
Same!
DEFINITELY!
Facts ❤
Same!!
Awe this is very sweet!!!🫶🏼🫶🏼
Loved to see you and Jordy so happy and loving life….be patient with the distance “Good things come to those who wait.”
Yes to the cutting room floor type videos ❤ as for the long distance, I totally get it, been there done that, still got the man.❤😂. Enjoy this time in your relationship where you truly miss each other, believe me you will be able to remind yourself years down the road, just how special this moment is.
“Bad ass queen”… 😂. I love it❣️
My daughter and I love the idea of a second channel! Yippee! 🎉
I would love the deleted scenes channel that way I could watch it on your off days 😊
I watch your videos and love them all even when they are long
Great video! I wish I was at that concert, gotta love Ed!
I want hour vlogs!!!!
That matcha looked delicious! Can you share your recipe? 😊
I would love another channel as long as it is not too much for you. Your health is priority.
Today is the 8 year dating anniversary of being with my husband- We started long distance & it was great for about a year, then we hated it! He had been through a messy divorce where he was cheated on & I was late to the dating game with him being my first boyfriend. Easing into the relationship was good for is both.. but, yeah, after a year- if it’s going to last, you just can’t stand to be apart anymore. Obviously, my husband and I made it & did not stay long distance. But hearing your update totally took me back to those days! 💙
I'd watch an hr long one. Happily.
What if you took the extra footage and used it for special "deleted scenes" videos to upload when you would normally take time off? So this way you're not batching videos, you're not doing extra work to take time off, but you can still have videos uploaded?
um michel, YES i will watch an hour vlog. please do an unedited one sometime!!!