Hi Welcome to the board. My husband is based out of saint louis and we actually live in saint paul mpls. He also flies for republic well chautauqua airlines. He is a captain. We did the long distance thing for a long time. I met him in his first year of flight school while he was living in florida. I finished college that year in wisconsin and then moved to florida. When he did get hired by the airlines, he was in louisville and north carolina while i was in florida and then we made the decision to move back to mpls when he got the base in saint louis. He has a very easy commute thank goodness to saint louis so we have been lucky about that.
It's hard at first but you will get used to it. My other friends don't understand how i do it with him being gone about 4 days a week but after 7 years I have gotten used to it.
you will too