So, I'm currently a sophomore in college studying Aerospace Engineering. My girlfriend is the same age and year as me. She's studying to be an accountant. We go to different colleges that are 4 hours apart, but we live in the same hometown. Next year she's going to be transferring to my college. Recently, she brought up the fact that she feels stuck because after college because she doesn't want to stay in our hometown and settle down immediately. She told me she wants to travel and possibly live in another country for some period of time. She didn't specify how long, but she gave a range of 6 months to a few years. She also claims that she wants to do so alone as it will improve her experience. We've talked about settling down and having a family in our mid to late twenties assuming we're financially ready to do so. I've heard that working as a foreigner for Aerospace is difficult because of security reasons, and I know the industry is the biggest in the United States. I would also love to travel but not live in other countries. I want to stay in the United States for my future, but I know my girlfriend wants to travel. When I talked to her about it, she told me that it was her decision and that the more we talked about it, the more she felt pressured by me to stay. I told her that I understood but that he decision would ultimately affect me and our future together as well. She agreed, but I decided to give her space. She also said it take her a long time to decide on what to do. I don't want to handle working a full-time Aerospace job and a long distance relationship, but it feels like it may go there. I've communicated this, but I'm still unsure how to feel as it's all very fresh still. I understand I'm very young, so this may all seem very silly, but I just wanted to get it out because I can't talk to her about it right now. What's my next step in approaching this?