I love him, BUT i'm going DOWN SOUTH, DUDE!

Aight i have a MAJOR dilemma. I'm currently in a long-distance relationship (40 minutes away) with someone i've known almost 3 years. We started talking as more-than-friends in October and became official in February. We've been using the L word for about 2 months now. I really care about this guy, and i know he really cares about me. He's a God-fearing, mature, respectful, trustworthy, hardworking,sweet, chocolate young man with a great sense of humor. In all actuality, i think the distance between us has helped us become good friends and strengthened our relationship since we don't have the physical thang to deal wit on a daily basis. But I have some fears. Since I'm going away to college(compare 50 miles to 1000miles), there will be a considerable distance between us, and i'm afraid I have a wandering eye. I don't touch, but i DO look. I'll find myself flirting with my eyes, and when guys try to spit, although i tell em all i got a man and never take their number, i still wonder, u kno? And I've been down South a couple times and there are gorgeous men EVERYWHERE!!!!! When i went to FAMU, fine men EVERYWHERE, and i assume the same will be at JSU. I ain't Beyonce or nobody, but i think i'm a decent lookin person wit a decent personality.....and KNOW i got game and pullin potential. Its like, i know i have this wonderful guy, but i'm still curious about others. We talked about it before, since he's applying for an internship in New YorkCity, and if accepted he'll be there for a couple years starting next year. and i KNOW its gon be gorgeous women there and HE'LL be tempted, and cuz HE got game and pullin potential. He got me, right? But he told me, "If you try to look at everything, you'll walk away with nothing." I don't wanna lose him for looking at others, BUT I'M YOUNG AND CURIOUS! advice?

Well I don't really know if you want my advice, seeing as we're the same age and everything. But i do feel i'm a wise person so I'll tell u what i think and u can decide if it's valid or not. I look at it like this, you know when you go down to college you want to have fun and explore. And you're going to be living there for about 6-7 months with all these temptations around you. Therefore, the only reason i can see for you not enjoying yourself and exploring as much as you want to is if you know for sure that you have something absolutely concrete at home. If you don't think what you have is concrete or you have serious doubts about if you two will last, then you shouldn't really pass up your chance to meet a really great guy down at your college just because you have a relationship back home that you're not sure about anyway. So i think the best thing for you to do is really just evaluate, by yourself, and with your boyfriend where you guys really wanna go with this relationship, maybe even have a sort of open relationship where you guys can explore your options while you're away. Neway, that's my 10 cents. Hope i helped in some way :???: