Russell and Jo

Russell is a very good friend of mine. Ever since I left university we have hung out with each other as much as possible and our friendship has grown progressively stronger and I expect it will continue to grow as the years progress. Russell used to be quite quiet and never really spoke to me about anything but as time has passed he has really come out of his shell and now when he has a problem he is quite happy to talk to me about it. Part of the reason for him coming out of his shell is no doubt his relationship with Jo. He met Jo online a few years ago and they met up, hit it off and have been going out ever since. Russell even moved from Manchester to Blackpool to live with her, leaving his friends and family behind. Before long Jo was transfered to a pub in Salford (very close to Manchester) and Russell was left on his own in Blackpool. Recently is has become very obvious that Jo has no intention of returning to Blackpool and this caused quite a few problems between Russ and Jo as you can imagine. Add to this the fact that Russ works a 9-5 and Jo works every other hour God sends and they hardly ever see each other.
They discussed it and they decided that Russ would move back to Salford, commute to Blackpool until he got a job in Manchester and Jo would actively look for another job so that they could actually see each other from time to time.
Russ texted me last night to tell me that Jo spoke to him in tears to tell him that she loves her job. Russ probably correctly concluded that this means that she will never leave her job.
This puts Russell in a very difficult situation. Jo has basically just told Russ that she values her job more than their relationship and she is quite happy to continue in a relationship with Russ just so long as he understand that he will hardly ever see her.
Obviously Russ has no idea what to do - he loves Jo so much and in no way wants to have to break up with her. Add to this the fact that Jo is the first ever girlfriend Russ has had and you have a guy who is also worried that if he breaks up with Jo, will he ever find anyone else? Objectively I can say that yes he will almost 100% find someone else but I have been there. I was in a relationship about 7/8 years ago where I should have ended it much sooner than I did and part of the reason I didn't end it was that I was scared I would never find anyone else. In truth, it was 2/3 years later that I met Laura who eventually became my wife.
I'm digressing slightly but my point is that I know where Russ is right now and it's not a good place. Deep down he probably knows that Jo is really pushing it and that he should be acting on it but every bone in his body is telling him to sit back and take it and maybe one day everything will be ok. Maybe it will. Maybe it won't.
Unfortunately there is nothing I can say to Russ to make it all better. He has some hard choices to make and no one can make them but him.