Whether you are in a long distance relationship because you met on an online dating website or because one of you has to travel for work, with just a little effort it’s easy to keep the romance alive in a long distance relationship.
Getting through the days of the week can be difficult when you are missing someone, the secret is to keep yourself busy but also find small ways to include your partner in your day to day life.
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Here are 5 dating tips for couples in long distance relationships which will help to keep your love alive despite the distance and time apart:
Day to Day Life
If you are in the early days of a long distance relationship (ie after you have met once to ensure you know who you are communicating with) then get to know about each others lives visually.
Each get a usb memory stick and fill it with photographs, these can be of your surrounding area, work, your breakfast, hobbies, new shoes, pets or friends.
Remember your new partner will be fascinated by things you find mundane, so just photograph everything and let them get to know about your day to day life.
Photo Friday
This is the age of technology so let’s use it to have some fun. Every Friday send a text to each other stating what sort of photo you want to see. This can be of your partner with the smallest dog they can find, in the shower with a garden gnome or outside a police station wearing handcuffs.
Your partner then has until Sunday lunchtime to send you the photo. Make up some fun forfeits if your partner fails to get the requested photo. Remember to keep photo albums of your exploits for later years.
Plan a Holiday
Even if you are unable to have a holiday together this year or next due to financial or time limitations, still plan a holiday together for when you are able to go away together. Don’t just decide we’ll go to Greece when we can and forget about it.
When you are apart both spend time exploring different destinations, find out about the history of the area, what there is to see or do, the local food, customs, etc … imagine you’re a travel writer and do a write up. Send each other the destinations you find out about and decide together where you would like to go and explore.
This is not only a way to give you both something to look forward to but is also a great way of learning about your long distance partners likes and dislikes.
Learn a Language
Whether it’s German, Spanish or Mandarin start to learn a new language together and send love notes in the new language.
Don’t just reach for google translate, grab a language book and start with the obvious …. I love you … ich liebe dich … te amo … wo ai ne.
Over time you will progress in the language and therefore in your ability to tell your loved one how you feel. You’ll also have a lot of fun when you get it wrong and say “you’re eyes are like jellied eels”.
Have Fun Together
This may sound obvious but many long term long distance relationships suffer because couples wait until they are together to argue, complain or decorate the spare bedroom.
Your time together is not just to sort out domestic arrangements, it should be an enjoyable time or why should your partner make the effort to travel all that way if it’s just to fight or be nagged all weekend?
Get all of the drudgery out of the way on the telephone or preferably internet (with a webcam so you can read body language) and clear the air before your partner visits you, then relax and have fun when you get time together.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:06 am
You can actually communicate everyday with your long distance partner through texting. It’s cheaper.
October 25th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
It is cheaper Nicole but not very original. The article was trying to think of more original ways to communicate romatically.
April 19th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Well we now have Skype which is a great way to talk voice to voice for free. I get what you are saying though. You can still be romantic and imaginative. Or going off of the language part, what if they created a language together? that might be romantic on a high level.
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July 8th, 2010 at 9:26 am
This has been a very unique suggestion for those you have a long distance relationship. But for me even though you have all this kind of communication, long distance relationship will not work if you dont have trust to each other.
July 9th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
hi diocelin
of course there must be trust, as there must be in any relationship but even more so in long distance relationsips. This is whee communication becomes paramount because it’s so easy for one partner to feel neglected