96 Long Distance Activities & Ideas and counting!
Not your typical list of long distance activities...
People in long distance relationships can have a hard time staying connected, because couples are limited in what they can do together. Many are limited to phone calls, emails, instant messaging, and texting which can become a bit humdrum over time, if you ask me. It is important to keep things interesting. Here is a list of things you can do with your boyfriend/girlfriend as well as things you can do for them from a distance. The ideas get more interesting as you go through the list!Be sure to become a member of our community on Loving From A Distance to get notified when this list gets updated!
We're not stopping at 96!
~ Michelle & Frank
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1. Watch things simultaneously together!
Watch the same movie or TV show at the same time. Frank and I have used these sites:- YouTube and Amazon
both offer movies you can rent online. Use the links to be taken directly to their online movie rental/video on demand pages. Frank and I have tried both and they work awesome :D
- Hulu.com - Frank and I use this site to watch Glee together :D (and best of all it's FREE)
2. Send your boyfriend/girlfriend flowers!
There are lots of websites that will deliver flowers for you, but if you don't want to spend money sending a real bouquet, you can send a virtual bouquet using this website. I just got done sending Frank some roses myself :) Flowers2mail.com. Another website that lets you send either real or virtual flowers is Virtualflowers.comWant to send real flowers? ProFlowers has affordable prices. Click here to see pictures of the flowers Frank got me from Proflowers.com
3. Learn new things about each other: The CURE for boring phone calls
Think you have run out of everything you could say to each other? Try this.... When it's one of those days where you guys just can't think of anything to talk about, try asking questions. Here's a good site with 100 questions to ask your love: 100 Questions to Know Your Partner. These questions are great discussion starters.For even more questions check out 1,000 Questions For Couples. I got this e-book myself and Frank during a rough time in our relationship. We were running out of things to say, and we were arguing a lot, mainly because we had nothing else to talk about. So I got this book and Frank and I spent hours one night asking each other the questions. It was so memorable, and we had more fun than what we had in a long time. The questions are split up into categories such as Attractions, Past & Future, Money, Pets, Sex, and tons more. You'll learn so much about each other, stuff you never knew. On a side note, by going through this e-book together, it will make it easy to bring up difficult questions you may have wanted to ask your boyfriend/girlfriend but were afraid to ask.
4. Write a letter on Love Letter Day (10th of every month).
You've probably seen this one before, but it is really a good idea. Handwritten letters are really nice to get and can be fun to write. I love seeing Frank's messy handwriting, haha, so much character. Letters can mean so much more than an email. Here are some sites with free printable stationary!Read about Love Letter Day at LFAD!<-- visit this page to get FREE printable stationery.
A little inspiration: Love Letter Gallery - a growing collection of love letters by couples from around the globe
Love Letter Satchels handmade by me! I came up with the idea to create a "satchel" for my very own love letters, photos, greeting cards, movie tickets, bus tickets, etc from my relationship with Frank.
I will make a custom satchel just for you! I have 15 fabrics and 8 ribbons for you to choose from.
LDR gift tip? Order one for your partner and promise to send weekly/monthly love letters and cards!
5. Send an e-card!
I know you've probably seen this suggestion before. Tired of lame e-cards? You'll get a kick out of Someecards.com (Thinking of You section). These e-cards are hilarious! If you're easily offended by vulgar language, this site isn't for you. Want something a bit more romantic? Check out these LDR e-cards.6. HoochyMail!
Okay, so maybe Frank doesn't like this one so much... HoochyMail is a website where you enter information and it automatically generates a story with your names in a MadLib type fashion. You choose the story level: sexy, x-rated, or off the wall. I did this for Frank, and cried laughing reading the story the website generated. I think Frank just stared at his computer with his eyebrows bunched up.7. Say cheese!
Before Frank and I had webcams, I would occasionally take a picture and email it to him so he could see me. He always loved it :) If he was having a bad day they would cheer him up. Here are some other picture related ideas:- Picaboo lets you design awesome photobooks. It's like modern scrapbooking without scissors, glue, and the mess. You design it digitally and picaboo prints it! To register for free and download their free program click the link below:
Picaboo - Create a Photo Book. Fast, easy, fun and beautiful.
- Create online photo albums for each other. Some good sites: Flickr.com and Webshots.com
- Get creative and edit your pictures with this free imaging tool (tons of awesome effects!) Picnik.com
- Rollip.com will help you transform your pictures into classic Polaroids! Plus it is free to use!
8. Share a journal.
I wanted to do this with Frank, but he's lazy. I had this brilliant idea for us to share a journal. I would keep it for a couple weeks or so, and write in it everyday with my thoughts, and then mail it to Frank, and he could keep the journal and write in it, and it would just keep going back and forth. I thought it was a good idea. Maybe your boyfriends/girlfriends will be more willing participants than Frank! Other journal ideas? You could also each have your own journals that you can exchange. Or have an online journal. Here are a couple sites: Xanga.com and LiveJournal.com. These both have privacy controls so you can control who sees your journal.9. Webcams + IM + YouTube = Fun!
First of all, if you don't already have a webcam, get one! You'll be glad you did. Ekko.tv lets you use your favorite instant messenger (choose from AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Chat, & Google Talk), your webcam, and it also lets you watch YouTube videos simultaneously with the person you're having a webcam chat with all in one browser window. How cool is that? There is nothing to install and it's completely free to use. To go straight to chatting right now go here: Use Ekko.tv now!Skype
Frank and I mainly use GMail Video Chat. We like that it lets us customize the size of the window and we can even increase the size up to full screen without much loss of quality.
Check out our Online Communication Tools page!
10. Play a game together.
Frank and I just love playing multiplayer games together online. Check out our list of multiplayer games that you can play with your boyfriend/girlfriend here:Multiplayer Games for LDR Couples
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