Any tips on maintaining a long distance relationship?
We have been dating for over 7 months and she lives just over an hour away. It seems like just far enough and just close enough. We try and see each other as much as possible (sometimes 5 nights a week) but it does get tough because of costs, time and sleep lost, and being away from your own home when visiting. Any tips on maintaining a relationship like this?
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time management, commitment, trust and love will get you through it
thats not really long distance in my opinion. I think you will be fine :)
1 hour is nothing. You still see each other 5 nights a week! I see my man less and we live 10 minutes away from each other.
Why dont you visit each other? and just talk to each other as much as you can. good luck.
living an hour away from each other doesnt really come under ‘long distance’ im afraid :P
but anyway.. communication is very essential.. make sure you’ll speak to each other everyday.. let each other know what you’ll have been upto and stuff..
thats the key to long distance! amongst other things as well ofcourse..
thats not really long distance….i see my boyfriend every few weeks…
1) we share a journal. corney? yes. like we have two and i write in one and he writes in the other then when we see eachother we switch and write back to the other person and then switch next time. it really helps you beable to say thing you wouldnt normally and you can tell them something right when you think of it. and somethign is in writeing is something you will always have :]
2) Unlimited texting is nice. it helps because you can still chat and get your work done. and webcam is a good thing to get so you can still see eachother.
3) Time management. even though you want to chat on the fone all the time, limiting your time on the fone helps to A. make that time more special and B. you can get all your other work done which helps to reduce stress. the last thing you need in a long distance relationship is stress.
4) Trust and rules. you need to limit yourself to time and closeness with the opisite sex, you dont need temtations. you also need to trust the other person, thats obvious.
5) This sounds stupid but having online hobbies together, like gaming can help bring you closer, competition is always fun. or of course any other hobbies that you can still do while apart, like reading or anything you can discuss. taking up a new hobbie will bring you closer.
6) having some personal object of the other persons will help you both feel like you are closer to eachother.
7) make sure you have a plan for the future. you want to be on the same page. you dont want to be wasteing your time with someone who is so far away who isnt even going to be there later. (not saying this nesassarily applys to you)
8) Honesty honesty honesty. BUT mentioning that your new boss is a young cutie isnt nessary or that you ran into and old chick friend, that will cause imaginations to go crazy and make a situation seem bad(unless of course you went out with that chick friend….)
9) sending a random gift as a surprise is always a nice way to keep the long distance romance going =]
Good luck!