In Tuesday’s blog we talked about some ways to practice quality time in your relationship when you and your long distance partner are apart. Today, in honor of it being the start of my fall break and getting to see my boyfriend for the first time in almost a month, we are going to highlight why it is important to always know when you are going to see your partner next.
I believe that having a countdown to the next visit makes long distance significantly easier because it provides an end to the separation, even though it’s only temporary. One of the features that DistanceDates wants to include when it starts offering virtual dates is a shared calendar that has a countdown to you and your partner’s next trip to each other.
Every long distance situation has its own unique circumstances, whether it’s attending different colleges, having a partner in the military, working in separate cities, or any other reason why you and your loved one need to live in different places. Long distance is definitely a spectrum that includes all different distances and reasons for being separated. Some couples are medium distance, meaning they just live a few hours apart and can visit pretty easily by car, while others live hours away, in a different state or country. Therefore, whether you see your long distance partner every weekend, have to wait half a year between visits, or fall somewhere in between, most long distance couples can agree that the hardest part of being apart is not knowing when you’ll see each other next.
2Date4Love has a lot of long distance statistics, and their results show that on average, long distance couples live 125 miles apart and see each other once or twice a month. I am fortunate enough to see my boyfriend at least once a month, and even more often than usual during the upcoming fall and winter seasons. We have had times in the past where we didn’t have our next trip booked yet, but have learned that it is very helpful to at least have an idea of when we are going to see each other next, whether or not we actually have our flights booked.
If you have the means to do so, I would definitely recommend seeing your long distance partner at least once a month. Of course this is not everyone’s reality, so if this is not possible for you using some of the virtual date ideas we discussed in Tuesday’s blog and having said dates consistently prescheduled and planned can definitely aid in the struggle of being apart. With that being said, we want to create many different options for long distance couples to go on virtual dates. While this aspect of DistanceDates is still in the making we could definitely use your help with the ideas.
One of the options we plan to have is a cooking date night where you and your partner can pick the same recipe, get the ingredients shipped to both of your doors, and make it on video call together. We want to collect your favorite recipes to share on our menu so please fill out our recipe form. We also have another form where you can send in your favorite types of dates. This information will allow us to write about online alternatives for these types of dates and potentially curate virtual options for our platform. Thank you in advance for your help!
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