When it comes to love and relationships, distance isn’t a barrier anymore. People around the globe are finding ways to make long-distance relationships work. But let’s face it: sustaining these relationships can be tricky sometimes. This blog post provides 50 handy tips to help your long-distance relationship stay healthy, meaningful, and thrilling.
1. Communication is Key: It’s easy for misunderstandings to occur in LDRs(long distance relationships). So, be sure to keep communication lines open at all times.
2. Establish Ground Rules: Clearly define your relationship’s terms. It reduces doubts, fights, and jealousy.
3. Express Your Love Often: In long distance relationships, small expressions of love go a long way in keeping things exciting and alive.
4. Share Your Feelings: Whether you are sad, happy, worried, or excited, share your feelings with your partner.
5. Surprise Your Partner: Even if it’s a sweet text, try to surprise your partner.
6. Focus on Quality Communication: Talk about meaningful things and create an emotional bond.
7. Prioritize Video Chats: It’s the next best thing to face-to-face communication. Utilize Skype, FaceTime, etc.
8. Be Honest: Dishonesty causes distrust, which could spell doom for your relationship.
9. Don’t Over-Communicate: Don’t misunderstand quantity for quality. Spend your time meaningfully.
10. Make Future Plans: Plan your future together to feel more connected.
11. Play Online Games Together: It is a fun way to bond with each other. Some examples of online games that couples can play together in a long-distance relationship include Words With Friends, Scrabble, chess, and online card games
12. Share Goals: Talk about your aspirations, professional, personal, or couple goals.
13. Keep Positive: Staying positive encourages a happier long distance relationship.
14. Send Snail Mail: The old-fashioned letters have a unique charm that cannot be replaced.
15. Be Understanding: Sometimes, your partner may be unavailable. Be empathetic in such cases.
16. Stay Engaged: Have common interests like reading the same book or watching the same show.
17. Listen: Sometimes, all your partner needs is a good listener.
18. Plan Surprise Visits: Nothing will delight your partner more than seeing you when least expected.
19. Talk About Finances: A tough topic, but important for maintaining transparency in your relationship.
20. Have End-of-Day Calls: Recap your day before sleeping. This establishes routine communication.
21. Celebrate Small Victories Together: Shared joy adds to the happiness of a relationship.
22. Maintain Some Similar Routines: This creates a shared experience.
23. Attend Virtual Events Together: Watch a movie, play, or concert together online.
24. Show Genuine Interest: Show enthusiasm in what your partner says.
25. Patience: Long distance relationship demands more patience. Remember this, always.
26. Say Goodnight: Always say goodnight; this simple gesture keeps your bond strong.
27. Do Something for Your Partner’s Friends/Family: Build your relationship with their loved ones, too.
28. Remember the Important Dates: Don’t forget anniversaries and birthdays. They matter a lot.
29. Have Regular Updates: Stay updated with what’s happening in each other’s life.
30. Share Photos: Of the places you go to, of you, anything that keeps you visually connected.
31. Use Extra Time: Long-distance relationships give you time for personal development. Utilize it.
32. Show Gratitude: A simple thank you can improve your partner’s day.
33. Virtual Dates: Organize virtual dinner dates. They’re almost as good as the real ones!
34. Understand Each Other’s Timezones: In a long distance relationship your 7am may be or partner 12midnight. You need to understand this to avoid unintentional snubs.
35. Respect Privacy: You don’t need to share every tiny detail just because you’re far away.
36. No False Promises: Honesty wins every time in long-distance relationships.
37. Set Future Goals: Setting shared future goals helps strengthen your bond.
38. Share Laughter: Funny memes, jokes, etc., keep things light-hearted and fun.
39. Cultivate Trust: Have faith in each other. This makes LDR easier to handle.
40. Read the Same Books: Sharing the same intellectual experience brings you closer.
41. Find Shared Interests: Finding shared interests gives you something common to talk about.
42. Plan Visits: Visits are the highlights of LDRs. Make sure to plan them well.
43. Love Their Flaws: Loving each other’s imperfections makes a relationship strong.
44. Respect Their Space: Everyone needs personal time, respect that.
45. Use Technology: From video calls to various apps, tech can help you stay connected.
46. Create Memories: Even while apart, you can create shared memories.
47. Get Good at Apologizing: Don’t let ego hamper your relationship.
48. Stay Away from Danger Topics: Politics, etc.
49. Be Independent: Learn to do things alone. Too much dependency on your partner may burden your relationship.
50. Pray together: There are invisible forces in life whose target is to destabilize your relationship and ruin your joy. The primary way to tackle such forces is by praying together, and this can be done on the phone!