Creative Ideas
Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by lisa in Creative/Fun Ideas, Other sites
Here are 3 more fun creative ideas of things you can do with/for your partner. Feel free to add more ideas in the comments:
- Read the same book – Its your own personal bookclub! You can even schedule to do it at the same time… that way as you are reading you can imagine your partner doing the same thing. Don’t get competitive if one of you reads faster though!
- Steal clothes from the other person each time you see each other. Then you can cuddle, smell or just see that piece of clothing to give you a friendly reminder of your partner.
- Play a game online together. From battleship to checkers there are thousands of games to choose from that you and your partner can play online, together. You just may have to avoid some random others that try to have cyber-sex with you (yes, it happened to me).
Creative Ideas
Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by lisa in Creative/Fun Ideas
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are 3 fun creative ideas of things you can do with/for your partner.
- Take a little box and put a compass in it, with little heart confetti and a small note that says “you can always use this to find your way to my heart” (taken from Still Loving Your Long Distance Relationship). You can take this a step further by looking at a map to determine in what direction on the compass you are from your partner and do glue a little heart (or anything!) on the compass at that spot. That way, when your partner looks at the compass they always know in what direction you are.
- Pick a star that will be “your coupledtogether star”. Then you can both look up at the same time and see the same star. Even if you are continents apart from your partner the connection felt when you do this is amazing.
- Send a “chocolate attack” of one candy bar each day for a week (number 11 on Fambooks list of 20 Activities for Long Distance Couples.
I hope everyone has an amazing Valentine’s Day.
Its that time of year…
Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by lisa in Creative/Fun Ideas, General Relationship Advice
For colds! I’m sick and so is most of my office. If you are sick, then send your partner to this site 
If your partner is sick, then now is a great time to send them a care package. Because they need it! Alternatively, if you have a friend/family member that lives close to your partner, you can help them put the package together and they can deliver it for you. Saves money in these troubles economic times. Ideas for what to include:
- Soup – ideally homemade, but canned or dried will do also.
- Chocolate! Who doesn’t like chocolate?
- Throat lozenges – Halls, Vicks, whatever.
- Neo Citron – or some cheap knock off equivalent. I don’t care if it does anything, it is soothing and helps a sick person sleep.
- Movies or TV show DVDs – good way to pass the time when your brain is too full of fluid to do anything else.
- Tylenol/Advil – to help clear the head.
- Light Reading material – could be a funny fiction novel or magazine.
- Oranges or Vitamin C – supposed to help get your healthy again.
- Tissues – but not that run of the mill stuff. Some high quality, good nose feeling tissues.
- Honey – as effective as cough syrup!
- Tea – if your partner likes tea.
- Stuffed animal – we all secretly need something to cuddle with.
Other suggestions?
Creative Ideas
Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by lisa in Creative/Fun Ideas
We are going to start a new tradition! Once weekly, 3 fun creative ideas of things you can do with/for your partner. Its going to be a combination of things I did personally in my long distance relationship, as well as other ideas that we come across. I would LOVE for you to add ideas in the comment. First installation:
- Buy his/her cologne/perfume. All you need to get is free tester bottle of it. Then, you can put on any clothes you have, or just smell from the bottle to get a reminder of your partner.
- To celebrate something special while apart, send your partner dinner! Call up their favourite restaurant and have them deliver it to your partner. Share the meal together over webcam.
Send them a do-it-yourself puzzle. Make an image by combining together pictures, text, etc (can easily be done in PowerPoint, if you don’t have more advanced software). Print it, glue it to some foam board, cut into puzzle shapes and mail it off! My partner and I exchanged numerous puzzles while were doing our long distance relationship (and then he proposed on a puzzle!).
(Image art from Katy Allgeyer)
10 Tips for Long Distance Relationships
Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by lisa in Creative/Fun Ideas, General Relationship Advice, Getting Dirty, Other sites, Technology for Long Distance Relationships
I came across a good article about long distance relationships. It talks about studies (by the Centre for the Study of Long Distance Relationships) that showed that distance relationships can, and often do, succeed — at least as well as relationships in which the couples live together or live close to each other. Additionally, though LDR couples tend to worry more about infidelity, partners are no more likely to cheat on each other. Whew. Here are 10 tips from the article also:
1. Understand your relationship (don’t make assumptions).
2. Communicate regularly (about both mundane and special events).
3. Use technology.
4. Do things together despite the distance (e.g. watch tv or a movie simultaneously while chatting online together).
5. Send care packages every once in awhile.
6. Remind yourself of the advantages of being apart (independence can be a good thing!).
7. Don’t be afraid to disagree (conflict is a normal part of any relationship).
8. Visit as often as budgets and schedules allow.
9. Be realistic (don’t be jealous).
10. Know when to call it a day (not all relationships are meant to be, LDRs are no different).
I couldn’t agree more.
The article seems to be a form of promotion for a video sharing tool (www.oovoo.com) which I have never heard of. To see the full article, click here.
