Keeping things interesting and exciting is not always easy when you are in a long-distance relationship. It requires extra effort from both sides to stay connected.
To help you out, I created this LDR couples’ bucket list so you will never run out of things to do with your other half.
Whether you are together or away from each other, you will always have something exciting to do to keep the spark alive!
Things to do for LDR couples when you are apart
- Apologize for something bad you did
- Build a website
- Create a digital shared photo album
- Create a personal crossword puzzle
- Create a Pinterest account
- Create a timeline and predict your future together
- Create an email time capsule
- Create to-do lists for each other
- Create your dream home
- Go on a virtual holiday together
- Have a video chat
- Have a workout challenge through Skype
- Have pillow-phone talk
- Have Skype or phone sex
- Learn new things about each other with these 200 Questions
- Make a clone of yourself
- Make an infographic for your relationship
- Make up your own “love” word
- Plan a virtual date night
- Plan out your future together
- Play an online game together and get competitive
- Play Charades
- Play phone games
- Play truth or Dare
- Play video games
- Prank them
- Quiz each other
- Read a book to each other
- Read about the stars and what they have to say about your relationship
- Record a virtual tour of your neighbourhood
- Save those nice texts you received
- Send a care package
- Send a cute drawing or a handwritten love message
- Send each other music playlists
- Send flowers
- Send fun coupons
- Send video messages
- Send virtual hugs
- Send your scent
- Set goals for each other
- Surprise them with a visit
- Take a free online class together and learn something new
- Take an online compatibility test
- Touch each other with LDR bracelets
- Try out some of the internet challenges
- Visit a museum virtually
- Watch a concert together
- Watch movies or TV shows simultaneously together with Watch2Gether
- Write a poem about your relationship
- Write them a song
- Write down your love story
Things to do when you are together
- Bake a cake or cookies together
- Binge watch Netflix
- Buy all the junk food you can and “pig out”
- Cook for each other
- Cook together
- Go binge shopping
- Go camping
- Go karting
- Go to a concert or music festival
- Go to a karaoke night
- Go to a museum
- Go to a sports event
- Go to a sports pub to watch a sports game
- Go to downtown
- Go to the fair
- Go to the movies
- Have a breakfast or brunch or lunch date
- Have a romantic date on the beach
- Have a walk on the city’s port
- Have a walk through the trails
- Have your first date
- Have your first kiss
- Hike in a forest together
- Introduce each other’s friends and family members
- Order take-out
- Play board games
- Play laser tag
- Smile, laugh, cherish each moment together
- Spend a night listening to music
- Spend a whole night talking
- Take plenty of pictures together
- Teach him your language words
- Try out a specialty dish of each other’s region
- Teach him/her to cook a few of your region’s specialty dishes
- Travel around your city in public transportation
- Travel to another state or country
- Try foods from different countries
- Visit a regional park
- Visit an attraction park
- Visit the Old Town
- Visit the aquarium
- Workout together
- Write each other letters to read when you are away
I hope you enjoyed reading this long-distance couple bucket list. And I hope that phone calls, facetime, and Skype sessions will become more exciting for you and your partner!