There are no two ways around it… being apart from the one person you most want to be spending time with is stressful. Learning to communicate well and stay connected across distance is stressful. And there are plenty of other …
9 Creative Ways Long Distance Couples Can Celebrate Their Anniversary
Even if your special someone is miles away, you can still celebrate your anniversary. After all, with modern technology, creative thinking, and the help of some friends, almost anything is possible! In fact, this may just turn into one of …
10 Things You Can Do Today To Make You Happier And Healthier In Your LDR
Long Distance Relationships And Emotional Whiplash I often hear people compare being in a long distance relationship to being on an emotional roller coaster, and there’s a lot of truth in that analogy. Long distance relationships give you long periods …
How Important Is Sharing A Sense Of Humor In A Relationship?
My eldest son turned three recently. Near the end of his party he came to me and lifted up his arms. When I picked him up, he snuggled into my neck and whispered sweetly in my ear… “I just peed …
Long Distance Dating: Go On An Adventure
One of the many things that is challenging about long distance dating is the actual “dating”–spending time together hanging out, enjoying meals, or doing something fun and new. When you’re in a long distance relationship it is harder to do …
Take the quiz: What Is Your Enneagram Personality Type?
Are you looking for a new long-distance date idea? OK, so taking a personality test and comparing the results with your long distance love might not be on the same level of “chill out” as “dinner and a movie on …
The Five Love Languages: What Do You Speak?
In his bestselling book, The 5 Love Languages, renowned marriage counselor Dr. Gary Chapman argued that people tend to have one or two primary love languages – words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. …
Take the quiz: What are your top character strengths? What are your partners?
We’ve all seen those sorts of personality tests or relationship quizzes in magazines and on dating websites – 5 multiple choice questions that are supposed to tell you if you and your partner are really right for each other, 7 …
5 Options When It Feels Like There’s Nothing To Talk About With Your Long Distance Love
When our second child was three weeks old, my husband, Mike, headed back to our home in Laos, while I stayed on in Australia with the kids for another six weeks. On more than one evening during those six weeks …
Fun And Creative Long Distance Relationship Activities For Couples
Sharing experiences when you’re in a long distance relationship isn’t easy, so this week we’ve pulled together 10 fun long distance relationship activities for you to try. Most couples who have been in long distance relationships for any length of …
Creating a long distance relationship bucket list
Have you heard of the term ‘bucketlist’? It basically means creating a list of things to do before you “kick the bucket” (or, to put it more bluntly, die). Everyone’s list is different. It may include extravagant things and big …