How To Keep Your Long-Distance Dates Interesting

If sending out packages to each other is not too costly for both of you, then you have to try doing an “unboxing” date with your significant other. Send each other “surprise packages” and open them together on facetime. You could send them an activity that both of you can do while video chatting or something that reminds them of you.

For the long-distance gamer couples out there, this is certainly something you should try. For those who aren’t gamers, there are always some easy two-player online games that you can do! Try online scrabble, checkers, or chess. There are plenty of two-player games online that don’t require a unique system. It is all about being creative and enjoying something new with your partner.

For couples who are still in school, try an online study-date. You can set up your notes and work together via video chat. If you are both done with academics, you can try having a cleaning day type of date by cleaning your place while on a video chat. To spice things up, maybe even have a bet on who did a better job at cleaning.

If you haven’t tried an online haunted house or escape room, now is the time. You can both participate and enjoy the experience without having to be together in person. While it is a virtual date, you will definitely feel connected because you are working together.

This is certainly do-able for couples that are both great and not great in the kitchen. You can each exchange recipes that you want the other to cook. Whether you make it a challenge or not, it’s certainly up to you. 

Since you cannot be sexually intimate physically due to your distance, you might as well let your words stimulate each other’s minds. Many specialists recommend this because it makes you more excited for the next time you get to be with each other physically.

We all live under the same sky, which makes this date super doable. You can have a voice call or video call and look up at the night sky together. Knowing that you are both seeing the same sky can lessen the feeling of being far from each other.

This date idea will never get old and should never be forgotten. All long-distance couples have practiced this type of date. Cook something special or order food and set up your video chat to share a meal together. It is simple but romantic.