Sunday’s are the hardest day to be alone, everyone that is in a relationship has their plans. You have your day ahead of you, as does your long distance relationship partner. So, Sunday’s have been my designated day to reflect on the art of a long distance relationship.
There is an art to any long distance relationship, be it romantic, friendship, or family. Like any relationship, it needs attention, it needs time, and it needs to treated the same way any other relationship is treated: with respect.
Long distance relationships can put an incredible strain on even the strongest relationships, for the first time, you have so much more to talk about since you have not experienced any of the day together, but congruently that’s also a curse, you don’t have the time to discuss everything that happened. This strain and curse brings me to my first rule of a long distance relationship: make time. Make time like you would for a date.
Every Sunday, set aside an hour or two to watch a movie together via Netflix, or find a movie that you can watch together that is already on television. See in a movie in a movie theater together, or catch up on a television show. Read a book, and catch up. Whatever is it, set aside that time, and treat it like you would any other time if you were physically together.
Whatever it is that you pick, both parties need to treat it as important. If you wouldn’t stand up a physical date, don’t stand up a long distance date.
