Ways To Endure The Long Distance
My husband and I were separated for 2 years due to the military, here are a few things we did to pass the time:
1. Spend one night a week as a date, played cards or games over the internet or watched a movie “together” by renting the same movie, timing it to start at the same time and talking on the phone.
2 . Created a list of things to do together via email and passed it back and worth. We have a list of 200 things now.
3. Read a couple’s self-help book over the phone together (each had a copy).
4. Sent flowers, heart shaped pizza, a gorilla with balloons, took out a newspaper ad.
5. My husband snuck 17 note cards with sayings into different parts of my luggage after a weekend together. I kept finding notes in my shoes, books, etc.
6. Made gifts for each other; I typed out our wedding vows and put them into a frame. He bought me a date book and marked holidays, anniversaries, dates to be together and random love notes throughout the year. I made a calendar with pictures of us for the year. He made me a slide show of pictures for my computer set to our songs.
7. Sent lots of cards and e-cards. One day I got 20 cards in the mail from him!
8. Didn’t care about the phone bill.
9. Reminded each other how much we were in love.