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Long Distance Dates!
Kias
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So I met this awesome woman at Dragon Con this year and after two months of talking we have decided to start dating. We suit each other ridiculously well: I am an English teacher, she's a librarian, we are both outgoing, love to dance, and on our first date she was dressed like Lara Croft and I was wearing Ravenclaw robes, etc. Only problem is, I live in North Carolina and she lives in Georgia (about 6 hours apart).
To be fair, it hasn't been that much of a problem so far, and I have already made the trip to visit her a couple of times. She's visiting me for the firs time this month and we are aiming to plan to visit at least every month. In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts or pointers on dates we can go on over a distance. I know there are programs for watching movies together online, though I am not familiar with them (can I just do this with skype maybe?). She's expressed interest in trying out some games, though her laptop is a bit dated, so that is a thought too. We both read constantly, so maybe something with books?
Basically, if you have any fun ideas of what a long distance couple could do together between visits or just general advice or comments on long distance relationships, feel free to throw them out here. Any feedback will be food for thought and I will greatly appreciate it!
To be fair, it hasn't been that much of a problem so far, and I have already made the trip to visit her a couple of times. She's visiting me for the firs time this month and we are aiming to plan to visit at least every month. In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts or pointers on dates we can go on over a distance. I know there are programs for watching movies together online, though I am not familiar with them (can I just do this with skype maybe?). She's expressed interest in trying out some games, though her laptop is a bit dated, so that is a thought too. We both read constantly, so maybe something with books?
Basically, if you have any fun ideas of what a long distance couple could do together between visits or just general advice or comments on long distance relationships, feel free to throw them out here. Any feedback will be food for thought and I will greatly appreciate it!
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I don't know if it still exists or not though or if you both have an Xbox.
yup, gone as of the early december update.
- read the same book and talk to each other about your thoughts on it, this works better for more complex books (in general)
- store up some favorite/thought invoking passages out of whatever you're currently reading to read to each other when you talk
Playing games together is always good, I've generally found more of a feeling of closeness when playing a game with a persistent world (e.g., some MMOs, some DS games, etc) than when playing something like scrabble or chess, but your mileage may vary. I just always felt a bit better about something where we could interact and where the results of our actions would be maintained each time we logged in.
You should find out her laptop's specs so you can tell which games you're able to play together. MMOs are of course designed for this kind of thing, but there are TONS of games with online co-op. Portal 2 is a great bet if her laptop can handle it (I don't THINK the game is super-demanding, but it should be more demanding than the original Portal). The Trine games should also be good for pretty much anybody. I take it you guys don't have the same game consoles, so console titles (and/or getting a game on console instead of PC) are out? Anyway, check out Co-Optimus. You can look up games with online co-op pretty easily from there.
Related to the book idea, maybe when you guys next meet in person, if you DO have any of the same consoles or are willing to lend them out, you could each lend each other a game you like but the other person hasn't played yet? I mean, I dunno what your gaming capabilities are, but my fiance and I, as lifelong gamers, each have TONS of stuff we would recommend to the other person.
Satans..... hints.....
This definitely, don't underestimate the joy a package or a thoughtful letter can bring!
Just agree that you're both going to have ____________. When I was in the UK I ordered chinese for my girlfriend in Canada and paid for it on my card over the phone and ordered chinese for me too so we could have a date. (If you're going to pay for hers too it's advisable to make sure the place you order from is cool with not having the cardholder present on delivery.)
Excellent points, both of you! I am so tech-centric that sneaking in the occasional physical package or letter would be completely unexpected and fun. I will have to make this a regular, unannounced thing.
Just curious, how so on the cooking? Is it like Wezoin mentioned and do the skype dinner date (which is another thing I will likely be trying out)?
Oh god, I didn't even think of this. I don't know, but I will throw it out there. She hasn't really done much gaming and I feel like Minecraft may almost be too much. Then again, I guess a lot of new gamers started with Minecraft. It would let me work in more creeper references in our daily conversations though...