Things to Do #3 - Leave the webcam on!

I feel like sometimes, people try too hard to find things to do together. Activities are great, but don’t forget that in a lot of relationships, you’re just around one another while other things are happening. So, turn on the webcam and leave it one and just do your own thing. Look over at the webcam, smile at each other, and continue. One of you doing homework while the other watches TV? Awesome. One of you cleaning house while the other pokes around on the internet? Awesome. Don’t be afraid to do nothing!

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Things to do #2 - Play Taboo!

Buy Taboo (or a variation thereof), which is a great game in general but can be fun when adapted to your LDR. Split the deck in two and mail the other half off to your partner. Once it’s there, play! You don’t have to worry about time or competition or “winning,” you can just enjoy finding new and fun ways of describing something or expressing a concept to your partner. This improves your overall communication and helps you understand the depth of your connection to one another over certain ideas or objects. Use Skype to enhance the experience so that you can pick up on any non-verbal signals (however slight) your partner is sending in trying to give you clues!

Things to do #1 - Play Phone Games!

Here are a few games that work well on the phone.

• ABC game: Starting with the letter “A” think of a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet. When the next person goes they run through the letters that have words and add to that string of words a word that starts with the next letter. It goes like this: BF: Apples, GF: Apples, Ball, BF: Apples, Ball, Cat, GF: Apples, Ball, Cat, Dog, and so on… It really tests your memory. Have fun with it and only use words of things you have in the room you are in, or try another way to make the game themed.



• 21 Questions: We’ve probably all played this game before. Think of a person or an object. The other person gets to ask up to 21 yes or no questions. If they can’t guess correctly the person or thing you are thinking of within 21 questions, they lose.



• 3 Word Story Game: Create a story together 3 words at a time. Take turns adding 3 words at a time to the story. The result is a silly obnoxious story that is sure to have you both laughing.



• Name That Tune: This is based on the game show. Take turns humming a few bars of a song and letting the other person guess what the song is. Alternatively you could also speak the lyrics and have them guess the song.



• 2 Truths 1 Lie: The object is to tell 3 stories 2 true and 1 that isn’t. The other person guesses which is the lie. it will help you learn new things about one another.



• Another idea is to have fun asking each other riddles. Either come up with your own or find tricky ones online.

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