Long Distance Relationship Rules

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* Clarify Your Status

Distance is never easy - especially at this time, when everyone seems to be always tied up at work.
So before you sign up to the nights alone and sky-rocketing travel expenses that the average long-distance relationship entails, make sure your partner are on the same page commitment wise.
Defining things will eliminate some of the anxiety distance can breed.


* Make Sure Talk is Cheap

Your phone is now the third wheel in your relationship, so it's time to upgrade your mobile contract.
Use those extra minutes to plan regular phone dates, ideally when you can both tune out everything else.
These calls need to be scheduled so you can expect and look forward to them.
That structure will keep you present in each other's daily lives despite the physical separation.


* Invest in Pretty Stationery

Make like history's greatest lovers and put pen to paper - once a week if possible, to fill the intimacy gaps left by electronic communication.
Words on screen are so impersonal compared with seeing your partner's handwriting and holding the piece of paper they were holding not too long ago.
Unlike pounding out cellphone messages on your lunch break, letter-writing forces you to engage on a deeper level - one that comes closer to pillow talk than your average email.


* Buy a Fantastic Lingerie

When you're apart, bring your s*x drive out of hibernation by treating yourself to some gloriously impractical underwear to be worn only when you see each other.
Obviously he'll appreciate the effort and more importantly, it will keep you focused on the physical side of your relationship and jump start the sexual tension before you're suddenly standing face to face.


* Enjoy The Freedom... Quietly

Of course you'd rather be in the same postcode, but until that's an option, don't ignore the upsides of the (sort of) single life.
People often loose a part of their individuality in a relationship, so you now have an opportunity to pursue your own interest.
Whether that means signing up for French lesson or simply getting to watch chick flick movies.
Try to appreciate the fact that - for now at least - your time is your own.
Just be sure to use some of that time to remember why you're in this situation : because he's the only one who'll do