There are ways to make your relationship work regardless of whether you are nearby. Dealing with a long-distance relationship in the social media age can be challenging. However, I’ll show you how to make it work.
1. Regular communication and transparency
When you draft your daily schedule, it’s important to include communication with your partner. This could be texts, lovely emails, video or voice calls, or recorded videos or voice notes. The goal is to keep in touch. However, if you stall and wait for the ‘right’ time to catch up, it might never come. Therefore, prioritise regular communication.
Also, you must be honest and open about things, especially online. Being unusually discreet could endanger the health of your relationship and cause a strain between you both. Dishonesty can stifle a genuine connection between you and your partner.
2. Be a present partner
In a long-distance relationship, make every moment count—the conversations and interactions in general. Be involved in every detail, from what your partner is up to and their experiences to other events as they come up. Also, they should know their goals well and support them in significant and tangible ways.
3. Flexibility and grace
Flexibility is required, especially if you are in different time zones. Adhering strictly to a routine might not work for you and your partner. You can always reschedule if you don’t get to talk to your partner at a specific time.
Also, in a long-distance relationship, you’ll need to extend grace to each other because the journey is not easy. You both are a team, and you need to be patient with each other. Should we get started now? A poor network connection can get on your nerves and frustrate your ability to communicate without a glitch.
4. Plan special things
This would require you to think outside the box and tailor the plans to your and your partner’s interests. Social media has made it easier to put special moments together for your loved ones remotely.
The aim of planning special things is to strengthen your bond and put a smile on your partner’s face. A happy relationship breeds happy partners. You could order something that’ll make them happy, such as food or flowers, tick something off their bucket list, or plan something with their loved ones, especially those who are nearer to them.
5. Optimism
In this social media age, where there are extreme ends of positivity and negativity, partners must be intentional about keeping the fire burning and fanning the flames of love by choosing optimism over pessimism. A long-distance relationship can get overwhelming and
Long-distance relationships can be overwhelming. However, you can focus on their positive aspects and encourage yourself.
Above all, social media has its advantages and disadvantages. It can also take the quote “Out of sight, out of mind” extremely, but your relationship can thrive regardless. Use it to your advantage and focus on you and your partner.
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