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fare/package! ~Lynette Chandler + + + + + + + + + Long distance relationships are not for everyone. Many people simply can’t hack it. We are often asked how we coped especially when you see a couple strolling in the park, during holidays and family gatherings and worst of all Valentines? Unfortunately, technology has yet to allow us to feel, touch or smell over the Internet. So, we have to be innovative. Here are some ideas without too much cost: ***************** · Make a video of yourself. It could be of what you are doing when you and your sweetheart are not online together. If you have children together, why not a video of you and the children reading self written poems to daddy or mommy. It could be a love letter…. Anything that would give a glimpse into your life when they are not there to experience it. · Make an audiocassette or voice file to send via e-mail. Maybe sing your song(s) and serenade each other! · Send home made puzzles with a romantic message. · Exchange the pillows you sleep on every few months. · Give each other a special something you’ve had all your life. It could be a soft toy, a pendant, your hair clip, your perfume or your er… lingerie if you’re into it :) · Send him a monthly journal. Better still if you both can keep a journal where you enter your deepest feelings and then exchange them. · Build a website together! Share the password and have each other write your own pages. This is something very rewarding especially after you get together. We still go back to our site to read our stories. · Arrange with each other to rent or buy the same video, set a time and date when you can both get online and watch the movie at the same time. This would feel as if you are on a movie date and you can discuss the movie without disturbing others! :) · Create a time capsule. You each gather up things that remind you of each other or mean something to you, keep it in a box and don’t open it until you can next meet and exchange the capsules. When you get home and lonely pangs hit, you not only have things your partner collected for you but you can relive the moments when you both went over the contents. · Play an online game together. Notice most suggestions are to send something by mail and not so much via the Internet. The Internet is great for quick and immediate communications but when your arms feel empty and your heart is dying of loneliness, you need something you can hold, feel and smell to keep the ties. This is not easily done online. For more ideas and resources online, www.theromantic.com has a great collection of creative ideas submitted by readers while www.adoringyou.com has a wonderful selection of coupons you can give each other; also some fun love tests that you can both enjoy doing together online. It also has beautiful midis you can listen to and share. Keep your faith up because when you finally are able to be together, you’ll definitely appreciate and enjoy each other’s touch and presence. ************************************************************************ |