Love is a magical feeling with no words enough to describe the emotion. However, in the hustle-bustle of life and amidst hectic schedules, it becomes challenging to keep that love alive. While couples living in the same city can still mend the void that may come in their relationship by meeting each other, those who are in a long distance one often feel the pinch of distance.
Moving on from clichés like distance makes the heart grow fonder, here are some things that every individual must gear up for before entering a long distance relationship. These things will surely happen!
#1. Abundance Of Personal Time
If your social circle is limited and you are not a party freak, chances are you’ll be flooded with personal time to ponder upon trivial and not so significant things in life. God forbid, if the direction of thinking takes a pessimistic turn, beware of the idiom, empty vessels make the most noise!
#2. Intimacy Takes A Back Seat
Since time becomes a major determinant in your relation, intimacy will take a back seat. Your relation will grow on the basis of emotional bonding, leaving physical intimacy far behind. However, that doesn’t imply that there is no intimacy at all, but that’s a rare occasion to cherish and celebrate!
#3. Video Calling Sites Become Your Saviour
One of the perks of being in a long distance relationship is that it makes you tech savvy. Video calling sites site Skype, Whatsapp, Tango and Facebook become a regular feature in your life and play an important role in capturing cherishing moments of your relation. What's more? These video sites also help you plan virtual dates and do things together!
#4. Battery In Phones Becomes Your Lifeline
While couples residing in the same city do not care much about the battery life of their phones, people in long distance relationship freak out at the brink of exhaustion of battery in their phones. Since calls and messages are the only way to stay in constant touch, they value battery life more and ensure that their phones stay charged at all times.
#5. Apps & Games Comes To Your Solace when Idle
Although there’s no better company than friends to find solace in, when idleness overshadows your mental peace and friends are not available, digital apps come to your rescue. As a result, your phone will be loaded with apps pertaining to games, social media platforms, interactive apps and more to keep your mind engaged in some or the other activity.
#6. Understand The Value Of Little Things
Couples stationed in the same city are so engrossed in other factors determining their relation that they forget to value the little things that matter the most. Now, that’s an art mastered by the ones engaged in long distance relationships. Since they don’t get enough time to spend with each other, they value small things that bring happiness in their lives.
#7. Life Becomes Full Of Surprises
From unexpected visits to random presents, surprises become a regular feature in your life. Thus, you must be prepared at all times to be recipients of lovely gestures and reciprocate to them with affection and care. It’s a small effort made by your partner to remind you of your importance in their life.
#8. Master The Art Of Communication
Since communication is the only way to resolve disagreement or argument for you two, you master the art of voicing your opinions more effectively and efficiently. You learn the importance of communicating your thoughts clearly and affirmatively to ensure there is no room for ambiguity.
#9. Maturity Comes Naturally
A long distance relationship requires couples to be understanding, trustworthy and loyal, but above all, they should be mature. That’s the lesson a long distance relation teaches you. It compels you to leave the child in you behind and adopt rationality as your guide. Thus, you will mature faster than the couples around you.
#10. Social Life Reduces To Negligible Amount
While you may have enough time to catch up on friends, but if they are accompanied by their counterparts at all times, you will slowly avoid spending time with them. Not because you detest your friend’s better half, but the streak of enviousness overpowers your bond of friendship and makes you miss your loved one.
#11. You Become A Night Bug
One of the few things couples look forward to in a long distance relationship is the conversation at night. It fades away all the tiredness of the day and rejuvenates you. As a result, sleep takes a back seat and endless conversation on random topics become the need of the hour.
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