Long Distance Relationship Messages For The Weeks In Between

Long distance relationship messages

Long distance runs on small, frequent contact rather than grand statements. The message that helps most is usually the one that makes an ordinary day feel shared.

Below: everyday lines, posted cards, countdown notes and wording for the weeks when the distance is wearing thin.

Cards worth the postage

A posted card lands on a day nothing else does.

Happy Valentines Day, My Love (Valentines Day Card) Happy Valentines Day, My Love (Valentines Day Card) £3.87 A funny birthday card showing a cute dog hugging a pint of dark Guinness stout with three lit birthday candles. Mmmm Guinness Happy Birthday Card (Even Dogs Love Guinness) £3.87 Funny Valentine's Day card with cheeky text saying 'There Are Few Things I Love More Than You (My Vape Is One)'. There Are Few Things I Love More Than You (My Vape Is One) Valentines Day Card £3.87 Funny Guinness themed Valentine's Day greeting card for him with the text 'I Just Love You So Much'. I Just Love You So Much (Guinness Valentines Day Card) £3.87 Valentine's Day card featuring an illustration of Liverpool manager Arne Slot with the text 'I love you a Slot'. I Love You A Slot (LFC Valentines Day Card) £3.87 A blue Everton Valentine's card featuring an illustration of captain Seamus Coleman with funny romantic football text. Happy Valentines Day From The Love Of Your Life (Me) EFC Valentines Card £3.87

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Everyday, low effort, high value

  • Saw a dog that looked exactly like you before coffee. Miss you.
  • Nothing to report. Just wanted my name on your phone today.
  • Made the dinner you like badly. Come home and fix it.

Worth posting rather than texting

  • Something to open on a Tuesday, because Tuesdays are the worst of it.
  • Proof that I think about you when there is nothing to celebrate.
  • Put this on the fridge and pretend I am being annoying in your kitchen.

Countdown notes

  • Fourteen sleeps. I have already planned the first hour and none of it is exciting.
  • Two weeks today I get to be irritating in person again.
  • Tickets booked. That is the whole message.

When it is getting hard

  • This week has been long and I am allowed to say so. Still glad it is you.
  • I am not fed up with us. I am fed up with the miles.
  • Bad day. Not a bad us. Talk tonight?

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How to write it so it lands

  • Post one card a month, not one enormous parcel a year.
  • Always leave the next visit dated before a call ends.
  • Send the boring updates. They are what living together feels like.

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Frequently asked questions

How often should you message in a long distance relationship?

Little and often beats one long call a week. Agree a rough rhythm so neither of you is waiting around guessing.

What do you send instead of a gift?

A posted card, a photo of something ordinary, or a booked date in the calendar. Certainty is worth more than parcels.

How do you handle a bad week apart?

Name it plainly rather than going quiet. Silence gets read as distance, and distance is already the problem.

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