Expressing Your Love in a Long Distance Relationship

When you initial enter a long distance relationship, the romance is live and kicking. Everything is so novel. But what happens after months of being in that relationship, and the flame dies?

Long distance relationships (LDRs) oblige more endeavor than short distance relationships. I've come to locate in my own experience and in reading the stories of other peoples LDRs; many locate it hard to convey their feelings across the miles. You can say "I love you" as many times as you covet, but how do you actually show it?

Those in short distance relationships have it easy. These couples can reaffirm their love for another with a plain hug or kiss. But what about those in LDRs?

We have it inflexible. What do we boast? Words. We interact with our loved ones through phone calls, email, and instant messaging. Words. And not all of us can speak eloquently and capture our lovers' hearts. We do have it hard.

So we find ingenious and momentous ways to share our love for one another. These comprise, but not limited to: homemade gifts, hand-made cards, poems, scrapbooks, letters, drawings, care packages, long distance "virtual" dates, personalized websites, there are lots of possibilities. The more creative, the better.

So when we do show our love, it is with meaning, not just a verbal "I love you." Sometimes it is with such meaning, that it can be greater than a kiss or a hug, those conveniences of short-distance daters.

There is a silver lining after all.