Long distance relationship advice - Dating Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
I was in a long-distance relationship for about eight months, I would say, and it ended up being a positive experience. I don't know if I have all the answers, but we definitely were very intentional with the time that we spent together texting, FaceTiming. It's important that you're both really invested in putting time and energy into connecting, even if you're far away. So for me, it was making sure I was texting him every day, he was texting me, and we would just check in, do phone calls a couple times a week, and just see how the other person's doing. And that ended up keeping our relationship alive until we were in the same state.
Video 2 Transcript
There's no particular, like you follow this advice, it's going to work in terms of dating, especially long distance. However, in my experience with doing long distance, it's gonna come down to how much you guys like each other and how much you guys care. If you like each other enough, you're gonna make time to talk to each other and communicate well. And that's the most important thing. Now for me, FaceTime calls or video calls of some sort, pretty regularly is a good way. Especially now, you can screen share on FaceTime, so you can watch TV shows together. You could scroll through TikTok or Instagram together while sharing each other's screens. So you can be doing the same thing together, enjoying your time. Do that, talk regularly, obviously, act interested and just care about each other. Make sure that you're dedicating time to doing something with them just like you would in person. And if you do that, it'll be better than if you weren't, that's for sure. Obviously, every relationship is different. It may or may not work out, but that will definitely help it if you're going to do anything at all.
Video 3 Transcript
I waited for my boyfriend on his mission for two years, and I went on a mission myself, and I had a long-distance relationship going for that entire time. We are now engaged, and just the way that we mainly kept things good was by making sure that we had good intentions towards each other, that we were not lustful, that we did not let our conversations go in that direction. We constantly were trying to find new ways to reconnect by sharing bits about our day, and also keeping ourselves out of situations where we could potentially catch feelings for somebody else, because other people will look new and shiny. Whether or not that is something that will last for a long time, probably not. You need to value your connection, the things that you have done for each other, and really hold on to that and grow it.
Video 4 Transcript
So if you're in a long-distance relationship, whatever that looks like to you, the best thing is to communicate. Over-communicate. Better to over-communicate than under-communicate and really just do the little things to help make your significant other feel special and make sure they're doing that for you too. Good luck!
Video 5 Transcript
I would try to find things that you can do together even though you're really far apart. I had a roommate who was in a long distance relationship all semester and sometimes they would have like virtual dates so they would like both like turn on the same movie on Netflix and they would FaceTime each other so they could be like watching it together. You can play games online, there's so many things you can do so you can have like dates still. I think you can make it work if you really want to.
Video 6 Transcript
So about two weeks ago, maybe a little over, me and the girl I'm currently dating completed our long, long distance experience. She was in Europe for some time and then in Kansas City, and it was about a total of four months. But what I would like to suggest, well, if you have any interest at all in this individual, make it work. You totally can. It's hard, but just make it work. And then number two, just be pretty open and honest about what the other needs. And she was great with just talking every day, but I needed to do a little bit more activity type of thing. So we play a lot of games that could be done over the phone, which is funny, or like watch movies.
Video 7 Transcript
Trust, you know, if you can't trust them, it's probably not the greatest time that to do a long-distance relationship because they do get tough and there's moments where you just don't know. So that's what my advice is, is take the moments when you are with them to trust them.
Video 8 Transcript
My biggest piece of long-distance relationship advice is to, like, before things become long-distance, establish, like, your expectations for communication and your expectations for how you're going to keep making this relationship feel like a relationship, because the hardest thing with long-distance is that you can't physically be with the person, and so it just feels like you have a really, really good friend. And there are certain things you can do, like, FaceTime dates or just, like, plan to, like, go see them every so often or other things like that, but just find ways to include them in your day as if you were with them all the time, like a normal distance relationship is, and just be super, super on the ball with communication, because if you lose the communication, you really lose the relationship.
Video 9 Transcript
So one of the things that my boyfriend and I did when we were long distance is we would write each other random letters. Sometimes it would just be like, oh, like I have like 10 minutes, like at the end of the night, I'm just going to write you a little letter, nothing super cute or like gross, just a little story. And you share that, and it's another way just to let your partner know that you're thinking about them. So hopefully that helps.
Video 10 Transcript
I am kind of like half long distance, half not. My now fiance, the company that he works for, he has to be out in a different state for half the month, and then he's here for the other half the month. And honestly, I think some advice that I would give is really take advantage of the time that they're not there, and obviously still call, and still do everything, and miss them, and all that stuff. But I think you really have that opportunity to strengthen yourself, focus on your work, focus on your school. I know that's really helped me is to disimprove myself when they're gone, and then enjoy the time that they're there.
Video 11 Transcript
Not gonna lie, long-distance relationships are hard, but if you both truly love each other and have faith in the relationship, it'll work out. My husband and I, we were long-distance our entire engagement and it was hard, but it helped us grow in a lot of ways. And a lot of people, when they think of long-distance relationships, I mean everyone says like they don't want one, they don't want a long-distance relationship, but again, like if you love that person enough, they're totally worth it. Me and my husband, we're very happy now and we're grateful that we stuck together even though we were physically apart. And we have technology like FaceTime and stuff that helps a lot. I FaceTimed him like every night, but they're worth it. Just stick to it and if you truly love the person.
Video 12 Transcript
Consistency is key in long distance. Taking that time, an hour every single night to FaceTime, making sure that you're always interacting with each other, making sure that your thoughts are loyal to the person you're dating is so important. Distance in our age doesn't really mean much with the technology that we have, but you still need to take advantage of it.
Video 13 Transcript
So I'm here to give you long-distance relationship advice. Yep, that's him back there. Anyways, so my favorite advice for long-distance is find something that you can do together kind of like virtually. So before my husband and I got married, we did like a spiel of long-distance for about four months. And we just found a show that we could watch together. And every night we would watch over Zoom. So nice, right? To like have something to do together that's important and good.
Video 14 Transcript
I would recommend having a high enough level of commitment that it's worth it, because they're hard. They're hard. I've done one for four months. It's not very easy to do it, but you have to have a level of commitment that where you and your significant other can say, I will actually stick this through. Because if you're just kind of loosely dating, or you're just kind of feeling it out, and then you say, oh, let's do long distance, that's not going to go anywhere. My now wife and I, we did long distance, but I had proposed to her. I was engaged that whole time, and that really helped us stick it through because we knew, okay, at the end of this, this is going to keep on going. It's going to be worth the wait. It doesn't have to be an engagement, of course, but to have that level of commitment is really important.
Video 15 Transcript
When it comes to long-distance relationships, they are hard. I've done several and I feel like the only time that they've been able to be, for the most part, successful is when you start getting creative. It's hard to kind of, depending on the time, the difference in time, it can make it hard, but I feel like if you're trying to always make sure that you're communicating and that you're making time to either do like a virtual date or planning to when you can see each other in person again, that's important because if you're not really planning to be in each other's future or planning to do things together, then I don't think it will work. It's hard, but I feel like if you put in the work and both partners are putting in the same amount of effort, then it can work as long as the goal is to one day be closer because it is necessary to be close eventually.
Video 16 Transcript
So for long-distance advice, it's tough. It's tough. So don't sell yourself short. You're kind of trudging through. You're doing a good job. I would just say keep that in the front of your mind as much as possible. Don't don't worry about it too much, but also just stay focused on the Lord and stay focused on staying busy, you know, just keeping busy. That's probably the thing that helps you out the most is just just staying busy and always being supportive of what they're doing.
