27 Virtual Date Ideas For A Long-Distance Relationship
Are you in need of some inspiration with your long-distance relationship? Just because you live apart, doesn’t mean you can’t have a romantic, fun, or exciting date night – it might just take some work on your end. Switch things up by planning a virtual date night for you and your partner! Exploring new ideas can help keep the connection alive between you and your partner. Whether you choose to replicate what is provided or take it as inspiration, get it on the schedule. You deserve to enjoy your relationship no matter the distance. And hey, you might find something that becomes a weekly or monthly activity.
Without further delay, here are 26 date night ideas for you and your long-distance partner!
Virtual Movie Night
Schedule an evening you both can sit down together and watch a movie! You can use platforms such as Teleparty, Amazon Watch Party, Scener and many more that allow for a great virtual movie night together.
Cooking Date
Open your cookbooks and select a meal you can both make while on FaceTime! You may need to prep beforehand so you both have the correct ingredients. Set up your screens and follow the steps together!
Plan a Trip
We all have those dream vacations that have lived in the back of our minds forever. Get on FaceTime with your partner and plan the trip together. Research where you would like to stay and the activities you would like to do. Create an itinerary that you can look back on when you take the trip.
Book Club for Two
It’s always fun to break down a great book! Get together a small list of books that you and your partner can read and schedule a night each week to talk about it. Then, discuss how many chapters you two will read for the next week. You can even read together on FaceTime!
Online Game Night
An online game night might be exactly what you need for a virtual date night! There are many multiplayer games available online that you can download for free. Check out platforms like Steam or CrazyGames for a competitive and exciting date night.
Virtual Museum Tour
Did you know you can sign up for a virtual museum tour? Many museums around the world offer online exhibits and virtual tours. Choose one together and learn something from history that you never knew before!
Stargazing Date
No matter how far apart you are, you still live under the same sky! Find a night where you both have the time to lay under the stars and talk about the constellations, stars, and shooting starts you see on a phone call.
Online Fitness Class
There are multiple online fitness classes you can both sign up for and take together! Find one that would be easy to do at home and suits both of your needs. This can help you to stay active while still participating together!
Memory Lane Date
Pull out those scrapbooks or old photos and spend an evening showing one another memories from the past. This is a great virtual date night that doesn’t take much planning. Even if you have the photos on your laptop or phone, you can send them to each other and talk about old memories.
DIY Craft Night
Crafting is always fun, even if your craft partner is only there via video call. Get some paints or plan a craft for both of you to work on together. Show one another your progress as you go and talk about favorite crafts you have done in the past.
Go On A Walk Together
The next time you’re on a video call with your significant other, take a walk around the block or a nearby park. Take turns showing what is in your area and make a list of things you want to show the other when visiting.
Buy Each Other Takeout
Sending each other a meal can be just as fun as making one together. Get on DoorDash or order delivery from a place near your partner’s home. Don’t tell them what you are sending and have it be a surprise. Sit down and call each other when you both decide to eat!
Play 20 Questions
Often, phone calls can become repetitive and you may run out of things to talk about. Play a game of 20 questions when you want to have a conversation but don’t have much to say. There are so many topics of discussion that can come from this game! Pinterest has many different questionnaires for you to gather ideas!
Make Each Other Music Playlists
This is for all those music lovers out there! Spend the evening making a playlist for one another and share it over whatever music platform you prefer. Go through the playlists together on the phone and listen to the new playlist together!
Create A Countdown for Your Next In-Person Date
This date night is perfect if you have a visit planned in the future. Waiting for those dates to come can often feel like forever! So, make a countdown together and hang it somewhere you will see it every day.
Learn a Language Together
If you are looking to do something new, learning a language could be perfect! Once or twice a week you can sit down on a phone call together and practice the language, quizzing one another on the knowledge pertained. You can even take an online class or start a program!
Write Snail Mail For Each Other
For this date night, write a letter that you will send to each other. This could become a weekly or monthly activity that you can do together. If you travel within your area, postcards are also fun! Keep all the letters and when reunited, put them in a scrapbook or keepsake box to look back on.
Create a Care Package
Putting together a small care package can be fun and give you or your partner something to look forward to. Find some small trinkets and treats and include a photo of yourself or a special letter. When it arrives, open it together on a call!
Virtual City Tour
Whether you live just a few hours apart or hundreds of miles, take the time to give one another a city tour of where you live while on video call. This can be especially fun if it is at the beginning of long-distance and you aren’t familiar with where the other lives.
Work on a Puzzle
Puzzled on what to do? Order the same puzzle to do separately or go out and buy different puzzles that you can trade once you’re done. Have a competition to see who can complete the puzzle first! Working on a puzzle is always better when you have someone to talk with.
Learn to Knit Together
If you find yourself looking to learn a new hobby, knitting is a great option! Get your partner on the phone and have them learn with you or watch while you learn. A few starter ideas are beanies and scarves!
Go Grocery Shopping Together
We all know grocery shopping is one of those tasks that must be done, so schedule a time you can both go and hop on a call while you shop! If you’re up for the challenge, pick out a meal you can make together and shop for the same ingredients.
Virtual Coffee Date
You may be missing your in-person coffee partner, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still grab coffee together! Find a Saturday or Sunday morning that you both can go out for a cup of coffee either at home or a shop and call each other!
Take a Couple’s Quiz
There are plenty of couple’s quizzes floating around the internet that can fill your nightly phone or FaceTime call with fun conversations. You can take a couple's assessment to learn about each other and potentially, decide on the future of your relationship together!
YouTube Watch Night
For this date night, take turn choosing YouTube videos to watch together while on a video call. Have someone share their screen and watch something you’re both interested in! Or, find a new series to start watching together.
Create a Virtual Scrapbook
Being in a long-distance relationship can often make you feel that your partner misses out on things in your life. Have a date night where you create an online scrapbook. You can regularly update it with photos and videos of your daily life. There are many platforms online that allow you to create one for free!
Start a Podcast
Get creative with this one and start a couple’s podcast! Take some time to research topics that are interesting and get recording! Listen to other relationship podcast's for inspiration. You can start with talking about what makes your long-distance relationship work and go from there.
As you can see, there are so many options when it comes to virtual date nights with your long-distance partner. Some may take more work than others, but it’s always fun to mix it up and try something new. Even planning one virtual date night a month can help keep the romance and excitement alive in your relationship. Select one from the list and give it a try this week. You might be surprised at how much you and your partner love doing virtual date nights!
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