Hi there! I'm looking for a few tips and advice to help skype calls etc be a little bit more exciting, fun etc.
Little bit of background: my boyfriend and I have been together for 4 years, and 6 months ago he moved a couple of hours away for a job after graduation. I'm lucky enough to see him every 2-3 weeks, and we talk daily as thankfully we're in the same country, similar working hours etc. I know I'm better off than most in an LDR, but having spent 4 years side by side at university, I'm finding being apart/not having the little things like eating dinner together every day etc pretty hard. We're also coming out of a bit of a rough patch, so I want to put more effort into our communication to bring us closer together.
Essentially, my query is this: how can I encourage my boyfriend to put a bit more effort into our online communication time?
My boyfriend seems quite content with just calling for 15 minutes to see how my day was and then to say goodnight. I've got pretty bored of this routine and am trying to find ways to make our talks/time together a bit different.
I've tried downloading apps like couple so we can draw together, tried instigating playing online games like words with friends, suggested we watch a programme together, tried asking questions about his thoughts on random subjects so that we deviate away from just talking about work, or what we ate for dinner. However he's just not that responsive to anything I try.
I'm not asking for something wacky every day, I just thought it would be nice to have say one night a week where we put aside a little bit of time to go beyond routine catch ups.
Any ideas/success stories?
Little bit of background: my boyfriend and I have been together for 4 years, and 6 months ago he moved a couple of hours away for a job after graduation. I'm lucky enough to see him every 2-3 weeks, and we talk daily as thankfully we're in the same country, similar working hours etc. I know I'm better off than most in an LDR, but having spent 4 years side by side at university, I'm finding being apart/not having the little things like eating dinner together every day etc pretty hard. We're also coming out of a bit of a rough patch, so I want to put more effort into our communication to bring us closer together.
Essentially, my query is this: how can I encourage my boyfriend to put a bit more effort into our online communication time?
My boyfriend seems quite content with just calling for 15 minutes to see how my day was and then to say goodnight. I've got pretty bored of this routine and am trying to find ways to make our talks/time together a bit different.
I've tried downloading apps like couple so we can draw together, tried instigating playing online games like words with friends, suggested we watch a programme together, tried asking questions about his thoughts on random subjects so that we deviate away from just talking about work, or what we ate for dinner. However he's just not that responsive to anything I try.
I'm not asking for something wacky every day, I just thought it would be nice to have say one night a week where we put aside a little bit of time to go beyond routine catch ups.
Any ideas/success stories?
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