Ten Ways to Say “I Love You” in a Long Distance Relationship
When the warmth of your laptop runs through your bed sheets and the light of the video call falls upon your face at 2 AM and it’s probably time to go to bed, you tell each other “I love you”.
10. You leave the camera on.
When you have to wake up and go to school or work and it’s time to end the call, you tell each other “I love you”.
9. You text throughout the day.
When you’re on your lunch break and all you want to do is FaceTime them but you can’t because administration might catch you, you tell each other “I love you”.
8. You send a cute selfie with a bunch of heart emojis.
When you get into your first argument and all you can feel is sorrow for the fact that your blood is boiling and you’re fighting with your other half, you tell each other “I love you”.
7. You apologize.
When you’re too busy to talk throughout the day and you get a little frustrated because there’s got to be some way you can check in with each other more often, you tell each other “I love you”.
6. You try your best.
When you’re hanging out with your friends and they get jealous because that’s time you could be spending with them instead and you get angry and go hours without speaking to them, eventually you tell each other “I love you”.
5. You’re still trying your best.
When the calls suddenly get shorter and are cut off more due to the outside world and other commitments, you tell each other “I love you”.
4. You miss each other.
When the fights are happening more often and you’re feeling at a loss because you have no idea what you are going to do without them. God, what on earth would you do without them? You tell each other “I love you”.
3. There’s some effort.
When you’re dating other people but are still so in love with each other that it hurts, and you would do anything just to make them smile again, you tell each other “I love you”.
2. You commit disloyalty to others.
When you miss them so much that it feels like you are freezing without the warmth of the late night video calls. When you wake up in the morning and there’s no good morning text. When there is nobody to send cute selfies to during lunch. When there is nobody to argue with anymore. When there is nobody else you would rather talk to when you are busy. When jealousy is something you miss. When nothing can keep you busy anymore. When you don’t know what you would do without them. When you’re only loyal to them and nobody else. When they’re gone and there’s no chance of getting them back. When all you want is another chance, you don’t tell each other “I love you”.
- You still love them.