16 long distance questions

For personal / provocative

  1. 1

    What time of day do you miss me most?

  2. 2

    What is the first thing you want to do when we are next in the same place?

  3. 3

    Which of these keeps you feeling close when we are apart?

    • A call every day
    • Voice notes
    • Photos of ordinary things
    • A shared show
    • Counting down
  4. 4

    What is something that happened today that you would have told me if I were there?

  5. 5

    What is a small thing of mine you keep near you?

  6. 6

    What do you find hardest about the distance that you do not say so as not to make it worse?

  7. 7

    What do you worry the distance is doing to us?

  8. 8

    When we are apart, what do you assume I am doing, and are you right?

  9. 9

    What is something you have started doing alone that you want to keep when we live together?

  10. 10

    How do you want our calls to be different?

  11. 11

    What is the plan for ending the distance, in your head, and does it match mine?

  12. 12

    What has the distance shown you about yourself?

  13. 13

    What do you look forward to about ordinary life together that other couples take for granted?

  14. 14

    What is a thing you did apart that you wish we had done together?

  15. 15

    When did you last feel jealous, and what did you do with it?

  16. 16

    What is a rule we have about the distance that you would like to change?

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