Need your wisdom and ideas ladies - What are some cute inexpensive things I can do for / send my boyfriend in a LDR while we can't meet? Thinking smaller thoughtful things vs. grand gestures..

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1. Plan a surprise date (maybe order food and wine to his place too?)
2. Write him a note - I love writing poems so I used to do this when my husband was away
3. Can gift him something cute and specific to the LDR - like there are stuff that lights up when both of you touch it etc.

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I mean depends on what he likes but I’d say send nudes

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That is categorized as grand gesture 🤪

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To clarify when you say “can’t meet”, you have met him before, right?
If so, send his favorite food or drink via a delivery service. Or send a care package filled with his favorite snacks, a framed photo of the two of you, something goofy like patterned socks and a sweet note.

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When I dated someone long distance I got him a travel book that had a different destination on each page and a packet of stickers and we used it to plan our next trips. He also used the stickers to mark off all the places he’s been. It was fun. Sometimes we’d plan to meet up in a different city rather than one of us traveling to the others city.

Care package with his fav snacks, and other things he may enjoy :)
Throw in a hand written note, some photos of you two as well.

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