If you’re in a long distance relationship, you know how difficult it can be to maintain a sense of intimacy and spontaneity with your partner. Without the ability to see each other in person every day, you’re forced to rely on text messages and video calls to keep the relationship alive, which can get really stale, really fast. Sure, sending “good morning” and “good night” texts and watching TV together over FaceTime is nice, but these routine, scheduled transmissions can quickly start to feel obligatory instead of truly loving.

If you really want to inject some freshness and whimsy into your long distance relationship, here are some long distance text flirting tips and tricks, along with some original text message ideas to keep your long distance relationship lively!

Long Distance Text Flirting Made Easy

After a few weeks or months of being in a long distance relationship, you and your partner might grow accustomed to sending each other the same old “good morning” and “good night” texts every day. Of course, it’s always nice to know that your partner is thinking of you when they wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night, but if those are the only texts you send each other during the day, your partner might start to feel a little neglected, and vice versa.

Pro Tip: Pick Random Times of the Day

One of the easiest ways to liven up your long distance relationship is to start sending little texts at random times of the day in addition to the time you wake up and the time you go to bed. These texts don’t have to be super wordy or complicated—they can just be quick little messages throughout the day that let your partner know that you’re thinking of them.

For example:

If you tested out a promising new weeknight dinner recipe, you can send a photo of your culinary masterpiece, along with a text, like:
“Just whipped up this amazing plate of pasta for myself! I can’t wait to make some for you the next time you’re in town!”
OR
If a new trailer dropped for the movie you’ve both been looking forward to seeing, you can send the link, along with a text, like:
“Have you seen this??? I cannot WAIT until I get to watch this with you!”

Long Distance Text Flirting Is Easy When You Remember Details From Your Conversations

One of the best ways to show that you care while also adding spontaneity into your relationship is to remember little details from your conversations and pepper them into your day-to-day texts. This doesn’t mean obsessively taking notes on everything your partner says and does, but rather, keeping a careful ear for things that are important to her.

Does she have a work or school presentation next week that’s been stressing her out?

Has she been really into those elaborate charcuterie board TikToks lately?

Is she thinking about getting into a new hobby, like crocheting or yoga?

Try to remember these little details—they may seem trivial, but spontaneously bringing up these kinds of things in your text messages shows that you’re truly listening. It’s a great way to do a little long distance flirting.

Flirty Examples For Your Long Distance Love:

The night before an important event, whether it be a school exam, a big work presentation, or any other stressful situation, send her a “good luck” text in addition to your customary “good night” text. For extra points, attach one of those cutesy little animal memes, like the “hang in there” kitten:
“Hey babe, I just wanted to wish you good luck for your presentation tomorrow! I know how hard you’ve worked on this project, and I just know you’ll kill it!”
OR
If she’s been thinking about trying a new activity or hobby, surprise her with a couples’ class scheduled for the next time you see each other:
“Guess what? You’ve been mentioning that you really want to learn how to make pottery, so I found this cool beginners’ class that starts next month! We’ll be master ceramicists in no time!”

Be Funny

One of the biggest problems with communicating almost exclusively over text message is that the format can start to feel utilitarian, and you lose the spark of humor and chemistry that brought you and your partner together in the first place. If you feel like the text conversations between you and your partner are starting to feel a little dry and uninspired, try making the effort to inject a little humor into your texts!

If you’re a natural-born comedian, this should be no problem for you! But even if you don’t think you’re particularly funny, don’t worry, you don’t need to be a stand-up comedian to follow this advice. As you go about your day, keep track of the little things that make you chuckle. It might be a goofy meme that you encounter on Twitter during your lunch break, or a silly work mishap, or anything else that happens to you over the course of your day that makes you crack a smile.

Don’t keep these little things to yourself! Send her a little text that lets her know you’re thinking of her, and hopefully causes her to crack a smile, too. Long distance text flirting often starts with laughter and then builds to something a little steamier…

Long Distance Text Flirting Example:

“I just saw this video on Twitter! Doesn’t this guy kind of remind you of that crazy waiter from the bar where we met? I had to stop myself from laughing out loud in my cubicle!”
OR
“I just saw a squirrel drag half a baguette up a tree on my way home from work. It moved too fast for me to get a picture, but I died laughing!”

Don’t Be Afraid to Get Flirty and Romantic

This tip goes hand-in-hand with the previous one. Just like it’s easy to lose your sense of humor over text, it’s equally easy for your romantic chemistry to slip away in your text messages. When you’re standing face-to-face with your partner, that physical closeness and spark is hard to deny. When your communication largely exists on screens, it can be more difficult to maintain that all-important feeling of intimacy.

To spice up your long distance relationship, it’s important to deliberately reintroduce a little flirtiness and romance to your day-to-day text conversations. Again, this might seem a little daunting, but rest assured, it’s surprisingly doable! If you’re feeling intimidated, start simple. In addition to your normal “good morning” or “good night” texts, mention how much you miss waking up with her in your arms, or spooning each other to sleep. As you grow more confident with these flirty texts, you can up the spice level!

Flirty Long Distance Text example:

“Good morning, beautiful! I just wanted to let you know how much I miss waking up with you in my arms, and I’m counting down the days until we can be together again! Until then, I guess I’ll just have to content myself with dreaming of you…”
OR
“I can’t wait to see you next weekend! I’ve spent too many lonely nights craving you with me…”

We know all too well that communicating almost solely over text can be one of the hardest parts of a long distance relationship. Without even noticing it, your texts can slowly start to feel obligatory and thoughtless, which could even contribute to the deterioration of your relationship.

Never fear!

The tips and tricks we’ve shared in this article are easy, foolproof ways to revive the spontaneity, intimacy, humor, and chemistry between you and your partner, even when you can’t physically be together.

Remember, at the end of the day, long distance text flirting is all about intent and thoughtfulness—she can tell when you’re putting effort into your texts. Just putting a touch more care and attention to detail in your texts is often all it takes to let her know how much you miss her and are thinking of her, even when you’re miles apart!

Ready to reignite the spark in your long distance relationship? Check out my ultimate resource for long distance couples: Texting Away The Miles – Text Weapon

This treasure chest of long distance relationship advice, tools and examples will help you overcome some of the biggest and most common pitfalls of long distance couples. It will teach you the keys to success and it will even help you inject a little fun, freshness and excitement into your love story.

 

 

Claudia Cox

Claudia Cox is a modern communication expert who gives singles and couples alike the tools they need to improve their relationships. She is the creator of The Text Weapon Texting Club, and the author of French Seduction Made Easy. She loves the outdoors, baking tasty treats for friends, and of course, texting.
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