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Give your partner a promise ring to let them know that you are devoted to them.

For him: make him a scrapbook of the both of you throughout your relationship and end it with "100 Reasons Why I Love You." It seems like a lot but it's the easiest thing you will ever do if you love him.

Girls, have your guy spray his cologne on a sweatshirt and keep it while he is away, wear the sweatshirt you feel him all around you.

Once my girlfriend and I were talking and I was feeling depressed and confused about something and she sent me a package with a letter or card for every day for the rest of the month. It was the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for me. The letters don't have to be long, just a simple 'I love you, I'm thinking of you' is sufficient.

Make a personal calendar for your partner with a photo of yourself on it for each month. This is something that they can keep on their desk as a constant reminder of you.

Make a crafty photo album and send it to your mate. cut out cardboard, punch 3 holes w/hole puncher on the end, insert different color paper (w/holes) in between two cardboards, paste pictures of yourself the hold all pieces together w/ribbon.

Make a complex collage for him/her, full of words like "sexy," "i love you," and anything else you feel is important.

I've saved everything from every date my boyfriend and I have had, every ticket stub, pictures, petals from flowers we've given each other and even like receipts and tags from special gifts we've given each other and all the notes and cards I've gotten from him. for our one year anniversary I'm making a scrap book out of them with pictures of us together. We've been together for almost 8 months and 5 of them we have been apart. But the best tip I can give to anyone doing the long distance thing is talk to each other A LOT. tell the other how you feel about every aspect of your relationship and if there is a problem fix it, talk it out. Communication is the key to any relationship and if the person you're seeing is important enough to you to do the long distance thing then you should be willing to go the extra mile with your communication.

When he comes to visit place love notes or little surprises in his bag so when he gets home he'll find them as he unpacks and knows how much you love and miss him when he's not with you.

I was fortunate enough to meet a wonderful man online. Our correspondence took a new turn last week however, when I recieved in my email the first part to a story describing our first encounter. He was sensitive enough to give me the option of writing the next part, or leaving it up to him. I jumped at the chance to share my thoughts, ideas, and dreams with him. We are now on part 6, and if this is any indication of what our first encounter will be like, I know that I am one of the luckiest girls alive. (Laurie)

Take a jar or small box and fill it with chocolate hugs and kisses or just kisses and put the instructions, "for use when we are apart and I can't be there to deliver the real thing." Tape to the bottom of the box/jar so they see it when it is empty, "time to get the real thing." So you can arrange your meeting... (Sarah)

Say you wont see them again for a week. Leave them 7 hershey kisses on their bed or somewhere they will find it after you leave. They will have a kiss for every day that your gone. -Maggie

Leave a surprise, romantic message on their phone. (Beth)

because you two are not together have a box to keep your (imaginary) kisses in... so even though you are not together you have something to look at and remind you of the wonderful things that you are missing... decorate this box in a way that is exclusively relates to you two (Mae)

For his birthday, since we are apart, I went to all the places that are special to us including a park, and the post office where he sends me snail mail and then just sat and talked to him on tape. He loved it!! (Gypsy)

Make a crafty little book with little white pages in it. Date every page and write a reason you love your loved one on each page. A reason for each day. When the book is complete, give it to them to let them know you thought about them every day you were apart! (Shannon)

My suggestion is that if you haven't met or haven't met for a long time, when you meet it should be on an important date and organized with everyone that needs to know except her, make sure she's going to be at home when you surprise her, slip a note or letter through the letter box being careful not to be seen, with a note at the end saying to go look outside, where you will be standing with flowers/gift/whatever your preference. I plan to try this next year when I meet my girlfriend for the first time ever. I know she'll never suspect it and I'm trying to organise it with hre parents.

Plan a vaction in your apartment. Go out to the liquor store, buy frozen drink mix, and Ben&Jerry's ice cream with the candy fish. Buy lays at the local $1 store.

They are everywhere - even the free ones in bathrooms of restaurants and bars. Keep a package of stamps handy in your wallet and when a random thought about your partner hits, grab one, write a quick note, and send it off. Postcards are a lost art. It also shows your not afraid of your feelings to your postman, apartment, or roommates.

download the new A.I.M. to save on the bill. Record a video tape of you singing or acting like a fool in love for them.... and send it to them... buy a star for them online and so you can say that as long as the stars are out there in the sky you will be loving them, missing them, and wishing to be with them

Record yourself on a casette saying I love you and whatever else you want to say, then if possible put the tape in her car so that when they turn on the car the tape plays.

Keep a journal for the time that you are apart. Put in it how you missed them and what made you think of them during the day, your dreams, etc. At the end of your time apart give it to them and let them read what you wrote.

Select a relevant greeting card (Birthday, get well, sympathy, etc.) from local drug store and write a poem or sweet quote inside, then put some petals of pink roses on the inside lining of envelope, seal delicately so that petals don't get smooshed. Give it to her personally and try to get a hug too.

Make a chain out of construciton paper with a special memory, quotation, or finny story on each link. Make one link for him/her to tear off for each day you are apart. That way your significant other will have a daily reminder that you love him/her.

plan a weekend at a hotel with sweet fragrance of scented candles filling the room, soft music playing, and place post-it notes for him to follow undressing himself piece by piece leading his way to you in a hot bubble bath waiting with 2 champagne glasses and a bottle of chilled champagne by the bathtub and I'll leave the rest to your imagination.

Play a question/answer game with each other online or over the phone. Take turns asking each other meaningful questions (for example: what do u want out of life? what is your biggest fantasy? what are your goals? or what's the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you?) You learn A LOT about eachother just by asking these kind of questions, and you become closer to them!

When you are looking forward to some time off don't tell your loved one right away. Make a surprise trip out to see them by visiting them while they are at work or coming home from work. Guys- flowers are great here. Girls- well... I'm a guy and I don't even know. (Justin)

Make a mix tape of all the songs that remind you of your sweetheart then mail them to her so she can feel how you do.

Make a box with all your favorite pictures and memory items and include a special note in it then send the box to your girlfriend when you miss each other the most.

Be more interested in hearing about your partner's day and life then you are telling about your own. I have been dating someone for a year and 3 months and it hasn't failed me yet!

Arrange a time to think about each other when you are apart.

Give mate large stuffed animal, with a note that reads "This is something to hold when I'm not around."

Have a picture of yourself made into a puzzle and send one piece a week until the puzzle is complete.

Play an online game together such as hearts or checkers. Winner gets something when you two see each other.

Send your mate a list of romantic things and date ideas you want to do. Have them add five ideas and send it back. Add five more and keep sending it back and forth. When you are together, pull out the list and complete them!

Send your mate a compass and tell them to find their way back to your heart.

Send her flowers often.

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Send a postcard every day with one letter from the following written on it: I - L - O - V - E - Y - O - U.

Cut out a bunch of paper hearts, write a special memory on each one and send a box of them to your partner.

Go in search of flight specials, sometimes grocery stores run specials for a certain amount of receipts you can get trip vouchers inexpensively.

Surprise your significant other with random packages or mail, they will think its sweet when they least expect to receive something.

Save all of your email correspondence, bound it, and give it to your mate as a gift.

Call once in a while, but don't give yourself right away. Talk sexy. Tell him/her that you miss him/her.