50 Conversation Starters for Long Distance Couples

Long distance relationships come with a lot of unique challenges – one of them being how to keep conversations fresh. Some days, conversations can flow easily; on other days, it feels like trying to talk is impossible. If you’ve ever found yourself at a loss on what to say to your long distance partner, don’t worry. It is completely normal, and you are not alone! Trying to think of conversation starters can be hard!

To try and combat the struggle of finding topics to talk about, I’ve decided to start to compile my own lists of things to talk about. These topics range from everyday conversations to something a little bit deeper. Consider this the first post of many with 50 conversation topics to help keep your bond strong despite the miles.

Everyday Life Questions

1. What was the best part of your day?
2. What was something small that annoyed you today?
3. What’s a random thought that you had today that you didn’t tell to anyone?
4. If today had a theme song, what would it be?
5. What is something new you learned about recently?

Dreams and Goals

6. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
7. What is a goal that you are working on right now?
8. If money wasn’t a factor, what would your dream life look like?
9. What is one thing you would like to do before the end of the year?
10. If you could choose anywhere in the world for us to live together, where would it be?

Memories

11. What is your favorite childhood memory?
12. What was your all-time favorite toy growing up?
13. Tell me about a teacher who impacted your life – good or bad.
14. What is a place from your past that you would love to visit with me?
15. Did you have a stuffed animal growing up and do you still have it?

Travel Questions

16. What is one place you’ve always wanted to visit?
17. What is your all-time dream vacation?
18. Would you rather vacation at the beach, in the mountains, or in a big city?
19. If you could take a road trip anywhere, where would it be to?
20. If you were to plan a vacation for us right now, where would it be and what would we do?

Fun Topics

21. What is the weirdest fact that you know?
22. What is something silly from your childhood that you still remember and laugh about?
23. If you were to change a current holiday into something new, which one would it be and why?
24. What is the most ridiculous outfit that you’ve always wanted to wear, but are too afraid to try?
25. What is the strangest thing that someone has ever asked you?

Hypothetical and “What If?” Questions

26. If you won the lottery tomorrow, what is the first thing you would do?
27. If you could master one skill over night, what would it be and why?
28. If we had to survive a zombie apocalypse together, what would your plan be?
29. If we were to swap lives for a day, what would you do?
30. If you could have dinner with anyone in history ever, who would it be?

Deep Questions

31. Do you believe everything happens for a reason or do you believe life is random?
32. What is something you wish people understood about you?
33. What do you feel is your greatest strength in our relationship?
34. What is the best advice you have ever received from someone?
35. Do you have any regrets from anything?

Pop Culture Questions

36. What TV show or movie do you want to watch with me?
37. What is your ultimate guilty pleasure TV show or movie?
38. If you could live in any fictional world, which would it be?
39. What is a book or movie that has had a huge impact on who you are as a person?
40. What was your favorite song growing up?

Relationship Questions

41. What is one thing that I do that makes you feel love?
42. What is a romantic gesture that you’d love for me to do one day?
43. How do you see our relationship growing?
44. What is one thing that I do that you secretly love?
45. What is something your appreciate about us as a couple?

Interactive Questions

46. Let’s play 20 Questions!
47. Let’s try writing a funny story together, one sentence (or word) at a time.
48. Describe your day using only emojis, and I’ll try to guess what happened.
49. Let’s create a bucket list together!
50. Let’s share 5 super random facts rapid-fire style – no thinking! I’ll go first.

Being long distance can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be! Learning how to have conversations with each other is key and will help you feel closer to your partner. Whether you’re having deep conversations or keeping things light, you have to be able to talk! Hopefully these conversation topics will help you keep the communication going.

Question of the post: Do you have any go-to conversation topics with your partner when you’ve run out of things to say? If you do, drop a comment below! Perhaps you’ll make it into a blog post in the future with your topic.

Until next time.

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