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90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 10

Day 10: Write a little letter to yourself about what you hope for your relationship in the next few weeks.

Dear Cat,

I hope your relationship with Richard keeps growing day by day. I hope you keep learning new things about him and from him. I hope you keep laughing – even at his horrible puns. I hope your love for him keeps growing. Not long until he comes to visit. T-minus 64 days!!! 

Love,

Cat

—///—

Dear Richard, 

As we’re nearly in September I don’t have any particularly dramatic hopes. However, I hope Cat and I stay as strong as we have been and can spend some time planning what we’ll get up to when I come to visit. By the time I visit, it will be 8 months since Cat left to head back to the States, but I know from the moment I get there until the moment I head back, it will be as if we have never been apart.

– Richard

Life Update

Hey, you guys!

I’m sure you’ve noticed that we’ve been a bit quiet with the 90 Day LDR Challenge as of late, and I wanted to explain why.

Don’t worry! Richard and I are solid. 🙂 but recently, Richard has been dealing with a strong stomach bug, and he hasn’t been feeling 100%. We love doing the challenge together. So, we decided to take a pause while we get his health sorted out. We thought that he would be okay last week when he got a course of antibiotics, but they weren’t strong enough. But just today, his doctor gave him stronger antibiotics, and we’re hopeful these should do the trick!

We’re keeping our fingers crossed, and I would appreciate any positive thoughts you could send Richard’s way!

We really do love you guys, and we just wanted to let you know we have not nor would we ever forget about you all!

Lots of love,

Cat

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 7

Day 7: What was it like the first time you two talked?

Cat: Well, while we were still messaging each other OkCupid, our messages flowed really well. And luckily, that carried on into our first date! We talked about all the things “they” tell you not to talk about, ha! But his intelligence and expressiveness just made him even more attractive to me, haha!

Richard: From what I can remember, it was really fun and relaxed. 🙂 I specifically remember we talked a lot about American things, haha.

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 5

Day 5: How did you meet? Tell us your story!

Cat: We met on OkCupid. Richard messaged me first, and I think what made me reply to him was the fact that he mentioned visiting America when he was younger. Plus, he looked super cute in his pictures. 😉 We started talking more and more, and the first day I got to Manchester, he asked me out to drinks and dinner, and I said yes! The rest is history… 🙂 

Richard: Well, since we met online, when we met in person, it was really natural. We just picked up where we left off, really. We went to one of my favorite spots, Font, where we had sandwiches and curly fries. 

Cat: I totally threw out the whole “Girls have to eat salad on the first date” rule. Curly fries. Fried fish sandwich. Drinks. Dessert. Get at me! Sorry, babe, continue…

Richard: It’s okay! Hell, I approved! Anyways, I remember on our walk back from the restaurant that I really wanted to hold her hand. And I thought I’d be cheesy and say “The roads are busy. So, I have to hold your hand when we cross the street so that nothing bad happens.” 

Cat: Umm, yeah, about that: There wasn’t a single car on the side street we were crossing when he told me that. 

Richard: It’s the ones you don’t see, babe! It’s the ones you don’t see… And so yeah, that was our first date. 🙂

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 4

Day 4: What was your first impression of him/her?

Cat: I thought he was handsome and he seemed like such a sweet guy right off the bat. I don’t know how else to describe it, but I immediately felt that strange combination of butterflies and feeling like I had known him my whole life. 🙂

Richard: I thought she was very cute, really bubbly, and I knew we were going to get on like a house on fire.

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 2

Day 2: Where do you both live, how many miles/kilometers apart are you, and what’s the time difference?

I live in Washington, DC and Richard lives in London. We are 3,226 miles apart, but hey, who’s counting, right? There’s a 5-hour time difference, but we make it work the best we can!

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 1

Day 1: Introduce yourselves! What are your names, and ages and what do you both look like (post pics!)?

Hi! My name is Cat and my partner’s name is Richard. I’m 24 and he’s 25!

We’ve posted pictures of us on here before, but honestly, we can’t wait to have a fresh new picture for you guys when we see each other in September! 

Keep watching this space. 🙂