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90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 18

Day 18: If you started your relationship online and then met, what is one thing you noticed that was different that you hadn’t noticed before you met? If you started in person, what is one thing you always forget they do when you’re apart?

Cat: I didn’t realize how tall Richard was going to be, haha! I mean, I’m pretty sure he listed his height on his page, but I just didn’t think he was going to be as tall as he was. That might sound super weird, but that’s my honest answer, haha!

Richard: Hmmmm, it was quite a while ago actually! All I can say was that I was taken aback at how beautiful she was when I saw her in person.

Cat: *blushes*

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 17

Day 17: Have you ever watched a movie together? Which one(s)? Which ones would you like to watch together?

Cat: Yes! We’ve watched a lot of movies together:!the entire Harry Potter collection (Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 at least 5 times – Richard was such a good boyfriend to sit through all the replays of that, haha!), Filth, The Campaign, Foxcatcher…

I can’t wait to watch Get Hard with Richard. He’s going to laugh so hard!

Richard: Yes lots! Too many to mention really but Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Zoolander, The Campaign and lots of other comedy films. We also watched a lot of musicals on film. Definitely a benefit of having lived together.

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 15

Day 15: What are your favorite things to do together when you’re apart?

Cat: I love it when we get to Skype with each other. I’m sure that’s a typical answer for a lot of people in LDRs, but it makes my day when I can see him! We still haven’t watched a movie together or played a game online together. Things have been so crazy in our lives lately that it’s tough to have anything like a date night go on. But I’m happy just being able to see him. 🙂 

Richard: Hmm, well we keep in touch a lot via text, but I like it when we get to Skype since I get to see her. I did buy us both DS so we could play mario kart together, but the time difference and everything being hectic for both of us means we haven’t quite got round to it yet, but I hope we will at some point. I really liked playing the DS with Cat when we were living together.

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 14

Day 14: What was your first kiss like? If you haven’t kissed yet, what do you think/hope it will be like?

Cat: It was everything I had hoped it would be and more. 🙂

Richard: It was really nice haha. We were sat in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester at night, and I remember lots of football (US friends, read: soccer) fans going past. So, that was a bit surreal, as well as the fact that we had been speaking for a good few months with Cat all those thousands of miles away, and all of a sudden we were together. I remember walking Cat back to her hotel where we kissed again, and then some guy driving past said “Get a room!” Haha! Unfortunately, Cat was staying with her mum at that point so that wasn’t an option 😀

90 Day LDR Challenge: Day 12

Day 12: How did you tell your family and friends about your relationship? Were they supportive? What about your partner?

Cat: The night before I met Richard for the first time, I remember telling my mom about him. I was really nervous because my mom is a traditional woman, and I was waiting for her judgment to rain on me about online dating, etc. But she was surprisingly really cool about it! She really had my back the night that Richard and I went out. In retrospect, I’m glad my mom was there when I met Richard.

Throughout our relationship, Richard has made such a great impression on the rest of my family and friends, and all of my friends are actually happy that we’re going so strong. And while a couple of my aunts had silly comments to make about our LDR, I took it all with a grain of salt. One of them has become bitter about love since forever, and the other has been with the same man since high school, never having to deal with distance or any other kind of obstacles. Sometimes, understanding where the negativity comes from is 80% of the battle.

Richard: My mum and I are really close so I did tell her that we were going on a date. I told her how lovely Cat was and she was really happy when I told her that we were in a relationship. They actually met relatively early on, my Mum and I had booked tickets for a band that we like (she’s cool, what can I say), and we all went to a latin american restaurant and they really hit it off. My Grandma really liked the sound of Cat, and I was so glad when they met for the first time at Christmas when she was visiting in London for my graduation. And yes, they hit it off as well!

My best friend Ste was really happy for me when I told him about Cat, and everyone loved Cat whenever we went to parties together. So yes, nothing but good things. 🙂