Long distance · date night
7 fun LDR online dates that aren’t watching Netflix
Because “let’s just put something on” has quietly become the whole evening — and you can both feel it.
Ever catch yourself staring at a video call, both of you sighing because you’ve already covered “how was your day?” for the third time this week? Long distance is tough, and when regular calls start feeling like scheduled check-ins, the spark can feel a little distant too.
Instead of default Netflix streams or passive phone calls where you both end up scrolling on mute, you need active, shared experiences. Here are a few date ideas designed to actually bring back that butterflies-in-your-stomach energy — and make you forget about the physical distance for a bit.
01
Strike a pose in a virtual photobooth
Ten minutes · you keep something afterwards
Remember the goofy feeling of cramming into a photobooth, stealing kisses between flashes, and laughing at the printout?
You don’t have to miss out on that just because you’re miles apart. Hop into a virtual photobooth like getangie.com, where a split-screen syncs you up into one single frame. You can strike silly poses, tweak filters together, and capture a real moment — not just another static screenshot.
Both cameras fire at the same instant, so every shot is genuinely the two of you at once — which is why it feels different from screenshotting a call.
Try it The Photobooth Free to play · make a room, send the link ▷Angie can print your favourite strip and mail it to their address. Having a physical photo on their desk makes the distance feel a lot smaller.
02
Cook the same recipe “together”
An hour · ends in dinner
Prop your phone up against a spice jar, queue up the same playlist, and turn your kitchens into a shared cooking channel. You’ll laugh over missing ingredients, debate how much garlic is too much garlic, and finally sit down to eat the exact same meal at the same time.
03
Plot your next reunion trip
As long as you like · pure anticipation
Half the magic of seeing each other again is the anticipation leading up to it. Spend an evening getting lost in Google Street View, bookmarking cosy cafés, and building a dream itinerary for the moment you’re back in the same room.
If you want the trip to feel real before it happens: those are Angie’s booth backdrops, so you can take a photo somewhere you haven’t been yet, then go there.
04
Challenge each other beyond basic trivia
20 minutes · competitive
A little friendly competition instantly resets the vibe when things feel too quiet. Skip standard pop-culture trivia and test your wits with something that requires real focus — brain teasers, mental math, logic patterns, under time pressure.
Angie’s IQ Duel puts you both on identical logic puzzles, sequence problems and matrices, head to head. Nothing is revealed until the end — no between-round peeking — so you’re both on edge until the final scores unlock.
05
Design a shared vision board
An evening · the quiet one
Gather up photos, quotes and mood boards that capture where you both want to be in the next year. It’s a quiet, intimate way to dream out loud, realign on your goals, and remind yourselves of the big picture you’re building together.
Use Angie’s Our Future activity to spark the board. You both answer prompts privately — where you want to live, which trips come next, the concrete money questions most couples avoid — then reveal them at the same moment and map out the overlap.
06
Movie night plus surprise takeout
Two hours · one of you plans in secret
Upgrade the basic movie night into a full sensory experience. Order dinner for your partner using a delivery app in their city, but keep the menu a complete secret. The anticipation builds until the doorbell rings, and you both get to unpack a surprise feast before hitting play on the same film.
07
Wander through virtual museums
Late night · low energy, high romance
If you both love getting lost in art, take a quiet late-night stroll through world-class galleries together. Platforms like Google Arts & Culture let you walk the halls of the Louvre or the Van Gogh Museum side by side, whispering about your favourite pieces while on speaker.
Which date night are you trying this weekend?
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