oh you came and I left

I..no I tried to hide

Don't hide from the people. The people wanna see you

I hide from you!

Okay hi guys my name's Shannon and this...

is my beautiful girlfriend Cammie

Okay so today we're doing another "Sincerely Yours" video

which is where we take topics we get from y'alls letters in our P.O. box,

and we make a whole video addressing all of you guys at once.

And we haven't done this in a while, but we are gonna try it really hard

to start doing them a lot more often.

Let us know if you like this, so we know you want to see them.

Okay so you may or may not know

that me and Cammie...

Cammie and I or me and Cammie?

Cammie and I

Fuck

You may or may not know that Cammie and I

were in a long distance relationship for

a year and a half.

A year and a half too long.

It's a long ass time.

It is a long time.

So we get a lot of

letters that ask us like

how do you make an LDR work

like how do we make this LDR last.

Yeah. Its definitely one of the top questions I get on anything.

So without further ado

here are our "do's and don'ts"

in surviving an LDR.

Have planned Skype dates.

And don't bail on them just like you wouldn't if it was in person.

Hey babe

Hey!

Are you gonna be able to FaceTime tonight?

Oh, I don't know

I'm... ugh. I have so many errands to run today

I don't know if I'll be able to.

Alright well I guess just let me know if you can

Hey babe

are you ready for our movie date?

Yes of course.

Do you have the movie all pulled up?

I'm ready.

Play on three?

Yeah

One...

Two...

Three!

Not that there's anything wrong with

falling asleep together every single night

while you are FaceTiming or whatever,

but if you plan weekly or bi-weekly "date nights"

then it kind of makes it so

we are going to be together on this day at this time

for sure.

So if you have to bail on a random like

Tuesday night,

you don't get mad at each other for that

but if it's your planned Skype night,

then you can get mad.

And it also gives you the opportunity to come up with like

a creative , like, date night surrounded around

that night that you've chosen whether it's like

you guys are watching a movie together or

playing , like, Scattergories

we've done that a few times.

But yeah it gives you the opportunity to come up with like

an actual , like, date idea plan.

Plan trips to see each other as often as possible.

Ideally, have your next trip planned before

you're even done with your current one.

Did you like that?

Mhm.

Alright I love you babe

I love you too

When am I gonna see you next?

I don't know

our schedules are nuts.

Well, I guess we'll just

figure it out eventually.

I'm sorry. I wish I knew.

I gotta go. Love you

Bye

Bye baby

I love you. I'll see you in thirty days

when you come to visit me, right?

Yeah. Tickets are all booked.

Good.

I miss you.

I miss you.

Bye.

Bye baby.

Bye.

I think it makes it easier

to leave someone when you know the next time

you're gonna see them rather than

going in dark when you're saying goodbye because

it's way more daunting and scary and you're like

what if it's like four months?!

What if it's the last time I ever see you?

This is the enddddddd

I'll never let go, Jack!

And then you let go. Okay.

Take lots of pictures and videos.

Selfie

Snapchat

Stop!

Come on

Hi Snapchat

Hi Snapchat

As much as it drove me up the wall that

Shannon constantly wanted to take pictures

especially of me

it was so nice if I was on the plane leaving her or

she had just left me

to be able to look through all the pictures,

edit them, and just relive our weekend together

and be happy about it rather than

being so upset that she left

So, thank you. I'll say it. Thank you.

You're welcome. Finally!

Finally!

I admit it

Finally it has happened to me

Keep in touch with each other

and

the people around you

...irritated these people were like complaining

about their drinks, not wanting to pay their tab

whatever

Shan

Are you listening to me?

Yeah. Oh yeah. Mhm

Shannon.

Sorry. Yeah.

So anyway...

Hey babe. I just got to the party so

let me call you when I get done here, okay?

Alright.

Love you.

Bye.

You've got to find the right balance of

keeping in touch with the person

who obviously means most to you, but

also not forgetting or putting

relationships that are right around you

on the backburner.

If you're in college or high school or

just anyone living your life, and

you're neglecting your friends and people

that are around you everyday,

that is going to affect your life.

So, find the right balance of

talking to

the one you love

and the ones that you love that

are around you everyday.

Make sure you're in love with the person

and not just the idea of them.

Hey babe.

What are you doing?

Just cleaning up after Lee, as always.

I am so relieved that you're clean like me cause

I can't stand messes.

Uhhhhh...yeah!

So this might not actually be a do or a don't

it's more of a cautionary thing to keep in mind.

It can be so easy to kind of

fall in love with the idea of

constantly having someone's attention or

being able to text someone

when you're having a bad day, but

just because you like the situation might

not mean you really love the person.

So just don't build them up to