My partner and I have been officially dating for two months now, it is a long distance relationship, they live in St. Kitts and I live in Jamaica, we have decided to come up with a list of things that we wanted to do before our one year anniversary as a couple. To help us curate a list, we did a few Google searches but we realized that a lot of these lists are regurgitated and appeals to a particular dynamic (of course!) so I shared our list below.

The couples bucket list is a great activity for a number reasons – it helps one to learn about your partner (the things they want to do, the things they’ve never done before, their fears, their strengths etc), it also helps you both to plan for the future and to see how you’ll will fit into each other’s plans – it gives a sense of security and longevity and exciting things to look forward to and it helps you to hold each other accountable for promises made.

Before I go into what we came up with lemme give you an overview of our date night (over Facetime):

- Curating the Bucket List (30 mins)

- Playing ABC Fast or Slow (15 mins)

- Facetime Naughtiness *wink* (2 mins, I kid)

- Netflix N Chill-ish (1h45) Koffee & Kareem (It’s funny as hell!)

“ABC Fast or Slow” by The Sweet Life JA on Tumblr.

So here’s the list of 25 we came up with:

◦ Have at least 3 date nights in person;

◦ Visit 2 countries other than our own;

◦ Have at least one completely tech-free weekend together (Friday to Sunday);

◦ Cook a themed dinner together (Italian, French, etc);

◦ Go camping together;

◦ Take a spontaneous road trip;

◦ Run a 5K;

◦ Go hiking/camping;

◦ Do a couple’s photoshoot together (iconic album covers) eg. Tina and Ike; Jay and Bey

◦ Read a book together;

◦ Do a “private” boat ride together;

◦ Do a mock “Youtube” video as a couple (edited and all);

◦ Make an “Our first year” time capsule;

◦ Write a couple’s love storybook with pictures and all;

◦ Create a tradition;

◦ Host a dinner party for our friends;

◦ Go bar hopping;

◦ Do at least one carnival together;

◦ Do an at home paint and sip (unless we’re in a place that allows us to do it);

◦ A crazy roadtrip;

◦ COCKtail night;

◦ Have a drunken living room Youtube karaoke night.

◦ Watch each other’s favourite movies;

◦ Couples at home spa day;

◦ Have sex in a car;

Go ahead, use some of our ideas and yours and come up with your own version of the couples bucket list, it will help you to add some spice to your relationship.