When you’re separated from your partner, texting, FaceTime (and, of course, FaceTime kinky time), and Zoom can only do so much before you become bored. Even simple things like sharing a car in mutual silence can become exciting after a while. Whether you’re dating someone across continents or states, or you’re simply unable to see each other for the time being, there are a plethora of free apps available that will help you and your faraway boo stay connected and feel close.

Dating Apps to Keep the Spark

Whether you’re looking to demonstrate your affection for one another more clinically with the Gottman Card Decks, want to learn more about one another through lighthearted trivia on Couple Game, or just want some direction on how to spice things up from afar with Honi, there’s a dating app for that. The following are the three best long-distance lovers apps.

#3. Couple Game

Have you ever wondered how well your partner truly understands you? Download this app to access quizzes for couples on a variety of topics, including favorite foods, holidays, hobbies, films, music, romance, intimacy, and kissing. Whether you’re a newlywed couple or have been together for a while, this simplified version of the Newlywed Game is sure to keep both of you entertained.

#2. Between

This highly rated and popular app combines the functionality of a messenger service and a calendar. You can chat with one another, share cute photos, save important dates such as anniversaries or when you’ll see one another next, and also use the free calling feature to call one another. You can also upgrade for an ad-free experience and access to additional special features.

#3. Love Nudge

This application is ideal for you. It builds on the concept of love languages by suggesting dating goals for your partner that you can also customize. Perhaps your partner is aware that your love language is affirmation but could use a gentle “nudge” to remind him or her to act appropriately. Rather than nagging your partner with “Why don’t you ever compliment me when I’m down?”, Love Nudge makes it fun for both of you to express your love in each of your preferred love languages. Apple Watch compatibility is also included in the App Store version of the dating app.

After last year’s Met Gala event was postponed and canceled, fashion’s biggest night is set to return in 2021. The event is expected to be more intimate than usual and will reunite the biggest names in entertainment at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in The Big Apple. Reportedly, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, and Rihanna will be attending once again. They have graced the Met Ball red carpet with sensational looks throughout the years.

This Year’s Met Gala Theme Is Called In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

Under normal circumstances, The Met Gala is held annually on the first Monday of May. The glamorous fashion soirée that was formerly known as the Costume Institute Gala has the goal of raising funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s referred to as the Met Ball and opens the institute’s spring fashion exhibit.

This year’s theme? will be, In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, and will represent an exploration of the nation’s sartorial identity. It is expected to do a deep dive into American ingenuity and will open on September 18. The night will highlight everything from the glamour of Halston’s ’70s to Kerby Jean-Raymond’s powerful political vision for Pyer Moss and Rodarte’s ethereal edge.

Timothee Chalamet, Billie Eilish, Tennis Professional Naomi Osaka, and Poet Amanda Gorman Will Serve as Co-chairs for the Met Gala

The 2021 and 2022 Met Galas are both themed around America. The one that will take place on May 2, 2022, is titled In America: An Anthology of Fashion. Co-chairs this year will be actor Timothee Chalamet, singer Billie Eilish, poet Amanda Gorman, and tennis player Naomi Osaka. Adam Mosseri, American designer Tom Ford, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour will serve as honorary chairs.

Enthusiasts can watch The Met Gala red carpet during a Vogue magazine live stream that will be hosted by Keke Palmer and director Ilana Glazer. The last Met Gala in 2019 had a theme called Camp: Notes on Fashion and was curated by Andrew Bolton and based on an essay by Susan Sontag called Notes on Camp. Last year’s Met Gala was going to be called About Time: Fashion and Duration and focus on more than a century and a half of fashion.