8 Sweet Ways To Surprise Your Partner Even When Apart During Circuit Breaker

By Wei Yin on 30 Apr 2020

Digital Editor

An INFP who enjoys watching sappy Korean dramas in her free time. Good food and cute dogs are all she needs.

It has been almost a month since the circuit breaker measures kicked in and it has undeniably been a challenging time for everyone.

For those who are in a relationship where they don't live with their partners, not being able to see each other in real life makes it feel like you are in a long distance relationship, right?

Well, since circuit breaker has been extended for another month, make the time apart more bearable with these sweet ways that you can take inspiration from to surprise your partner. Show your love and let him or her know that you are always thinking of them.

Read on to find out more!

#1 Sweeten your partner's day with a gummy bento box

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Sweeten your partner's day with these self-made gummy bento boxes made popular by the Koreans. Fill a transparent pill box with your partner's favourite sweets and gift it to him or her. It looks absolutely adorable and is very practical as presents too.

Wash your hands before touching any of the sweets and send it over to your partner, but remember to do a contactless delivery! ?

#2 Send your partner a personalised music playlist

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This idea is touching and thoughtful at the same time, and it's absolutely free too! Make a personalised playlist on Spotify with songs that remind you of your partner or songs that the both of you love. You could also make one where the song titles make up a sentence that you want to say to your partner. Once it's done, share it with your partner and he or she will surely feel appreciated and loved.

#3 Customise a snack bouquet

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Receiving a bouquet of flowers is a nice feeling but if your partner knows how to appreciate food more than anything else, a snack bouquet will do the trick. All you need to do is purchase your partner's favourite snacks, some wrapping paper and ribbons to assemble everything together. To make the snack bouquet look better, get snacks with packaging of the same colour.

Send it over to your partner but once again, remember to do a contactless delivery!

#4 Order a meal or dessert for your partner

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Since you won't be able to cook for your partner or eat together with them, the next best option is to surprise him or her with their favourite food. Order through food delivery apps or websites to #SupportLocal and help the selfless delivery personnels during these trying times too!

#5 Create special coupons for future use

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This one is free and easy to make too! It's a really cute idea to cheer your partner up and make the both of you look forward to seeing each other in real life again when this is all over.

#6 Plan a virtual date night

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No dates in real life but virtual dates shall suffice for now. Plan a date night where the both of you sit in front of the laptop, dressed up, eating and drinking. It will be like a real dinner together, even if there's a laptop screen between the both of you. Being cooped up in the house for so long, dressing up and looking good will make you feel better.

#7 Get your partner a substitute

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Get your partner a pillow as a substitute where he or she can hug to sleep to remind them of your presence. See more adorable plushies here.

#8 Netflix and chill together virtually

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This isn't much of a surprise but it's still possible to Netflix and chill with your partner even with circuit breaker in place! Netflix Party synchronises video playback and adds group chat to your favourite shows so that you can host long distance movie nights and TV watch parties. You can still discuss your favourite shows with your favourite person.