Contingency Plans?
*notabot
Newer account. Not new to Reddit.
I’ve been in a great relationship with my AP for nearly a year now. (Met her on Reddit, btw.) We have a LDR. We’ve been able to see each other once every 4-6 weeks. We’ve talked damn near every day since day one—messaging, voice notes, calls. I can’t complain at all.
I’m wondering if any of the Reddit crew has come up with contingency plans for when emergencies come up with you or AP. I’m not talking about when one ghosts another. (I feel like that’s in a different category.) I mean when your AP has something going on, and either cannot make contact, or is limited in being able to reach out. Do you have a contingency? Especially for those of you in LDR—how will you know the difference between a “busier than usual” day and a “something happened” day?
Is there a certain number of hours/days of silence before you reach out? Is there a safe third party to reach out to who can say what’s up? Social media signal?
Just a note: I’ve been in relationships and my partner “played in my face,” with someone else. This is not that. (We’ll see each other this week, as a matter of fact.) I’m just wondering for those who’ve been in longer relationships, have there been conversations about when things come up? Or should partners expect that one day there will be ultimate silence if something, like an emergency, came up?
Thoughts?