They each organize a surprise visit for the other, on the same day

In continuation of my complete guide to planning a surprise visit to surprise your partner, here is an LDR short story of a visit that didn’t go exactly as planned.

The story you’ll read here is worthy of an episode of Friends.

This is the kind of story you can imagine with friends on a Saturday night, having had a little too much to drink.

But don’t worry, what you’re about to discover really happened.

Nothing is wrong, I guarantee it.

The story begins in Europe, in early 2017.
But it’s only after 4 years thanks to a tweet liked more than a million times that this LDR short story became world famous.

This is the story of Salma and Finlay, a couple who decided to fly each other to make a surprise visit to the other, on the same day!

LDR short story : the context

Salma and Finlay are a young couple.
They have been together for less than 3 months but every moment they spend together is magical. You know how much magic floods the couple in the beginning!

They live together in Edinburgh, Scotland, and at their young ages (21 and 23), they have never been apart for any length of time.

In January 2017, Salma decided to visit her family in Beirut, the lebanese capital.

This first « long » separation is difficult to live as much for one as for the other. It is on their own that they come up with the idea of organizing a surprise visit!

Staying in Scotland, Finlay develops a plan. He knows that Salma has a stopover in Paris, before joining the Scottish capital.
So he decides to take a flight to the French capital and surprise his girlfriend at the airport.

So that you understand better the distance between each capital, here is a map of Europe with the important cities of this LDR short story.

So he starts by telling his roommate about the plan he has elaborated, and decides to buy his return tickets Edinburgh-Paris after having discussed with his father (who confirmed him that his idea was excellent).

Finlay had planned ahead: he looked at the number of flights between Beirut and Paris to see when his girlfriend would be at the airport.
There were a tiny number of them.

It was enough to know which plane Salma had to take. He could quietly breathe and lie down on his sofa, his feet fanning.

In his head, everything was perfect!
They would meet at the airport, then they would go and enjoy a whole day hand in hand in Paris to come back the next day together in Edinburgh. More romantic, you die!

Yes, everything seemed perfect.

But if he knew what was waiting for him…

So what happened that by the time Finlay boarded his plane to Paris, Salma had barely arrived in the Scottish capital?

Well, his girlfriend had the same idea: to surprise him by coming back a day earlier. So she changed her flight to a new one the day before. That’s it. What was supposed to happen happened!

Do you want to know how this story ended?

Read the rest and the end of this LDR story directly on my blog, by clicking right here!