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Cute websites to send your boyfriend (that you can make tonight)
Most 'cute websites to send your boyfriend' are one-trick links someone else made: the same button, the same joke, his name nowhere on it. The ones that actually land are the ones with your photos and your inside jokes, which used to mean learning to code and now means about ten minutes in your browser.
Here are six ideas, each built from one of Longlove's five templates: The Magazine, Flowers, The Question, The Ticket and Under the Same Sky. You pick one, add your photos and words, preview it privately on your own phone, and pay $9.99 once to send the link.
1. The question he cannot say no to
The Question opens as an envelope that bursts into flowers, then asks him something with a Yes button and a No button that runs away from his thumb. Use it for 'Will you go on a date with me?', 'Will you be my boyfriend?' or your own line, up to 80 characters. Put the plan in the line that appears after Yes: 'Friday, 7, I'm picking the place'. When he taps Yes, a heart of flowers fills his screen and you get an email. It is the fastest of the six, and the one most likely to get filmed.
2. A magazine with him on the cover
The Magazine is a flip-through magazine about the two of you: a cover with his name and a photo, your letter, your story, photo pages and your songs on a spinning vinyl. Pick Noir for black and white with sharp type, the style most boyfriends will not roll their eyes at. Choose a cover photo he would pretend to hate. It is the most complete of the six and takes an evening, but it is the one he will keep.
3. Nine reasons that flip over
One page of the magazine is nine hearts, and each flips over to show a reason. For a boyfriend, dry wins: 'You say five minutes and mean forty' beats 'you make me happy'. Write them as a list in your notes first, mix the funny with two quiet ones, and read them out loud. If he would roll his eyes at one in person, he will still smile at it alone. This is the part he is most likely to screenshot and send to his friends.
4. A boarding pass to your next visit
If you are long distance, The Ticket is a boarding pass with his name and your two cities. He tears it open, and a little plane flies from your city to his while the miles count up. Below that are your big line, a countdown to landing, up to six photos as polaroids and stamps, and a letter in an airmail envelope. The flight number is made up, so it will not give away your real booking. Use it the day you book, or as the reveal on the way to the airport.
5. Flowers, even for a guy
Flowers is a hand-drawn bouquet with your letter tucked in, and it works for a boyfriend more than people expect, because it is a surprise and it is not a card. He taps the letter and reads. Under it are up to six photos as polaroids, the miles between your cities, and the moon the night you met. Choose the color for him, not for you. It is a good choice for a bad week, or for no reason at all.
6. The photobooth strip and the big line
If you only have ten minutes, make the Magazine and put your effort into two pages. A photobooth strip of the two of you being silly, and one full-page photo with a single big line across it. 'Still the best passenger' will do. Add the cover and a short letter and the rest takes care of itself. You get an email when he opens it and another when he writes back from the reply box at the end.
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