I’ll be booking the flight in 2 months 11 days and counting. Sadly, 75% of the time we just text chat as the intense heat combined with poorly cooled computers causes the cam and mic to lag very badly after a few minutes.
Things are extremely complicated at the moment, but it’s obvious it will all be much simpler in a couple of months.
EDIT:
I was actually in a terrible mood today until I spoke to her, and now I’m actually in a very good mood.
It was fantastic for communicating with family when I lived abroad. I showed them round the house and garden and they met the neighbours through Skype.
Yes, although we use Windows Messenger Live. We spent anywhere from one to eight hours a day talking to each other. That probably equates to more time talking than many married couples. When we finally met in person, there were very few surprises. Sure, it’s no substitute for personal interaction, and there is no guarantee that any online relationship will work out, but that doesn’t always occur in real life interaction either.