Hi all,
How often do you communicate with yor loved one and how do you cope when there is a problem with the internet and you cannot see her/him on webcam or Skype. I try and chat to my loved one everyday, I send e-mails and texts daily and always enjoy a chat on MSN or Skype in the evenings when we are both in unfortunately sometimes internet chat is not always possible for many reasons. I know there is phone calls and the use of mobiles ande-mails but nothing beats the internet without this I think communication and absence occurs frequently.

My husband recently joined up with the army and the whole not being together thing is new to me. I would never considder being in a long-distance relationship. It must hurt terrily. I mean, how do you cope with it?

Even though it's really expensive he calls me almost every day. Because he's in the army he's only been able to go to the internet one time, but it's very nice to be able to talk more than 5-10 minutes on the phone. Although when I first saw him on the camera I wanted to cry because it was so surreal.

Thanks for your replies yes it is very hard to be apart but I have to thank the internet and of course my girlfriend Nesrin because this is how we met through the internet so when we do unfortunately get cut off I remember the time when we would not have even met if it was not for this wonderful invention the computer and the internet. I always speak to her everyday and sometimes when the possible option like the internet is unavailable the next time we see each other we have great feelings and good chats, thankfully tonight I was able to chat thanks to her good friend Gunsel so I am very lucky to have this constant communication I know some of us here do not get that constant communication. Best wishes all

Ever since his company barred access to external websites, he can't send me SMS via the Internet anymore and we only get to chat on MSN and use webcam on his off days now. I will text him Good Night via the Internet almost daily but its too costly for him to reply. Other than that it'll be phone calls. And now we're thinking of getting wi-fi phones so we can talk everyday using the mobile version of Skype =D

Elisabeth that is just so sweet! Truely inspirational.

In my situation I met my husband in Istanbul and we spent some time together there and now it's killing me that we are not together. I think that's why I have such a negative view on long-distance relationships. It's probably a lot easier when the relationship is not based on physical contact at first. It's very hard to go from living together to only being able to talk now and then on the phone.