Cee Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 I'm starting a chatty thread to compare notes with people. How do you communicate with your significant other/dating partner when you are apart? My BF sent me a brief email this morning relating a little story. We have gotten in the habit of sending 2 or 3 emails during the work day to share thoughts while at the office. Both of us are in front of computers all day so it makes sense. Maybe twice a week, we talk on the phone to catch up. We hardly ever text each other, but once in a while, he'll send a message. I like that he is into the telephone. Hardly anybody else in my life is and I've got the minutes to spare. I'm curious how others keep in touch with their love interests.
tigressA Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 My BF and I save nearly all our talk for when we're together, which is nice. I've never been in a relationship where I didn't at least talk to my partner every day. It's different, but I find I really like it. It makes the time when we are together that much more special. Most of the time when we talk on the phone it's to figure out plans/him letting me know when he'll pick me up. We swap private sappy FB messages every other day or so.
Confusedalways Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 I seem to be in constant text or IM conversation with my boyfriend. He has a flexible desk job, so he's on IM all day, and we speak for 3-4 hours on IM a day, intermittently, as he is at work. We are fortunate in the sense that we see each other 5-6 days out of the week, we just love to talk to each other I like having a guy who is eager to talk to me often, and I liked to talk to him too.
Stung Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 My H. has a pretty intense workday most of the time, and I am either chasing a rambunctious toddler around or immersing myself in my own projects the couple of hours I have to myself in the mornings, but we find time to IM back and forth a little bit during the day. Not much, just anecdotes about our days, interesting links somebody sent us, etc. We used to have real IM conversations and banter, but we don't usually have that kind of time now. I do miss that banter, but...whatyagonnado. If something comes up that can't wait, one of us will call the other. Sometimes he steps out of the office and calls me just because he wants to hear my voice, and I love that. When he has a business trip, he usually calls me once a day and we also text back and forth randomly. Email we save for exciting stuff like grocery lists, scheduling reminders, and pics of the kids.
Kamille Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 BF and I are long-distance. We see each other every other week. In the meantime, we will call each other pretty much everyday and text each other throughout the day. Sometimes we email each other. The interesting thing is, when it comes to emails, we seem to use it for two radically opposed purposes: either we use it to discuss relationship issues (we've done this since we got together, before we were LDR), or we use email to joke together about events in our lives (often going into elaborate made-up scenarios). Let's just say, our electronic correspondence is like a good thriller: rich in emotions, and punctuated by laughter.
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