LDR's are survivable

I had THE best conversation with Remi last night. He is doing such a great job keeping our commitment to chat online on Tuesday nights even if it means that he is up at 2:30 a.m. his time to do so. :)

We were both so upbeat and happy last night. Probably mostly because of the fact that we are finally getting our forms completed and getting the ball rolling on being together.

We had alot of laughs last night about filling out the forms. They give you one tiny space to list all the information about your father and mother. They don't even separate it out onto two lines, so you're literally squeezing their names and place of birth it in one tiny space. But, then they give you about 10 lines to list all your previous spouses.

I told him that when he comes here, I won't allow him to come visit me at work because my nurses won't get any work done because he is so handsome. :) He said, "yeah, sure" and then proceeded to tell me how he'll kick some a$$ if any men try to "go down to me". LOL I think he meant "come onto me."

It can be so difficult at times but conversations like last night are what keep me focused on our future. He is a wonderful man and each day I appreciate more and more how truly blessed I am that he stumbled into my life.

He said, "yeah, sure" and then proceeded to tell me how he'll kick some a$$ if any men try to "go down to me". LOL I think he meant "come onto me."


LOL Katrina!

I am so happy for you and Remi and I'm glad you had such a great talk last night.

You are doing the right thing by keeping your eye on the future and working towards that goal! It's good to hear you are feeling so upbeat!:)

xoxo

stay focused!!
so glad it was such a good conversation...makes all the difference to get through the days

He said, "yeah, sure" and then proceeded to tell me how he'll kick some a$$ if any men try to "go down to me". LOL I think he meant "come onto me."


LMAO! That is soo cute, and reminds me of what my cousin's husband once said to her. He is from Italy, and he wanted to tell her that she is priceless.. but instead in a sweet romantic moment he told her she was worthless! Whahaha.. poor guy, it was not what he meant at all, and he sure had some explaining to do! She knew what he meant but of course had to give him a hard time. At their wedding he also talked about how they would say their "vowels".. haha.. she would joke and say that they were going to stand in front of the church.. "a, e, i, o, u... "

Ah well, even language barriers are no barriers to love! I'm happy for you both Katrina! :D

Thanks, Gen. And, that is so cute about your cousin's husband. One of the nicest things about a loving, secure relationship is that we can laugh at ourselves. And, Remi and I sure do that alot. Humor is so important.

Katrina, Jason and I laugh so much online! He can be so silly sometimes, he really lights my days.

I'm the one making the funny mistakes in English, but when he points it out to me, we laugh so hard together.

Humour is indeed one of the best cements for a good relationship... I am so happy for you two, and I hope you'll be together very soon!

Thank you Maria! And I hope the same for you and Jason, too. :)

I love little language slips.
Maria you'll like this one!! I had an online friend from Italy and I would help him with his english and in the process maybe learn a few words in italian.
For the really tough conversations we'd use a translator.

But one day, thinking I was a smarty, I tried to tell him my belly hurt, but in reality I told him "My bacon hurts!"

Pancia means belly in italian, and pancetta is bacon.
We laughed so hard on that one!!!

I know focus is important in LDRs and it sounds like Remi is very focused and comitted to making things work, katrina.
Glad to hear it, you guys can do it no doubt and in the end it will all be well worth it (You too Maria!)

LOL pancetta!!! Oh Raven, you are so cruel, now I miss bacon, too!!!

I have a LDR with Jason and with bacon!!

July is coming, July is coming... we could have a thread on short distance relationships, too. It must be hard to be so close and yet, not in the same city...

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How many of you have international relationships? I just got off the phone with my husband in Egypt, and I spent $5 for 1 hour and 4 minutes using an online phonecard. That hour flies by so quickly. Do any of you have difficulty putting limits on your time together? Its a problem for us.

Wedi

Katrina, I am glad that you have a schedule that is being kept! And I agree with all of you that laughter is the best cement in keeping a relationship together. And have you text messaged him yet?

And Wedi, a $5 phone call that lasted an hour??? Explain please about that online phone card!!!! Is it via the computer? I only get 94 minutes for $39 to call Serbia. And Marko has to pay almost $2 per minute as he has not found any type of plan yet, nor has he heard of calling cards over there!

Hi SB,

I go to www.alphapin.com
I searched for the plan that would be cheapest for me to call from America to Egypt (cellular) and the one that worked for me is called the 123 Talk if I remember right. I place the order, and they email me my pin. I then use the calling and pin numbers to call phone-to-phone. Good Luck!

Wedi

SB,

Oh yeah...........another good deal is www.mywebcalls.com
This one allows pc to phone calls, and we can share an account.

The first one you mentioned is GREAT! I can get 100 minutes for $20; but for Marko, it said they were out of cards! And the second one is not good for me, as I still hae Windows 95 and cannot support an online phone system (or so I have been told!)

Originally posted by wedi
How many of you have international relationships? I just got off the phone with my husband in Egypt, and I spent $5 for 1 hour and 4 minutes using an online phonecard. That hour flies by so quickly. Do any of you have difficulty putting limits on your time together? Its a problem for us.

Wedi

Hi Wedi. I am in an international relationship -- at least until his fiance visa is approved and then he will move here.

Yes, we have difficult putting limits on our time together. But, unfortunately, we don't have much choice. He doesn't own his own p.c. Nor does he own a regular phone. He has a cell phone, but right now his battery is fried. :mad: I get so fed up with the distance sometimes that I could scream. But, we do the best we can with what we have. We recently set up Tuesday night as our "date night", but I miss talking to him on weekends like I used to, so we'll probably switch back to the weekends.

Wedi, Jason got a card but it's not the best deal because he can't call my mobile. So often when I'm out I can get his calls.

Marcy had posted about a great site in another thread, for calling cards, but they don't work with Luxembourg... I'll tell Jason to have a look at those sites you mentionned, it seems a wonderful deal you have there!

Whiterose have you met in person yet? Another way we keep in touch is thru SMS messages. I can send him a few each day if I like, but for some reason my mobile won't get his.

Also, I tried writing letters but some make it to him, and some don't. Its kinda hard to put all that effort in a handwritten letter just for it to be lost! He also has my parents' phone number in case of an emergency and he can't reach me. I know I hate that feeling when I call his mobile, and its out of a service area.

Oh yeah....I wanted to ask you how to place an avatar in the message?

Wedi

Marcy I've been satisfied with the site I gave for alphapin so far. The only complaints I have is sometimes the phone will cut off while we're talking, and I'll have to dial again, or the reception is bad (thats most likely due to the positioning of his mobile).

Hope it works for ya.
Wedi

Hi Wedi, yes Remi and I met in person in March. I spent two wonderful weeks with him in Bucharest, Romania. While there, he proposed to me and I said yes. :D

We do send each other SMS's whenever his stupid cell phone is working. :rolleyes: Right now, his battery seems to be fried. He's trying to find a new one.

Here's a link to a thread that's down in the Computer forum at the bottom of the main page. It tells you all about how to set up an avatar. http://www.agelesslove.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9997

Let's see if it worked...

Success! :D

Another great place for phone cards is www.onesuite.com Their rates are really low.