The love that we have for one another is definitely very real, and the "scenes" that we do on IRC create very real physical and emotional responses in both of us.

Its definitely not easy to keep a long-distance relationship going! There are times when we really do feel the need to be with each other, physically, but we both know that, at least for now, that's just not possible. So we have to find other ways to feel close. For us, its not that hard, because right from the start, we have just seemed to be "in tune" with each other, able to read each other's feelings, moods, wants, and needs.

We find that talking about the ordinary, day-to-day aspects of our lives, like work, family, pets, etc., is a way for us to feel closer and more in touch. We also talk about things we have in common, like we both love the rain. We generally have a meal together on IRC; we tell each other what we're eating, share cyber "bites" of each other's food, things like that. It may sound strange, if you're not involved in a situation like this; but little details really do make a big difference in our feeling "connected" to each other.

I would certainly not say that a long-distance relationship is the ideal, and it was definitely not something that either my Master or I were looking for; but, its a situation that we found ourselves in, and for us, across the miles is defiintely better than nothing at all! I truly do not know whether we will ever meet face-to-face, I would like to think that at some point we will, but for right now, I just treasure the very real emotions that we have. We share something very special together, and I would not trade it for anything.

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