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people whose have been through Long Distance Relationship, before internet is very accessible, whats your story? (lemmy.world)

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im curious here, im in my 30s rn, ive heard in the old days some people have differents way of communicating. like pager ( if im not wrong) SMS,MMS, although ive experienced SMS once back in my day to text my crush or my parents sometimes, but before that, how was your way to build your communication with your relatives, either your family or partner?

pardon my english, correct me if im wrong thanks, and please tell me your story, i want to read it

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well... in my experience it never went well. Every teenage couple where one or both went to Uni ended up breaking up before the year was out. SMS was relatively expensive in the 90's/00's, as was broadband - a lot of folk were on dial-up internet, which was also paid by the minute. So if money was a factor you'd go online, download your emails, disconnect, then draft all your replies, reconnect and send.

In fact, email was probably the preferred non-urgent medium between my peers until 2008 or so. SMS was more of a "hey, we're headed to the bar now" kinda thing.

Letters were getting rarer and rarer - but one particular friend I exchanged actual postal letters a few times a year until 2012 or so.

As for family, my mum called me every week, and I never went more than 6 weeks between visits back home. Still don't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

owh sad to know it never went well. but i guess its really hard for us people to keep promises right? maybe? imagine before any communication device was made,, i mean lets just say, i made appointment with my friends today to hang out tomorrow at a cafe, how can i not get an anxiety if the other person is late to come or even unfortunately cant come because some reasons. like going awol

pardon my english