July 9th, 2012
I read you said "I have done the long distance tumblr relationship before", and I am curious. How does that come to be? How do you contact eachother about this kind of stuff? Do you send messages through tumblr or do you get other contact info?
Anonymous

He and I started out just following each other, friends of friends. I remember very vividly the first photo I saw of him. My jaw had dropped. Our casual talking turned into a casual witty banter. Tumblr inboxes filled with corresponding, then emails, then texts, postcards, phone calls, skyping and eventually a nerve-filled conversation as we walked towards each other in the parking structure of the Philadelphia airport.  Then I saw him in person, for the first time. Two years of friendship, and flirtation. Then, he was my boyfriend. Then, he wasn’t. I don’t regret it. It was one of my first relationships when I honestly had the time to be myself, and for someone to grow to like me as a friend then see me as a romantic possibility. That is one wonderful thing about internet long distance relationships. You become friends first. You learn what each other likes. You keep up with what they post because you really want to know what they like. 

It was a grand romance fueled by the internet. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It has lent to my outlook on love, romance and relationships. 

54 notes
  1. rose-colored said: TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU MET
  2. paulineasaur said: :) I love that you respect previous relationships. In this day and age , your class astounds me . Wishing you greatness
  3. singlestarvingartist said: I love this answer. I simply love it. it’s amazing to learn so much about a person, until finally you fall in love with them. I had this happen to me, but things didn’t go right and he left me for someone much closer. bummer.
  4. whoamigunnabuildrampsfornow said: I am madly in love with a boy I met through Tumblr. We are country apart and a year and a half in.
  5. rosaley said: Yes yes yes on the becoming friends first bit.
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