Technological Gadgetry, the New Love Connection

In a world so busy and occupied it becomes very difficult to maintain relationships. It turns even harder for those couples who are distant from each other mainly because of work. 

 

Thanks to the umpteen communication tools of the digital age, millions of couples from all across the globe maintain and rekindle the spark in their relationships.

Digital age communication tools offer couples opportunities to interact and share, thereby lessening the gap between them that often arises due to lack of communication. Decades ago it would have been almost impossible to maintain a proper communication chain in long distance relationships.

Cecilia Alegria, better known as Dr. Love, is the author of “Secretos para encontrar pareja en Internet” (Secrets to Finding a Partner on the Internet) and is currently writing another book about long-distance relationships. 

 

She has said that, “Couples turn on their computers, their microphones and their webcams and, tuning out the rest of the world completely, they talk and ‘chat’ face-to-face despite being in different cities.”

 

In the course of writing her books, Dr. Amor talked to various long-distance couples who have managed to maintain solid relationships owing to blessings of technological gadgetry. In her research, she found that “one of the tools long-distance couples most prefer is Skype (News - Alert) software, because it allows them to talk face-to-face free of charge and with excellent quality.”

 

Luis, a Venezuelan, relocated to Los Angeles because of work, talks almost every day with his girlfriend. For closer contact, they even schedule online “dates.”

 

“We talk via Skype, which, in my opinion, is the most direct form of communication after person-to-person contact,” Luis said. “It’s a step forward because I can see and hear her clearly and we even have dates: we have dinner facing one another and we listen to some music.”

 

In another case, Diana, who lives in Costa Rica, talks with her boyfriend daily in Germany using the same service as Luis. “Skype makes the separation less drastic, and you can also see how your partner is changing physically so there are no surprises when you see him again in person,” she joked.

 

“With technological advances such as Skype, love no longer has any boundaries,” Dr. Amor said. Skype links couples who are living away from one another by allowing not only calls from one computer to another, but also from a computer to landline and cellular phones.

 

In an effort to help couples keep the spark alive in long-distance relationships, Dr. Amor advices them to always have something to show – photos, a new song you wrote, try out new technologies like Skype, which allow you to share more than text and voice, make sure it does not become an “all about you and your life” moment and ask your partner about the things that interest him or her.