Human Voices Wake Us

I sent my husband an e-card today, and he sent me one back, asking if this was Romance 2.0.   Most of our communication throughout the day is over e-mail or texting.  Luckily, we still actually have face to face conversation at night.  But, to be real, a lot of it involves one of us holding the remote, holding a laptop, or holding the Wii controller.  So is this romance in a 2.0 world?  Sure I love it when he sends me a text telling me he loves me.  I keep those texts.  He’s thought about me during the day.  And, let’s face it, sending a text is a lot cheaper than sending flowers.  But how does this type of 2.0 communication affect our relationship?   Does it make us closer to be able to contact each other at any time throughout the day or does it allow us to say things that we don’t have to say face to face?  What do we have to talk about at night if we’ve spent all day emailing or texting about the latest news in our day?  I think the old adage is true- absence makes the heart grow fonder.  Sometimes I worry if I haven’t heard from him all day.  Did something happen?  Where is he?  Maybe I need to trust that he has a life beyond one that doesn’t involve keeping me informed 24/7.  And, truth be told, I’m okay with that.  I like going home anticipating his stories.  I like being a little out of the loop of what it going on in his day.  Besides, I really don’t need to know everything that is going on, do I?  Today I sent an e-card because I thought of my husband and wanted him to know.  I think next time I’ll stop by the card store on the way home and buy him a card.  Or, better, yet, I’ll just tell him when he gets home, sometime between checking Shelfari and helping Mario save the princess.