Instant Messaging

[drunken monkey]

I'm not a fan of the idea of bsing a relationship, even the start of one, if that is your intention, on something like an instant messageing program. The biggest problem I have with it is that it is on one level impersonal, is always missing a sense of reality and purely one dimensionel. You cannot tell the tone in voice, any body language signals or even what she is doing. For all you know, she is there flirting with you while her boyfriend looks on feeding her ice-cream and strawberries and both are laughing at this little bit of entertainment.
I think the very least in terms of communication you should be using with these kind of things is a simple phone call;100% better than IM.
Why don't you call her more? Or are you expecting her to call you?

Also, being an hour away is just an excuse.
If you meet halfway, that's only half an hour for both parties.
If you're making excuses, then that says that you want something to be there and hence; you're reading too much into it because you want something to be there.

The short and polite version of my advice:
if you want to know, go ask.

The equally short but not so polite version of the same advice:
Go grow some balls and ask her.



and don't go emo on us please.