Who said anything about deranged? Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do when you’re long distance and on opposite sides of the continent…the wedding was still 6 months away and we missed each other. Can only afford so much airfare and time off work ya know…five visits in 10 months before we lived together, and the times in between get lonely…so you use AOL instant messenger and the phone.
People are spoiled with virtual options now, but back then you burned a long distance phone card, or got addicted to that sparkly little AOL notification, lol! Don’t laugh, but I submitted all my $450 monthly phone bills to Canada Immigration as partial support of a valid relationship!