My wife and I first known each other through the internet. She came across my travel photo website and sent me an email. Phone calls then ensued and in a few weeks after that I flew down from the Great White North to North Carolina to see her. Follow that first encounter was monthly trips to NC as she was a foreign student and cannot fly to Canada to see me.

A year later, I decided that the airlines has taken enough of my hard-earn money so I decided to switch from a desk job to a field job which allows me move to NC to be with her. We thought that was a smart move since we can spend more time together. The unfortunate thing was that I ended up traveled for work a bit too often but at least we still spend more time together than when I was in Canada. We got married shortly after I moved to NC.

A year and a half ago, she completed her graduate degree and moved back to Asia. Ever since then I flew to Asia every 2-3 months to see her (thank god for all the frequent fliers miles). I am accepting a new position in our Asian division and will be moving back to Asia next year. We will still have to commute back and forth to see each other for a year or so but at least it won't be 24h trips anymore.

What makes it work? Gazillions of emails, chats and phone calls (thanks to Skype and VoIP). Lots of patience and understanding.