Time difference

[Len & How 0]

Him being in California and me being in central Europe, we have 9 hours in between us.

Apart from the obvious down side of not being together , this time difference works good for me as we can communicate in the morning and in the evening my time. I'm not distracted too much from work and studies during the day. On the other hand, I always bug him at work , but he doesn't mind at all (of course).

I was so confused during the past two weeks when the USA changed to Daylight Savings Time while Europe kept the winter time until last night. We had an 8-hour difference and I didn't like it at all, I never caught him up in the evening (his) when I woke up in the morning (mine)...

Anyway, I was just curious about how other people cope with the time differences. So?

[pervez 4]

Him being in California and me being in central Europe, we have 9 hours in between us.

Apart from the obvious down side of not being together , this time difference works good for me as we can communicate in the morning and in the evening my time. I'm not distracted too much from work and studies during the day. On the other hand, I always bug him at work , but he doesn't mind at all (of course).

I was so confused during the past two weeks when the USA changed to Daylight Savings Time while Europe kept the winter time until last night. We had an 8-hour difference and I didn't like it at all, I never caught him up in the evening (his) when I woke up in the morning (mine)...

Anyway, I was just curious about how other people cope with the time differences. So?

She call me at 11-12pm when she is going to bed and it is 5-6am in the morning on my end. We usually talk for an hour and it works pretty well. I'm glad the time difference is not less than 5 hrs though, as that would make it harder for us to talk this way.

[randolady 1]

With Ombeni in Tanzania and me in Wisconsin, we are either 8 or 9 hours apart depending on Daylight Savings Time. I also think it's a good amount of time to be separated! I can call him before I go to bed to say good morning to him, and he can say goodnight to me.

[LovinLiberia 0]

Liberia is now 5 hours ahead of me. It was bad for us when it was a 6 hour difference, I never got used to catching him and I was confused the whole time. With daylight savings time, it changed back to 5 and life has been good again, lol.

[Kelechi 0]

I am in Arkansas and he is in Nigeria this is a 6 hour difference right now. When the time changes again it will be a 7 hour difference. It feels like a lifetime away though.

[Nicole72082 0]

Dave and I are 6 hours apart. For the past year, I had been working overnights, which was pretty perfect for us. I was a few hours ahead in my day before he was getting up for his lol I'd get off work, do my thing, he'd get off work, we'd talked awhile and then I was off to bed. Now I've started a day job, and we've talked on my lunch break and then when I got off work (I've only been at this job a week and with the daylight saving time difference of only 5 hrs, it helped a lil bit) Hopefully though, we will only have to deal with this for another two weeks, as his interview is on Wednesday. Its sometimes hard to cope, but I know that I was willing to lose an hour of sleep here and there just to talk to my baby.

[msu17 0]

5 hours for us... He always seems to get home when I'm eating, its a pain...

[Cry_Tuff 0]

My fiance is in England...and I'm in Ohio. We have a 5 hour time difference between us...and it's been that way for the last 2 years... When I'm getting up in the morning..he's at work.. when I get home from work..it's usually around 11 pm his time.... that's when I log on to the computer... and we usually talk "face to face" using our headsets and webcams. Now, before I got a computer..it was constant texting one another, leaving emails and calling one another in the evenings...and we realized with what we were shelling out in phone bills, I could get a computer..so I did..lol.

Thing is..you have to make every moment a special one.. cherish the time you are able to spend..even if it's thru a virtual connection. We usually will spend Sundays chatting and talking with one another.. I do stress not to sit at the computer all day long tho...you still have to live your life..as if your loved one is just away on a trip...and they must do the same... Think of the times when there was no computer...all you had was snail mail. Pete and I have learned that communication..no matter in what form is the key..even if it's sending your loved one a silly graphic.. That counts for something being that we are so far apart. Our love is deep and we know it's true. We have nothing but trust between one another. It is hard with the time difference..but if it's meant to be...love will find its way of helping each of you cope.

[Nagishkaw 510]

7 hours

[Willyn and Larry 0]

We are 12 yours apart. NY and PI. We talk 2 times a day. Im not looking forward to the phone bill.

[cbd2cai 0]

7 hours now that we have changed but back to 8 hours when Egypt changes at the end of April!!

[brnidokiegurl 0]

5 to Morocco, he comes home for lunch on the weekends and im having my morning coffee, at night im getting home from work, we talk for while, he goes to bed and i still have the whole evening to go.

[Converse34 1]

My fiance is in England...and I'm in Ohio. We have a 5 hour time difference between us...and it's been that way for the last 2 years... When I'm getting up in the morning..he's at work.. when I get home from work..it's usually around 11 pm his time.... that's when I log on to the computer... and we usually talk "face to face" using our headsets and webcams. Now, before I got a computer..it was constant texting one another, leaving emails and calling one another in the evenings...and we realized with what we were shelling out in phone bills, I could get a computer..so I did..lol.

Thing is..you have to make every moment a special one.. cherish the time you are able to spend..even if it's thru a virtual connection. We usually will spend Sundays chatting and talking with one another.. I do stress not to sit at the computer all day long tho...you still have to live your life..as if your loved one is just away on a trip...and they must do the same... Think of the times when there was no computer...all you had was snail mail. Pete and I have learned that communication..no matter in what form is the key..even if it's sending your loved one a silly graphic.. That counts for something being that we are so far apart. Our love is deep and we know it's true. We have nothing but trust between one another. It is hard with the time difference..but if it's meant to be...love will find its way of helping each of you cope.

You should really consider vonage. I think it is great. They have unlimited calls to UK landlines (and a few other european countries). So you already have to have cable internet, and the monthly subscription is around $20. This allows unlimited calls throughout the US and Canada and then to certain European countries. Saves an absolute fortune and you can always talk on the phone!! www.vonage.com

[Cry_Tuff 0]

You should really consider vonage. I think it is great. They have unlimited calls to UK landlines (and a few other european countries). So you already have to have cable internet, and the monthly subscription is around $20. This allows unlimited calls throughout the US and Canada and then to certain European countries. Saves an absolute fortune and you can always talk on the phone!! www.vonage.com

Thanks for the info! I'll have to check into it. I know I have a plan now with my phone company..and it's pretty good...I've never paid more than 2 dollars on any of the calls. It's nice with the web cam and headsets on msn or skype. We can see each other and hear one another's voice....which makes us feel that much more closer being able to see one another. I haven't had an outrageous bill in a couple years..basically after I'd wised up... Now...I don't have any outrageous bills when it comes to long distance....

I know I just returned last Tuesday from the UK, and they can dial 1877 before the 0114 and the number and it is very cheap. That's what my fiance and his parents both use.

[JandC 0]

6 hours....I'm in England and he's in Louisiana