Near, Far, Wherever You Are
The internet came about as a way to send sensitive government information. We doubt its inventors expected it to revolutionize how we hook up. A Stanford sociologist found that as of 2017, nearly 39% of straight couples met on the internet, which is a considerable leap from the 22% reported in 2009.
When your online love lives across the sea, you come up with creative ways to keep it exciting between texts and video chats, like this couple who took humorously similar pictures with their Brazilian flags in front of payphones (they still make those?) and the best Big Ben they could find.