Love Over the Wires

The chapter, "Love Over the Wires," explains a story about a man and woman from different cities that fall in love using the telegraph as their form of communication. In the time of the telegraph, it was unheard of that people would have a long distance relationship. However, now, falling in love without ever seeing eachother has become more and more common.

Meeting a significant other online is becoming one of the main ways that people meet their spouse. This raises the point of what an actual relationship entails. Do people need to have a physical interaction to fall in love?  On one hand, a physical relationship allows people to express emotions real time and a physical way. On the other hand, meeting a person online could allow for an even more meaningful relationship. Without any physical aspect of the relationship, people are able to focus on getting to know eachother on an even deeper level. One could make the argument that more meaningful relationships are built when the couple does not see one another because they are only able to connect on an emotional level. This allows relationship without the distraction of sexuality.