I have often wondered how my life would be different should I have been in HS and college during this technological time. I had a pretty serious girlfriend in HS and was relegated to snail mail communication and seeing each other at Christmas and Spring Break. We grew apart rather quickly. I do wonder what might have been with her (and she wonders the same, as we still communicate) if we were 20 years later and our lives had each taken the same paths of being in different locations.

To a degree I can blame my first marriage on the very beginning of this technological age. We came out of high school, went to different schools, but were able to maintain daily contact via email and UNIX talk sessions.

Unfortunately the schools were close enough I could go up there often. But if it hadn't been for that constant contact I'm sure I would have allowed inertia to end it.