Gmail saved my relationship with my girlfriend. I lived in Edmonton,Alberta, Canada for a year with my girlfriend. Then I received fantastic news, I had been offered a scholarship to get my MBA in business down in St. Louis and play university hockey. My girlfriend coincidentally received an offer to work up north in the Oil Fields in Canada making fantastic money. Neither of us could pass up these opportunities. Where she went, there were no phones. Messenger was blocked on her work computer, as were all other chat programs. For a few days we thought that we would have to break things off, since we had absolutely no contact. But then we started talking on Gmail chat. In fact, the only way we could talk was through Gmail chat. We spoke 1-2 hours a day on Gmail while she spent 6 months up in the remote parts of Northern Canada saving all the money she could. Our conversations kept us so close that when she was finished, she moved down here to St Louis with me, while I finish up my masters at University. I don't think we could have survived the time apart without Gmail chat.
Ryan F., Grad. Student
Lebanon, IL
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