My experiences absolutely confirm this. I met my wife on LiveJournal, and we were only together in person for a week before we got married (and later she moved

My experiences absolutely confirm this. I met my wife on LiveJournal, and we were only together in person for a week before we got married (and later she moved to the UK). When the bulk of your relationship is done over the internet, it absolutely forces you to learn how to communicate, from the start and continuously throughout the relationship. I'm quite certain that if 'normal' people had to do this there'd be a lot less marriage breakdowns - and possibly a lot less marriages that were never really going to last.