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For 6 years I had a long distance relationship between Peru and Germany. When you are in different timezones it can actually be nice to fall asleep with the ot
by gimili 3y ago
For 6 years I had a long distance relationship between Peru and Germany.
When you are in different timezones it can actually be nice to fall asleep with the other person "close" to you; so we kept Skype running while one of us went to bed and the other person was working on the PC.
Unfortunately the internet connection would regularly drop, ending the Skype call. Now you did not want to wake the other person by calling them.
So I wrote a small script that would allow you to send a secret word in the chat and invoke the other persons' Skype to call you instead automatically.
Kept our relationship healthy. Now we've been married for nearly 10 years and are happily living together :)
- l2silver 3y agoThat's really sweet. I think I remember a scene from the TV show Normal People where something similar happens.
- noman-land 3y agoGreat story. I love this thread.
- unscrew5430 3y agoLove this. This is exactly what coding is about for me; improving your life and the life of others by solving some problem, how miniscule it might seem.
- frogcoder 3y agoI was expecting a sad ending after six years. Glad it turns out well.
- deafpolygon 3y agoMS Live Messenger used to have a feature where you could set certain contacts to auto-accept. When my SO and I were doing the long distance thing, that was our lifeline.
- rtheunissen 3y agoDid the same with Google Hangouts which wouldn't end the call if someone dropped, and when their internet came back up they would automatically be back in the call. I think that's how it worked.
- rdedev 3y agoI am soo happy for you guys. Being in a long distance 5 year relationship myself this is pretty awesome. I'm gonna give this one a shot
- Xaiph_Rahci 3y ago“You sleep. I watch.”
- pcollinsmokonut 3y agoCan I watch you eat?
- neamar 3y agoYou sleep, I watch question? Nice reference