Is there someone far away that you "chat" with by email during the work day?

[Bertha Venation]

My sister, 2,600 miles away.

You?

[Midlodemocrat]

1. My husband. Wherever he happens to be at the moment.

Just at lunch, though. Because he's usually in meetings.

[Bertha Venation]

2. How far away is he today?

[Midlodemocrat]

8. NJ.

[Symarip]

3. My partner in crime two cubicles down

We both gossip about the morons we work with. So yeah, she's about 20ft away.

[MorningGlow]

4. My editor

on the other side of the country. We've never met, but we chat a lot. Weird? Not, I suppose, in the intertubes era.

[InternalDialogue]

5. My best friend, who lives in Maryland

We start each day with a "hi, how's the day starting?" email, then follow up as things go along through the afternoon, mostly links to news online or breaking details of work or colleague conflicts.

[kentauros]

6. Yes, my girlfriend. In New Zealand.

:D

She's a new DU-er, too, also known as Maeryanne :)

[redqueen]

7. My best friend... 4,424 miles away. (nt)

[Critters2]

9. My mom and I used to IM all the time. Sometimes I'd even have to insist

that I needed to get back to work..."Mom!! I'm trying to write a sermon here!!". Now I miss those little interruptions to complain about the weather in Wisconsin, or my dad, or whatever. My dad knew she used to whine about him, I think, because he'd start his messages with "It's your dad". I think I once responded to one of his "hi's" with, "What's he done now? :eyes: " or words to that effect. LOL

[huskerlaw]

10. I'm chatting with my sister right now

on Gmail chat. She's 1500 miles away.

:hi:

[littlebit]

11. My other half.

It really just depends on where I'm at.

[Greyskye]

12. IM 1,094 miles daily

We used to work together for years until she transferred a couple years ago. We chat daily and have a tiny email list of friends that we share bizarre stories with.

[madinmaryland]

13. My sister, also.

Well according to Mapquest, she is 4,302 miles away (75 hours drive time). Alaska is a long ways away. Nine hours flying time (at least!)