Webcam usage

[kittyo9]

Ahaha I used to use the print screen & paste into paint method with my last relationship. A lot.

My current SO doesn't have a webcam-- just a microphone that he's indefinitely borrowed from his friend-- but I have one (two, I guess, because I have one on my laptop and one on my desktop), and we try to skype every day or every other day at least via microphone, and at least once a week via webcam. My SO will ask to see me if he hasn't seen me in a while and misses me. I ask him to take pictures for me in lieu of a webcam when I want to see him.

[MeganK]

i use msn, i cam with my babes like everyday lol.
i love looking at him, hes so gorgeous
i just wanna see him everyday!
<3 <3 <3

[Brieasaurus]

My SO and I literally skype all day everday day haha. We leave our videocall on all day so if we are busy and get a moment of downtime and the other is around, we have that quick minute to see each other and talk. Usually though, we start talking once I get home (around 3) or when he gets back from work (when he has to work later, usually he's home by 12), and talk until bedtime (11'ish).

It really helps us both feel together, even sitting around together doing different things makes me feel close to him. Plus I like looking at his face all the time.

PS- I'm also guilty of taking pictures of him! On skype, they have an option to take a picture of their screen and I have about 200 or so pictures of him doing different things. It's so nice to be able to look at them and just remember that exact moment.

[Tooki]

I skype daily. Best thing the Estonians have made in my opinion.

[Zapookie]

I skype with my SO as often as I can.. even if it's just hearing his voice. We usually use cams maybe 3 times a week since he moved to his new place.

[kiara_silver]

In the beginning, only he had a webcam so he would go on, not everyday but quite often for me, then I got one mhmmm maybe 8-10 months into the relationship? We used a site called ustream. Now we both use skype. I would say average we skype and go on cam maybe 2 times a week? We chat daily, but webcam it depends. We have 8 hour time dif so he only cam's when he's on his main comp, if he's on his laptop we just chat. But I love web camming, ah I love seeing him. Sometimes we'll be on cam for up to 4 hours! We've had little dates, or watched movies a few times together. Just love it! And I take pics lol The whole print screen someone mentioned. Do that constantly lol

[marbear31]

Oh, we use webcam everyday, hands down. If we don't, I don't think I could stand it. I have to hear his voice and his smile to even have a shot at happiness for the day. (<--That sounds super needy, but, hey, I love the guy :P)

I admire those who can go for longer stretches, but my goodness I'd go bananas without skype!!!!

[kat4301]

We were really into skype during the hardest times of our LDR. It helped so much for us. Now we don't use it as much but we sit on the phone forever. We probably talk to one another through skype or phone for at least 2 hours a day. That's on top of my 13 hour days during graduate school. I would recommend trying to make it a routine and make it special sometimes. So much of our time together on the phone is doing an activity togther like an online game.

[Jazi]

we webcam everyday for at least a few hours, my microphone is built into my webcam so I'm always using it, I even leave my webcam on when i fall asleep most nights because I have my laptop by my bed and we skype when we sleep lol. The only times we dont webcam when we are skyping is when he is on his laptop (when hes in bed) because the wifi in his house can't really handle the skyping with the webcam.. but in his morning sometimes i bug him to get up so i can see him on webcam lol :P

[13000km]

When we were LD we were on skype every moment both of us were at home I think. Or close enough. Skype, I'm pretty sure is what kept us going.

[daydreamer0825]

Are there any tech savy people here??? I love webcamming but we are currently having an issue where every time we try and video chat, his internet drops after a few seconds. He said he called his landlord and the internet provider guy "fixed" it but we just tried again and same thing. Granted we only tried with Skype and I'm trying to get him to try Oovoo next time... but can anyone give me a possible idea what the issue is and how to fix it???? Not webcamming as much as we used to I feel def is putting a strain on us :/

[squeeker]

We use Oovoo pretty much everyday for a few hours, depending on work and stuff. We like oovoo better because it seems to work better, not as many dropped calls.. we take lots of pictures on webcam too! It's truly amazing to be able to see him, next best thing to being there with him.

[LoveL]

Are there any tech savy people here??? I love webcamming but we are currently having an issue where every time we try and video chat, his internet drops after a few seconds. He said he called his landlord and the internet provider guy "fixed" it but we just tried again and same thing. Granted we only tried with Skype and I'm trying to get him to try Oovoo next time... but can anyone give me a possible idea what the issue is and how to fix it???? Not webcamming as much as we used to I feel def is putting a strain on us :/

I would recommend G-mail chat with video. If you a google account, all you have to do is download the google app for your inbox and you're set. G-mail flows less data than Skype so even with a bad connection you should get somewhat more consistent calls. The full screen option for G-mail isn't as refined as Skype, but you can shrink that to about 3/4 screen and you won't be able to tell the difference. Plus, they leave the chat box open at the bottom and as long as you have a mic, everything else works the same.

It's a worth a shot, and google accounts are always free.

Good luck.

[Bethypoo]

we have been together for over a year and have skyped 2x. For us it has been less convenient to skype. We usually talk at night before going to be and then get off the phone and go to bed. For some reason skype wasnt working for us as well as going to bed over the phone.

But for those that use it great! If my SO had better internet we would do it more. but some people prefer some methods to others.

[sarahrosestevey]

We Skype about five times a week, and it's usually most of the day on Sunday :-) I love skping him, we do it when we both get into bed for about 30minutes and it's so nice to see his face and hear about his day. It keeps us strong, and when there's been weeks we can't it definitely makes it a bit harder.