Tool for long-distance relationships

Absence makes the glass glow fondly - Yahoo! News

Let's face it. Long distance relationships are for the birds. I am speaking from experience here when I say it's hard to keep a relationship going when you rarely get to see your partner. I'm not saying it can't work, it can. It's just that without regular face-to-face contact, your probability of success goes down the toilet. There are ways to increase your odds in a long-distance relationship with some high tech tools. Nowadays you can sit down and have a close facsimile of a date in front of your computer. There is technology you can use to be able to see and hear each other available for free through the Internet. Now, with this new technology developed out of MIT, you can also share a drink with your partner. These researchers made glasses that'll alert the other person when you're about to take a drink so they can take a drink at the same time. It's almost as good as actually being there. Almost. There is no substitution for the real thing. Being able to look directly into your lovers eyes who is right in front of you when you're talking with him/her is the be-all and end-all for any relationship. At least these high-tech tools are a way to bring your odds back into the toilet rather than letting them go down and stew around in your sewage.