This ^^^^^^^ will also demonstrate whether slow and steady wins the race versus the previous instant connection instant R longer terms you had with FF and the guy previous who lived farther away from you.
Holy crap - I'm about to agree with Don...for the most part. An instant connection isn't a bad thing, necessarily. Now, an instant connection doesn't equate instant relationship. Connections happen immediately, whether we realize it (more like if we want to realize it) or not.
I'll take my HQ story as an example. For six months while she was deployed we talked every day - unless they were on comms blackout - through emails, messages, Skype, and phone calls. We knew very early on that this had the potential to really go somewhere. We knew what each other looked like, sounded like, and pretty much knew everything we could about each other in that timespan. But the connection was there...
Now, that first Saturday after she returned from Iraq was when my friend threw that party. The first time we laid eyes on each other - instant, immediate strong connection. As I've said before, it was like one of those "oh, there you are" kind of moments. I can remember walking into the room and looking for her. It seems as if she were waiting because our our eyes locked almost immediately and it was game over. To steal a famous line, she had me at hello - hell, even before. And the awesome thing is, that all those years I was married - even though we led our own lives - the core of us was still each other. Hence the LinkedIn contacts and all.
But, I digress. In part I agree with Don. As far as relationships go, slow and steady does win the race. No two ways about it. But, connections are immediate - either you do or you don't.
There are moments in this life when you are so confident in the rightness of your actions, that not even for a second do you consider the option that you might be wrong.
