It's always good to talk to Aunts abroad.

Thank goodness for the Internet! I remember having to write and post letters for my dad who used to work abroad. It would take weeks, even months before we get to receive letters. As for phone calls, it gets cut every 3 minutes or so and it costs a lot so it just isn't worth it. Back then, we also send him recorded voice tapes using cassette tapes. Since I also have family and friends who are abroad now, I can't help but be thankful to the Internet and the revolution of text messaging and prepaid phone cards. Keeping in touch with them is easier, cheaper and more real time.

I have the same feeling as yours. I missed my aunt too, the eldest sister of my mother. She is 85 years old now and she is living now in America. She went for a vacation in our house about 7 years ago. My aunt is so kind and smart. What I miss most of her, is her words when I am about to leave. She would always say, "Take life easy!" :-) Now she is old and I hope and pray that she is fine always. God Bless

Having live together for quite some time would surely make your relationship stronger. I felt the same too as when I was a kid I lived with one of my relatives too and not until I got into teenage that we started to live separately as she went to her hometown to live with other relatives. I was so sad that I cried the whole night that day. I guess I still miss her and now she is no longer here with us on earth.

As an aunt who has also moved away from nephews and nieces I have to say 'Good for you'. Aunts are very precious people, they love you without the baggage of having lived with you through all the ups and downs that parents have to suffer from their kids. Their love may be based a little on those rose coloured spectacles, that parents don't wear, but it is wonderful to enjoy that kind of love from an aunt or two. Regular contact via Skype has brought my young relatives closer to me than when I was in England. Internet is irreplaceable in its instant contact that keeps us up to date right to the minute with those we love but cannot visit very often. Your dear Aunt must have been delighted when you were able to chat with her on Facebook. Moving to another country when one is older means leaving old friends and family behind and the new ones that are made are never quite so precious as the old ones we had. I hope you will FB her often and make her day!

i don't have an aunt abroad but I have my cousin there that whenever he calls, I'm very excited to answer the phone because we would have topics on his situation there as well as my situation here. Talking to him via phone as well as in facebook is our way of bonding.

Most of my father's family is at abroad. They have been there when i was still young so i never get enough time to be more close to them. though they sometimes visits us during summer, but i don't really miss them that much.WE sometimes chat too on facebook.

i do not have any relatives abroad that we are close with hence, we do not have calls from abroad and so i have no known feelings for such occasions. =(

I know the feeling. I also missed few of my Aunts who really are close to me. But there are things in life that beyond our control. My consolation is they come to visit our country once a year or every two years.

When the real world gets converted to a virtual one, it indeed is a sad situation. But this is reality and we cannot escape from that!

I also had a similar relationship with my aunt when I was younger. We just sort of lost touch when she got married and went to the US. She would always bring me a lot of Sanrio and Esprit stuff when I was a kid.

I used to live in my grandmother's home for nearly a year. Like you, I have a aunt and she takes care of me. At that time, I missed my mother very much. I even hate my mother for she left me here. But with attentive love from my aunt i feel not lonely any more. I take her as my mother. Now, we live in different place and I miss her so much. We can just communicate with mobile phone.