photos don't help much, actually it would be more about not hearing them before, but i guess my age is showing, in the 2020s everybody has voice chats regularly i guess. but before i was uncomfortable hearing and seeing the body language of someone. it's quite immature but it's something that happens. and beyond that, a relationship online may not be the same as in person.. when everyone has its own space and can come and go at any time, it's free-er