[quote=Ariamella]
I am sincerely sorry about your experience of physical relationships. That's not the norm for me, and most women I know would hate for a relationship to be so physical without any substantial connection emotionally or mentally behind it. Then again, my boyfriend and I have been together for two years and haven't had sex, so we have no other choice but to build a relationship that's based off of emotional and mental understanding. I also kind of grouped sitting and being content with each other's company as part of physical communication because it counts as nonverbal communication, but if don't see it as that then that's okay too. I am indeed an extrovert and I am perfectly fine with spending five hours on a Skype with my boyfriend, which we do at least 4-5 times out of the week. It's just that I do it after I mingle and whatnot. And the thing is, sometimes it's us talking while we're gaming (that activity is more of a couples thing because I don't play anything unless it's with him), sometimes it's while I'm doing calc homework or online shopping or whatever, but we're able to switch topics from topics that are superficial in nature to really deep in nature. I think both are healthy in a relationship because without the superficial talk, flirting or dirty talk, it would be devoid of any "coupley" affection, and without the deep stuff, there's no way for you to progress the relationship in a way that's not physical. Basically, I don't think it has anything to do with your personality or being in intro/extrovert; I think it's more of the mentality you bring to the online relationship. I honestly think anybody could have a successful e-relationship given that on both ends the expectations and understanding are the same.
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That's where my friendship was severely damaged with the girl I was seeing and later trying to rebuild a friendship with. She is a distant person by nature...like, I ALWAYS want to talk/hang out with my friends, that's just how I am. SHE, however, is the type that doesn't usually talk to her friends every single day. She made a special effort to communicate with *me* everyday because of how close we were (this was after we broke up). The thing is, when one person wants to hang out and do stuff every day, and the other doesn't....it can be a real problem in a friendship. I was feeling hurt, like she didn't like me anymore, and she was feeling like I was pushing too much. 

I like what you said about having the same expectations because I've found that to be so true. And if the expectations cannot be exactly the same, a compromise ought to be reached (if the two in question really care for eachother as friends or more than friends, this should be possible), that both people can be happy with. I know for me, it's hard to see someone that I really care about and want to hang out with, doesn't seem to want the same thing from me. It's very hard not to take something like that personally--I guess this is where communication comes in, even just among friends let alone a couple.