It was a very spasmodic courtship, conducted mainly at long distance with a great clanking of coins in dozens of phone booths.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes a difficult long distance courtship involving many phone calls.
- In plain terms
- Their early relationship was long distance and cost a lot of phone money.
- What can you take from it?
- Long distance relationships require effort and expense.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How has communication changed romance?
- What costs do relationships incur?
Another view
Modern technology makes this specific barrier less relevant today.
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