guess what, I have 2 good stories for you my good buddy.
My current g/f and I met online, and while we only live 2 hours away, we spent 2 years chatting before we even met. We did exchange photos, and did the phone thing, and, while I always have adored her figure, the point of this story is that it works, still works, and works great. We have now been in hopeless love for almost a year (11 months as of last week).
Us:
Thats the first fuzzy story.
The second is good too.
Two good friends of mine, who I met online live outside London, and the other in Missouri. (theres your pond). Penny (Missouri) has a few kids of her own (aged in the post college ages mostly) and Trev (England) has his own as well (same ages). They visit each other every few months, and call each other often.
The best part to this story is that they are getting married very shortly, the kids are ecstatic, and they will be living permanently in Haywards Heath, Britain, hopefully for the rest of their lives.
They are:
Penny:
and Trev:
There is another story about two of my friends who met online, but they are now married and have 3 of their own kids, so I dont need to go into too much detail on that one.
Anyway, hope that helps. Just keep at it, keep supporting her, let her know how much you care, and all that good stuff, it seems women love romantics anyway.
Your woman looks great, no doubt about that, just keep at it, and the future will reward you.