<human>: When me and my girlfriend are together things are generally great: we debrief every night, we share secrets and opinions, we challenge each other to look at things in new ways, etc. All very good. When we're *apart* however things seem to go downhill -- though I'm not sure if it's just in my head.

I see long distance as something with the potential for being very romantic: you tell your SO how much you miss them, send them gushy texts, pictures, etc. Because of this I often wait up for her to respond to me, write long texts about my days, initiate Skype dates, etc.

She doesn't seem to be able to do this. I'd say in terms of word count our texting in 30/70 percent in my favour. There's been twice that I've been overcome with missing her, will write a long texts and get not much more than a couple lines in response. Even for my shorter texts this seems to be the par. I feel as if a text has the potential to be so many things, able to relate so many emotions and descriptions about what's happening around her, but with her it's almost always consistently surface level. Our Skype calls are better, but she always ends them before I'd like to. I hate this.

I brought it up to her and she just told me sorry, but she hates texting. 

In the end though I usually just end up taking the blame, and feeling like I'm being too needy, but what do you think? Is this a sign of my own insecurity?

Obviously the best thing will be to have an honest conversation once we're back together, but for now it's eating me away and I needed to get some advice/ let it out. I guess my real question is: do I need to accept this is how she is, or do you think there's room for change? Is "hating texting" an excuse for me feeling unloved?

Thanks in advance!

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<bot>: my girlfriend isn't as eloquent or descriptive in her texts as I would like. Should I accept this, or is there room for improvement?