They used to call each other and talk in a more satisfying way. I mean it’s ok you can’t talk to each other in person because you’re far away, instead of this you can call and express your feelings in a better way rather than messaging like “did you see the new blabla 😎☺️😁😂💕🤔😩😂😒”
By the way it’s ok to message for little things like “where are you ?” but some people messages manifests. I hate that.