Then we exchanged a lot of email. And we talked on the phone. And then I turned to people for advice. And I think the whole meeting in physical person is more or less moot, to to tell the truth. Because it doesn't rely on social constructs as much and genuine emotional response can be allowed to naturally develop without the complication of all that immediate horny stuff.
People fall in love in their heads first here.
I say run, do not walk, to the nearest airport and be a human. But that's not a bad thing. If you really do have a chance, I'd urge you to take it. Maybe this sort of thing comes along twice, but it took me long enough to find once. And I think that shared long period of being apart will always matter, it will always help us not take each other for granted.