Relationships based upon real/ superficial communication

1.There are some people that I only talk to mostly in person or on the phone.
2.There are others that I have only e-mailed and spoke to on the phone a few times.
3.Yet, there are other people that I used to hang out with all the time, but now due to new circumstances in life, it seems like we catch up via e-mail.

Someone has told me that they think if you mostly e-mail someone and have never seen them in person, than this would be considered a superficial relationship.
When I asked if I talk to someone 70% of the time via e-mail and the other 30 % either on the phone or in person, that person continued to say that that would be a superficial relationship.
Yet, that same person is the 3rd type mentioned above. We used to only hang out and talk on the phone, but now our communication is based via e-mail. So according to that person's logic, our relationship has moved from real to superficial, right?

Yet, there are some people that I know more about and have more of an honest relationship with, due to e-mail and our communication that way. Yet, after a while, it gets drawn out and it doesn't last. Is it just like every other relationship where it goes in spurts of varying amounts of communication? I really don't know.

I do know that no matter if the relationship is superficial or real, according to each person's standards, God is able to use us. We are able to be a light into that person's life and able to make a difference. We can still show God's love and still be able to care about people.

Ben's comment off of my last blog makes a lot of sense (even though it's poetic). A person's skin doesn't make the difference or make the relationship/ communication more or less real. It doesn't change who we truly are and what we're all about. What does matter is that no matter what type of communication we're using, the most important thing is honesty. It is then that a true relationship is formed and can be trusted to be true. People can always lie as to who they are, and that is when the relationship/ communcation becomes superficial.