How far do you live from each other? Amtrak might have relatively cheap train fare for you to visit someday :3 (I know I can visit DC for $100 if I wanted to, but a transfer adds a bunch of moolah.)
*shakes off the water* You want water eh? *tosses a pokeball* I call upon the king of marshes. I summon thee, come Sky! *my Swampert lands on the ground shaking it* He's my first ever pokemon!
Fun fact! In the first Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, pokemon didn't have gender. This allowed the move Attract to affect all pokemon. So in my case, everyone loves Mudkips.
Hope you 2 are happy