Hello sweetnote143...
What i did before we got married, i bought a SMART PINOY SIM then roam it here in the Philippines then i sent the SIMCARD to him so that when im texting him it wouldn't cost me that much... So what my BF (who is my husband now) did, he bought a small cheap mobile for that pinoy simcard... because for me it is more practical for both of us... Until now we're still on the same set up, i'll text him at smart which costs me P1/msg then he will reply to my using his UK number.. Then what he did also, he subscribes to international texting which is more affordable...
It works for us especially to me as now i can text him using more than 160 characters per text message without bothering that it will cost me too much...
Hope things get better for both of you soon....
-Ann-