I use skype every day both on my lappy and my phone - mostly to talk to Laura but I also use it for video calls to my parents (they live quite far away) and to chat to one or two friends and family members now and then. Skype is my absolute lifeline tbh, myself and Laura used to fb chat but that's a nightmare and crashes my browser (I'm not on fb anymore anyway) but we switched to skype and it's fab.
Enjoy
xx