Unsolicited Existence by Alejandra Smits

Unsolicited Existence by Alejandra Smits

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Unsolicited Existence by Alejandra Smits
Unsolicited Existence by Alejandra Smits
42. my italian girl
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42. my italian girl

I lived two years with a lovely Italian girl & this is a love letter to her

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Alejandra Smits
Sep 23, 2021
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Her name is Laura Doardo.
We met in my old apartment in Barcelona. I was single-ish. It was September 2018.
Coincidentally, I’d had just returned from a one-month stay in Italy. One of the loveliest holidays I’ve had in my life, for sure.

She came to my apartment because I was renting a room and she had seen my ad on Idealista. Emotionally, I was a mess…

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