tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post818354670410841188..comments2023-09-25T07:06:22.382-07:00Comments on Life in La Citta' De Rosas: Arrivederci Amore MioPiccolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498866286829017483noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post-57532423461486101812007-09-09T00:21:00.000-07:002007-09-09T00:21:00.000-07:00Ciao piccola! My boyfriend and I survived almost ...Ciao piccola! My boyfriend and I survived almost a year of long distance before I decided to move here. It was horrible - skype helped as did lots of emails and SMSs all day. But in the end the only way to see if we had a future was for me to move here and be done with it. I was extremely lucky, though, as I qualified for a passport from an EU country though my dad (who is Swedish.) However, even with passport in hand, I was in for a huge shock when I arrived in Rome as it turns out that even as an experienced commercial lawyer, IF i got a job (not easy despite years of experience doing international commercial law) I'd get a really piddling wage and work looong hours. It was like all my experience went out the window -all they wanted to know was what Italian experience I had (none.)<BR/><BR/>I ended up teaching English for over 6 months! My students were so surprised when I told them that I was a corporate lawyer! Anyway, 2 years later I'm no longer a lawyer but have a job I like. However, I'm one of the VERY lucky ones. As your boyfriend says, Italy is a very hard country to make a career in. I think it's great that he's looking for jobs where you live. A much better option IMO. And the fact that he is willing to move shows that he is dead serious about this. :)Kataromahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978496810226430712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post-51196491707101876672007-09-07T14:40:00.000-07:002007-09-07T14:40:00.000-07:00Cry, cry cry and feel the pain of separation, but ...Cry, cry cry and feel the pain of separation, but deep inside you will feel an expectant joy because you KNOW you will be together again. This is what makes the time you are apart bearable...<BR/>Baci!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681908310177019462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post-86228215844070569352007-09-07T04:21:00.000-07:002007-09-07T04:21:00.000-07:00Hi, I just started reading your bog a few days ago...Hi, I just started reading your bog a few days ago. Thanks for linking me! I agree with Ambra that Ale must be serious about you! It must have helped you so much to have him with you while you went through your surgery.<BR/><BR/>My Italian and I had a long distance relationship before I moved here last year to marry him. We were only apart for a year and a half but it felt like an eternity. We were very fortunate because I was a professor and that allowed me to visit him often (and for long periods of time) and to talk to him every day on the phone for hours. I don't know what we would have done otherwise. The hardest moments were always the airport good-byes. Like Farfallina suggests, making goals is very important. They help you to keep positive and look forward to something when the pain gets to be too much.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171639017849569774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post-31619766869927079952007-09-06T22:10:00.000-07:002007-09-06T22:10:00.000-07:00Delina-Thanks!! :) and yes, he is very special and...Delina-Thanks!! :) and yes, he is very special and I am so lucky to have him in my heart and to be in his :)Piccolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498866286829017483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post-83039384430189204722007-09-06T22:08:00.000-07:002007-09-06T22:08:00.000-07:00Farfallina- Mi familia es de Mazatlan y Aguas Cali...Farfallina- Mi familia es de Mazatlan y Aguas Calientes ( a un ladito de Jalisco :)) Lucky you! I would love to go to Marco Antonio Solis's concert!!<BR/><BR/>Ale and I are actively working on how we can be together permanently. we're setting goals, like you said :)<BR/><BR/>Isn't dancing so much fun?! I bought the Zumba dvd's and I love them!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link to Italia nell'anima's blog. I bookmarked it and I am reading it. Lucky her!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for all your kind words. They mean a lot!<BR/><BR/>Sognatrice-You are so right and I know deep dpwn inside that we will be together soon. :)Piccolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498866286829017483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post-31339655886867474662007-09-05T10:51:00.000-07:002007-09-05T10:51:00.000-07:00Aw, I hope you're feeling better. It sounds like ...Aw, I hope you're feeling better. It sounds like he's a very special person. <BR/><BR/>HugsDelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318448281699620966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post-33900161172017086762007-09-05T03:45:00.000-07:002007-09-05T03:45:00.000-07:00Aw, I hope you're feeling a little better; it's al...Aw, I hope you're feeling a little better; it's always sad to say "arrivederci," but isn't that a great Italian word? We'll see each other again instead of good-bye?<BR/><BR/>I met my OH after I had already lived here, so I didn't do the long-distance thing, so I'm sorry I can't help there--but like Farfallina says, keep in close contact! <BR/><BR/>If it's meant to be, it already is :)Michelle | Bleeding Espressohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578703393987896737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8020699865781892089.post-68136667274554845482007-09-05T01:54:00.000-07:002007-09-05T01:54:00.000-07:00I've seen "y tu mama tambien" and when that song c...I've seen "y tu mama tambien" and when that song came on I burst in to tears!!! and I don't cry much!! Somos de Jalisco and it rang inside me! Marco Antonio Solis will be performing here next week!<BR/><BR/>Hang in there! I know what long distance relationships can be... I've had one for 5 years!<BR/><BR/>A guy from Norway I met near Venice when we both lived in Italy :)<BR/><BR/>We somehow set goals! We'll see each other this date, this place... speak every day! (Skype is great)<BR/><BR/>Hey, I also dance! Latin Dance baby!!!! :)<BR/><BR/>Have you read Italiana nell'anima's blog? She's about to move to Italy next week, and she...well... could sympathize with you!<BR/><BR/>animaitaliana.wordpress.com<BR/><BR/>Hope you are feeling better!<BR/><BR/>ANIMO!!!!Roam2Romehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401312681510618547noreply@blogger.com