True love, real people
New relationships that moved very fast. Some couples know from the get-go and settle into a commitment very quickly.
If we are meant to be monogamous, why do so many people cheat on their partners? If we are meant to be polyamorous, why does it hurt to share your lover with another? The only sin here is not exploring your choices with sincere curiosity then honoring your truth with honesty and integrity. Elica and Amitayus did! Their final destination? The path of monogamy blessed in a beautiful Thai wedding.
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Perhaps we shouldn’t listen when people say, “Don’t talk to strangers.” Perhaps we should not only talk to them, but we should also take their advice and even invite them to stay in our house for a few days. Perhaps that’s how love comes into our lives. Read the crazy love story about how these two full-time hitchhikers, who unknowingly had the same dream, hitchhiked into each other’s lives… Names: Cynthia
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Names: Blaire & Chris Status: Engaged, (Updated 2018) Married. Been together since: May 2016 From Heartache to Big Break-ups Blaire: It was 2014 and I was living on a beautiful little boat in Vancouver, Canada. It was not the best of times as my long-term boyfriend and I had just broken up and I was quite disoriented. I didn’t know what I was doing with my life! Just at that time, I
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Names: Selma & Tayfun Status: Married Been together since: 2015 Life Before My Real Life… I got married and moved to the States from Turkey in 2003. Unfortunately, it was an unhappy marriage. We went our separate ways and got divorced in 2010. Everything about my life had to be built back from scratch. I was continents away from my family and this was a phase that I had to go through alone.
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UPDATED – Anita & David – The cynicism caused by years in unhappy relationships, wrong choices and bad experiences is not an easy one to get over. And how we are also influenced by memories of our childhood… It is difficult to keep the hope alive in an environment and past that has been so painfully arid. But when love has decided to make its way towards you there is
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“But you’re going to leave, why bother dating? And on Tinder of all places?!” Logic was nagging as usual. “Shush!” she said and listened to the voice of her intuition instead saying, “Just give it a try, who knows? Look, he seems lovely, yes, he’s bare-chested, but swipe right, just see what he’s like, forget those rules you made…”. And that’s how the fairy tale began. Read on… Names: Danielle
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Names: Metin & Vita Status: Married Been together since: 2014 Metin: I had just returned to Turkey from Thailand and was not in the best of places emotionally. I found I was staying home a lot, I was not feeling happy and could sense dark clouds above me. I was on Facebook one day talking to my friend Mustafa, who lives in New York. As we were chatting, I saw photos
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Names: Carmen & Aaron Status: Married Been together since: 2012 Aaron: It was 14th July 2009. I was living in a villa in Dubai and we loved hosting theme parties. The theme this year was space and as one of the hosts, I was making a big effort with my costume and was dressed up as Buzz Lightyear. Carmen was dressed as a Martian girl. I spent most of the night
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Names: Eunjung & Yves Status: Married Been together since: 2011 Yves: I was having a challenging time during 2010. I had a breakdown and left behind absolutely everything that had defined me and my life up until that point and headed into a void, letting go of everything. I arrived in Kaua’i in Hawaii at the start of 2011. The traumatic phase I was in manifested itself physically and I
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Names: Monique & Quinton Status: Engaged, (Updated 2015) Married, (updated 2016) Became parents. Been together since: 2013 About 14 months ago a mutual friend sent me a message saying that one of his good friends, Quinton, was moving to Dubai, where I live. He asked if I could show him around. I said, “Sure!” He arrived a month before he was to move just to sign his contract. We met the day
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