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“I loved my friends so much I was in love with them, wanted them to be in love with me. But since life isn’t like that, this completely shafted any chance of a significant relationship for longer than I care to think about
John Ramster, Ladies’ Man
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The following Monday, a second year student got a cappuccino from the deli. It was one of those crisp fine days, not a cloud in the sky. You could almost touch hope in the air. People’s spirits lightened and you’d get a howyah, a smile from strangers.
That kind of day.
The student sat on a bench at the Square, sipped at the coffee. A stray wino would approach and ask for
“Price of a cup of tea, sur.”
But it wasn’t a serious beg, more from habit than necessity. No intimidation in it. Two non-Europeans asked for directions to Social S
