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2 Claddagh rings
03/01/2003 - 14/08/2017
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
14.5 years, 4 countries and 3 rings. I lost the first ring down a drain and he replaced...
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Empty bag of fortune cookies attached to a Starbucks cup
October 27, 2013 – January 10, 2016
Vicenza, Italy
You were my first love. And I wished you would also be my last. When we got those fortu...
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Hairdryer
9.5 years
Cologne, Germany
When I was a child, we used to have a ‘special’ hairdryer. Once switched off, it someti...
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Twenty-seven-year Old Crust from a Wound of My First Love
1990-1993
Mürzzuschlag, Austria
In 1990 my friend, my first great love, had a motorbike accident. Its consequence was s...
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A Forget-me-not porcelain doll
1992 - 1998
Helsinki, Finland
My first true love. We got together just before we started our studies and we became ad...
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A drawing of us made by a stranger in the train
2013-2015
Helsinki, Finland
We met at a students Valentine's Day party, the connection was immediate. She came into...
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Stockman mannequin
14 years
Oslo, Norway
His dream was to be a fashion designer. He had just finished university in New York Cit...
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A packet of gastritis tablets – CONTROLOC
1 year
Vinkovci, Croatia
As a child of 13 I was diagnosed with gastritis. For those unfamiliar with the term, it...
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Watch
December 2002
Menznau, Switzerland
In 2002, when I was still young and innocent, I spent November and December in Vancouve...
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Espresso machine
Too long, last 20 years of the past century
Paris, France
For a long time he loved the coffee I made for him using the espresso machine he gave m...
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Dreadlocks
1998 - 2004
Oslo, Norway
These are my dreads. Morbid, I know. But notice the braided ends. I didn't do that. Mus...
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Stupid Frisbee
2 years and 2 months
Belgrade – Zagreb
Description: a stupid Frisbee, bought in a thrift store, was my ex-boyfriend’s brillian...
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Sign made of license plates
1/2011-1/2016
Red Bank, NJ, USA
We met in graduate school and were quickly engaged. Shortly after we were married I wen...
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Action man
14 years
Basel, Switzerland
My godmother was really godly to me. I felt understood and she was generous beyond all ...
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Black dildo
1987 – 2007
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Around the time of my twenty-seventh birthday my boyfriend gave me this. Perhaps becaus...
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Key ring
A year and five months
Kaohsiung, Taipei
At one time we used it to lock the doors of the life we shared,
and now I see the dama...
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A key - bottle opener
Ljubljana, Slovenia
You talked to me of love and presented me with small gifts every day; this is just one of them. The key to the heart. You turned my head; you just did not want to sleep with me. I realized just how much you loved me only after you died of AIDS.