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CK
Posted Oct 23, 2020
The Illusion
10/22/2020
Towson, United States
I thought I had seen the worst of humanity until this man confidently walked into my li...
NZ
Posted Jan 17, 2021
Breaking through borders during a breakup
12.03.2020
My boyfriend and I had been planning to meet up in Zagreb for my Spring Break. We had b...
EM
Posted Oct 13, 2020
Rosas en la esquina del ayer.
27 de agosto de 2020.
México
Aún recuerdo cuando el dolor de verte preparar tus cosas para marcharte de las noches e...
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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...
JM
Posted Dec 02, 2019
The Boots
January 1984 to December 2019
The Boots
My husband of 31 years, bought a pair of stylish tan Boots to impress his –un...
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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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Belly button lint
November 2013 to April 2015
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
D.'s stomach had a particular arrangement of body hair that made his belly button prone...
Posted Jun 29, 2020
I Luoghi Furiosi (Furious Places)
2020
Venezia, Italia
AL
Posted May 05, 2019
Sunflower
5/5/2019
Raleigh, United States
It started off slowly…..So slow that I was completely oblivious as to what was happenin...
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A postcard
Yerevan, Armenia
I am a 70-year-old woman from Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. I visited Zagreb back in...
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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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A plush Snoopy
30 years
Leiden, Netherlands
He gave Snoopy to me on my 17th birthday.
We had fallen in love six months earlier, on...
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An Exe Axe
Berlin
She was the first woman that I let move in with me. All my friends thought I needed to ...
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A stiletto shoe
1966, six weeks, and 1998, a few hours
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
It was 1959, I was ten, T. was eleven. We were very much in love. When I told my mother...
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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 ...
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Number 2
Summer 2007
Manila, Philippines
He had another woman. He couldn’t make me his number 1; I couldn’t stand being his numb...
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Swirl your heart in Copenhagen
Jul 07, 2022
Copenhagen
Our new call for contributions opened in Denmark!
The Nordic tour continues in Copenhagen! As always, we are in search for new contributions hidden in your hearts and bottom drawers.
The Round Tower is co-organizing the collection of objects to be featured in the upcoming Museum of Broken Relati...
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