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The suitcase. Dating story no. 37

The suitcase. Dating story no. 37

The older we get, the more baggage of failures we accumulate. It also goes by the name of "life experience". It is what helps idealists who understand nothing about the world, or perhaps about themselves, to classify every event more confidently, to make decisions and to act under uncertainty. That same baggage, however, sometimes slows us down very noticeably.

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Joint projects. Dating story no. 43

Joint projects. Dating story no. 43

Sveta decided to refurbish her kitchen-living room. It was long overdue, and she earned quite enough, in principle, to hire professionals. On the recommendation of friends she approached one crew; the lads were happy to take on private jobs and were famous for working fast and well.

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The neighbour. Dating story no. 13

The neighbour. Dating story no. 13

Asya was an extraordinarily ethereal woman; at the sight of her, words like fragility, modesty, refinement, femininity, weakness and ideal came to mind. Her porcelain skin, framed by soft fair hair, set off pale eyes fixed on some beautiful world where everyone was a friend and there was neither pain nor hurt nor evil. The mere contact of such a creature with our sinful world seemed an unimaginable sacrilege, let alone the fact that here she had to work and to survive, and that we were supposed

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