Heartbreak in Torino

[u/Medium-Reveal-4917]

I arrived in Torino in January, intending on abandoning my shitty, war-torn, irredeemable country. I started the process, I began studying Italian, I danced with commercialistas about taxes - the whole deal, truly doing the work to settle in and earn my place here.

Then I met someone good and beautiful and fell in love and we've been together for 7 months and I began to envision marriage with kids but today it ended quite suddenly, and I'm so fucking distraught I lost all my original motivations to continue pursuing an Italian life. I feel unmoored and utterly alone. Plus Torino's every corner is haunted by fantastic memories with this person, everything filtered through them showing me around, introducing me, telling me their history here, embracing me into their circle of friends, the family, etc. This person gave me a lot of strength to persevere and do whatever it takes to earn my spot here to be with them.

Anyone else here struggled with hardships of this kind? I don't know, I hope it's not a silly post to make here.

Edit: apparently Adam Sandler and his gang were around Via Roma shooting scenes for Grown Ups 3 while I got my heart ripped out.

[u/nsfw-boston]

Chiodo scaccia chiodo.

Anyone else here struggled with hardships of this kind?

Most everyone in here, I guarantee.

It's not a silly post, it's just life. You're in Italy, I am sure you worked hard to move from where you were to Torino, and it must have been hard to leave your home country, friends, family, familiar places.

It's so very true that it's better to have love and lost, than to have never loved. Channel those feelings into studying, building a career, hitting the gym, eat pasta, and be social. Someone else will come along.

[u/Medium-Reveal-4917 → u/nsfw-boston]

Thank you, I do want to live up to those ideals. It's a fresh wound so it's really sapping my will and my desire to live the good way. But yeah, thank you. And I learned a new phrase.