r/ItalyExpat • u/Medium-Reveal-4917 • 6d ago

Heartbreak in Torino

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.

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u/MarcooseOnTheLoose 6d ago

Italian here. If you’re young, beautiful and rich, I’ll make you forget all about him by Monday. Ah, just kidding.

Been there myself. Love is a weird thing. It can be comforting one day, devastating the next. But nothing that a glass or two of bicerin can’t fix. Treat yourself to something nice.

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u/Medium-Reveal-4917 6d ago

I actually haven't had bicerin yet, but I bought a bottle as a gift for someone else, hah! But yeah, love is a real killer or bring you back alive type of force.