Then, one night I met this Argentine man who was in Spain on a business trip. We fell in love, but he had to leave too soon. I missed him terribly. Fortunately he shared my feelings, and one year later I moved to Buenos Aires to marry him. I left behind my plans, family and friends and decided to gamble on a new life almost 7,000 miles away from my home town.
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