How experiencing solitude changed my relationships

By Thaís Stella I thought that I knew how to love someone while respecting my own freedom, but I didn’t. I thought that I was free, but I wasn’t. Here’s how that changed after I spent nearly two months backpacking alone. Looking back now at my relationship record, I can see clearly how it was...

Falling In Love; Roma, I miss you!

By Julia Zalewska Last week, I met with my great friend for a coffee. Sitting in front of her, in our favorite Massolit coffee&books (love them for having NewYorker!), I couldn't help myself, but notice - she's madly in love! Laughing at her phone, she was just gleaming with joy. And I'm so happy for...

Reverse Dating in Lockdown

By Derya Yildirim Oh Covid-19, Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, besides the loomingly increasing death toll and the global economic downfall, you’ve been a blessing in disguise. From showing us the power of the people during times of injustice, to revealing politicians' inadequacy as people in positions of power; you have turned our world upside down as we...

Happily Ever After: Can we still do it?

By Europe and Me's Julia Zalewska Childhood dreams I remember when I was a little girl, I frequently stayed longer at the kindergarten. It was inevitable as both of my parents worked and I waited for my dad to pick me up on the way home. When I was sitting in the deserted room, because...

Why You Need To Give Your Platonic Relationships A Little Extra Love

By Charlotte Watts As a young woman living in today’s society, I can’t deny that I’ve fallen victim to the media and society’s pressures to ‘find the one’, as if this will magically solve every issue in my life and provide me with a never ending supply of happiness (fake news). It’s taken me a...

Catalysing love at the end of the world: The philosopher’s toilet

By Europe & Me‘s Friederike Sandow A little over a year ago, E&M’s Friederike Sandow investigated romance and long-term relationships that have sprung out of a backpackers’ hostel on the outskirts of one of the most isolated cities in the world. She went back to that same hostel but, this time, to speak with a crowd of single backpackers. They talked...