I fell in love while living abroad and don’t think I’ll ever find that connection again

Ask Roe: Now that I’m back in Ireland, this is the only thing that I can think about

Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 06:00

Roe McDermott

I fear that I will never again meet someone that I have the same emotional, intellectual and physical connection with. Photograph: iStock

I fear that I will never again meet someone that I have the same emotional, intellectual and physical connection with. Photograph: iStock

Dear Roe,

I have recently returned to Ireland from New Zealand after spending a year and a half working over there. About a month before I came home

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