The moment I knew: he hugged me and I didn’t want to let go
Maria Eugenia Nieva was reluctant to complicate her friendship with fellow musician Andrew. Then one day she could no longer deny her true feelings
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When I was 29, I moved from Argentina to Sydney on a whim, following one of my best friends. It was late 2022 and I had a one-year working holiday visa for Australia. Initially, everything was new and exciting, but the shine soon began to wear off.
In Argentina, I was a professional mezzo-soprano, but in Sydney I was racked by homesickness and working several service-industry jobs just to get by.
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