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Andrej, it's a while since I wrote to you expressing my appreciation of your work.
More recently I have been following the story "Son for a Month" and have enjoyed it very much.
Christmas morning has just arrived and I've read that final instalment in bed and it
has been a real Christmas treat.
I wish you and yours health, peace and joy at this season and throughout the year to
come.
Kindest regards,
John, Scotland
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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Andrej,
"Son for a Month" - another great success in telling a moving love story in another culture. You amaze me with your versatility!
Wishing you all the best of the season!
Thank you!
TW
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Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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May I borrow your son, for a month"
I just finished reading all the chapters that you have written up to chapter 11.
Omg, this is so awesome. I was looking for a story to masturbate to.. I found so much more. Your sweet story was filled with such emotion and I couldn't stop reading it. I cried, I laughed, I loved, I desired. I was looking forward to the next chapter and couldn't put it down. Thank you so much for your dedication.
I am looking forward to more. I'd like to see Mr. Gerbini's son and Gabriel together. I'd love to see Alda move in.
I beg you to have please write more and thank you from the bottom of my heart. Merry Christmas to you!
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
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"Son for a Month"
I just finished your latest chapter, in which Alessandro and Gabriele are reunited. It is for me a beautiful Christmas gift. Thank you!
I am greatly enjoying your thoughtful, interesting story about Gabriele and Alessandro, and how their lives intersect.
I struggled for many years to reconcile my spirituality and my sexuality as a gay male, so I can relate to Gabriele's strict religious upbringing and his running away from his family in hope of a more authentic life.
I still am very relational and spiritual, so I understand his search for true love, his yearning for romance with Alessandro, and his bitter disappointment that Alessandro did not accept his advances and seemed to regret their sexual encounter.
The story line of Alessandro wanting to create a pretend family to impress the religious and conservative Gerbini is fascinating and also comical and poignant, as when Gerbini's youngest son wants romance. This made me smile -- it seems that there are always gay children in religious families, but the parents do not know this.
I hope the wise Ivano and Alda can convince Alessandro to seek for Gabriele and allow himself the tender and passionate love of a young man who really wants him.
Thank you! And may you be blessed in this season!
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Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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Hello Andrej
I am, reading your story '"son for a month" and enjoying it. Your excellent website suggests you are looking of someone to read through your stories before publication in order to correct the few mistakes there may be. I am willing to do this if you wish.
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Friday, December 18, 2020 |
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I am greatly enjoying your thoughtful, interesting story "Son for a month" about Gabriele and Alessandro, and how their lives intersect.
I struggled for many years to reconcile my spirituality and my sexuality as a gay male, so I can relate to Gabriele's strict religious upbringing and his running away from his family in hope of a more authentic life.
I still am very relational and spiritual, so I understand his search for true love, his yearning for romance with Alessandro, and his bitter disappointment that Alessandro did not accept his advances and seemed to regret their sexual encounter.
The story line of Alessandro wanting to create a pretend family to impress the religious and conservative Gerbini is fascinating and also comical and poignant, as when Gerbini's youngest son wants romance. This made me smile -- it seems that there are always gay children in religious families, but the parents do not know this.
I hope the wise Ivano and Alda can convince Alessandro to seek for Gabriele and allow himself the tender and passionate love of a young man who really wants him.
Thank you! And may you be blessed in this season!
Thomas
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020 |
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I have enjoyed the story ""Son for a month"" so far, as well as some of your other work. Just don't let Gabriele leave just yet! One thing I enjoy is the way your characters wrestle with their inner selves. The main figures are always intelligent and likeable; I find myself rooting for them and wanting them to find their way forward. But they also have their flaws, which threaten to diminish their lives far below their potential.
One thing stands out to me in your style: there seems to be a veil between the character's authentic self, and the way they perceive themselves and their coping mechanisms. I find that wonderfully realistic and credible. In my work as a hospital chaplain, some of the greatest moments were those where a patient broke through that veil and discovered that they had the wisdom to guide them through whatever they were facing. The moment they stopped playing roles and instead allowed themselves to act and relate from their core, they felt a surge of vitality and healing. The medical situation they were dealing with often made it possible for them to break through those defenses and to be themselves. When dealing with a life changing or life threatening event, what's the point of pretending?
But more than just that work (and vocation, I believe), it also rings true in my own life. For too many years, there was a disconnection within myself because I was afraid to recognize and own some aspects of my reality.
I was struck by the line, "But a man dies inside if he suppresses his own instincts."
That is exactly what I experienced. I was often flat and emotionless, rational, controlled, but not really alive. Luckily, a mentor who fully accepted me conquered those defenses, not by breaking through them from the outside, but with a love that made them unnecessary, useless, and even burdensome. That gave me the freedom to simply let them fall or melt.
I would love to see that happen for Alessandro and Gabriele - both have developed defensive crusts that deflect their pain, but cripple and diminish them at the same time. The "play" they put on for the Swiss investor, and the motives behind it, as a wonderful metaphor for their entire lives. And both of them could live a full and passionate life if they had the courage to let go of their need for security and control. The barriers that protect them imprison them as well, and they have the keys and don't know it (yet, I hope).
Sorry about the rambling, but I wanted to say more than just "I liked it".
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