In a Long-Distance Relationship, What Is the Balance of Love and Sadness?

There are ways to show love, even when you’re far away.

Taru Anniina Liikanen

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Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

Diego left me a year ago. I still call him my boyfriend.

I didn’t plan to. When he decided to move from Buenos Aires back home to Bogotá in March 2023, we both thought it was over.

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Taru Anniina Liikanen

Stand-up comedian and recovering political ghostwriter. Finnish by birth, porteña at heart. Bad jokes frequent.