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Aug 19·edited Aug 19Liked by Stella Tsantekidou

I just can't understand how you find British men attractive. The Brits, with some exceptions, are amongst the worst looking people on the planet. Yeah, I said it.

"On my way out, the Greek 26-year-old crashed our group photo and whispered in my ear that I was hot, young, and full of energy."

Oh come on. He actually said, "you are young, hot and full of energy"?

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Aug 20Liked by Stella Tsantekidou

"The Brits, with some exceptions, are amongst the worst looking people on the planet."

The vikings abducted all the good looking ones!

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Yes, the British are one of the ugliest nation on earth. And yet… I find them irresistible.

Yes, the boy really did say that but in Greek in a more charming way and in response to me pretending I think I am old, or that much older than him anyway.

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Greeks can be good looking due to Arab admixture.

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Do you know the game Kingdom Come: Deliverance? I was wondering why does that Czech character look so British. Turned out he was modeled after the English actor Tom McKay. Look him up. Just that typical "Frodo" look. I guess some like it.

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Aug 20Liked by Stella Tsantekidou

Be honest, if some English guy in cloudy England had tried chatting you up by telling you things everyone already knows about stars and comets, you would have rolled your eyes (perhaps mentally) and made an excuse to leave. But under a starry sky, after a few drinks and a dance...

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how right you are, and the truth is the reason British men punch above their weight with me is precisely because their courting is that much more sophisticated

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However... Any English man, after reading your story and being lucky enough to meet you in England, will switch off the lights, quickly plug in a star projector from Amazon, then hypnotise you with talk about what kind of cheese the Moon is made of! 🤭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥰

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Sep 3Liked by Stella Tsantekidou

also you will like Sarah's post https://substack.com/@sarahquirk/p-141221658

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Aug 19Liked by Stella Tsantekidou

sounds like a dream

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Aug 19Liked by Stella Tsantekidou

Ah Stella-you are so Moon in Aries in the 7th house!. The very first guy I fell in love with was called Endrio in a square in Thessaloniki-'really but he is too old for you' my mother said to the 10 year old Juliet -me. I should have stuck but twisted soooo many times. Remember no lawyers or accountants and you should be fine unless you're building a property portfolio in which case one of each pls!

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My moon is in Cancer, my Venus in Virgo- I am double Leo in my zodiac and horoscope. Good advice as ever x

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Why are people blaming OBR for the housing shortage?

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I wish I were way cooler reading this

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what do you mean?

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Also, great vivid, funny, engaging and evocative writing. Enjoyed reading as usual

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I mean this, when I read it, is a lot of spontaneous fun, while I idly wonder in place and house-sit

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I think there is a huge individual difference in how people age. I have seen 35 years old women look 25 and I have seen 35 years old women have wrinkles. There is also a huge difference in internal maturity.

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Any African men at this holiday spot?

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Stella, sincere thanks.

Young sexy beautiful sharp intelligent with a sense of humour, able to understand Zorba, and make love in Greek. As much as I would appreciate meeting you in person, I have to express my deepest gratitude for your writing.

You are joy to the world but your writing is also what the world needs now. You are more like a rock star than a writer, your life is your art, or/and your life cannot be divided from your art/substack.

Some will have the luck of knowing you, loving you, being loved by you, but you are more, as long as you write, you are a voice.

I have seen Bergman's Persona fifty years ago, and now I have that feeling again. Bibi Anderson on a beach. Or Stella in Cycladas.

We need your voice, young women, girls, all women, men, young men, all men.

It is your experience, your love, your Coming to meet, your sexual encounter, but it is the making of the new world,

Fate made you a goddess, Stella, it takes strength, patience, courage, to accept that fate.

You are a pioneer, Stella, write.

Enjoy yourself, you will be beautiful for many years, but write, what you write will live forever.

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It sounds like a good life.

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can't complain

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You’re gorgeous, and sexy, and smart and courageous. God bless your parents when you were conceived. I wish I was in your circle…I would pursue you relentlessly!

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thank you kind stranger

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