L.A. Affairs: I was new to Los Angeles. Was driving 70 miles for love worth it?


by Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times— I begrudgingly met my husband. I had been in L.A. for a short time and was keeping busy with the California lifestyle I had always dreamed of. With my doctorate in audiology, I had my first real job in the profession I had studied for many years. I also had my own apartment, complete with a complex pool surrounded by palm trees. I even bought a convertible that I could cruise top down year-round. Having come from Canada, where winter is the most prominent season, being in Southern California...

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