I fell in love with an assassin (2008)

A good story, if not fantastically-written.

I'd advise not flipping through the photos until you read it, though. Spoiler alert. Some of those should have been left for the end.

Everyone is of course titled to their own opinion but for me personally I feel like Love doesn't mean what this person thinks it means.....

Fascinating story.

Colombia still has a ways to go, but luckily things have improved a lot in the last 10 to 15 years. It's my favourite country I've ever travelled in and I was met with nothing but hospitality and generosity.

> leading a secret double life – as an assassin

These things always make me chuckle

I always cringe a little when I read these naive white-boy style of stories, in form of documentaries or texts like this one. Reminds me so much of how I acted the first time I was in a country where people are still required to face reality much closer than they like. Reminds me of how I probably still act considering how good a life we live here in the West.

It's really a pity when these documentaries don't contain literal quotes and face expression images, since there is so much that a naive documenter can't see, and therefore can't write down. For instance in these situations for the man it's usually an exciting adventure with sexy cherries on top. But for her it's often an attempt for a better life, a very serious matter. But because she knows that the John Snows don't know anything, she also needs to play the relaxed sexy lover.

This, I believe is true strength. Constantly for weeks, maybe months, acting relaxed and enjoying having another person inside you, not because it's the truth but because you hope for your daughter, your blood, that she will have a better life than you. It's an amazing thing to watch. And really painful when she dies in the end like in this story, to some degree because the guy wasn't able to even get a hint of the situation.

For other people who also enjoy that I suggest the movie "The Banquet (2006)" (夜宴) from China. It gives a good opportunity to get an inside view into that kind of situation. Quote (own translation): "The true art is not to hide your feelings behind a mask. The true art is to turn your face into the mask."

>> But her excuses, or lack of them, riled me and I told her she represented everything that was wrong with the country.

Bold thing to say to a sociopath with a gun.

"With their story set to become a major Hollywood film..."

Has anybody heared of that major Hollywood film?

As a Colombian who remembers how things were nine years ago (I was sixteen and just starting college)[1], I have to admit that the thing I found most shocking was that he wasn't just kidnapped by the rebels. That non-sequitur of mine aside, good story.

[1]: Although that's for the publication of the article; the events described happened before then. But that's even more understandable as the closer one gets to the nineties (and the actual nineties), the worse the painting of Colombia is.

"But what happens if your new girlfriend has a much darker and more sinister secret than having slept around a bit?"

And what, exactly, is wrong with "having slept around a bit?"

One time, I fell in love with a run of the mill sociopath. Fortunately, she wasn't a violent one.

This must be what it would be like to be a Bond girl in real life. Not very glamorous. As a dude, I've never really thought of what it's like to date someone who kills people for a living because the gender roles are usually reversed.

this is such a dull article. how did it get upvoted?

BTW, this is the ninth time I have submitted this story. But I just knew it fits this audience, so I tried again.

So, if you feel your submissions never make it to the front page, realize that much of it is pure chance.

He's certainly a better photographer than writer, as I found that an overworked chore to read.

cue Violent Femmes

Sad.

The first sentence seems something out of Buzzfeed.

> ... (with a few conveniently erased).

Just... why?