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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since it's an AMA:

1. Have you been back recently? How are things now? Do they still have "warning: land mines" signs all over the country side?

2. Was there any animosity against those who escaped to the safe havens in Europe during the war? I have friends who stayed and friends who left, so that's why I ask.

3. What was the dating scene like after? I was in Sarajevo and Bihac in the early 2000's, in my 20's, and a lot of the men I met in the same age range seemed to have serious PTSD (can't blame them) but the other issue is, there just weren't that many men left in that age range.

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1. I went back 3 years ago. Most of my immediate family is either dead or elsewhere in the world so I don't have a reason to go more often. I didn't see any land mine warnings this time around. I think they finally cleaned up most of them.

2. I think there was jealousy of course that some made it out.  The only animosity occurred when they tried to tell us how hard their life was in other countries. However hard their lives were tyring to learn new languages and starting their life over, they did it under much better circumstances. And, of course, they lived to tell us about it.

3. I left in 1999 and dated some before I left. I can't say I noticed their PTSD since it probably seemed normal to me at the time. I think the shortage of men was more obvous in smaller towns rather than Sarajevo. I avoided dating Bosnian men (even the very few I met) because most of them are still very old fashioned when it comes to women. Not all, of course, but I never found one I considered making my life with. Now that I'm divorced, I wonder if it wouldn't have been better to be with someone I have more in common with as far as history.  I think being in a long term relationship with someone who has been through this much trauma is very, very hard (me included).

What were you doing in Sarajevo and Bihac in 2000? [/quote]

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