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I still remember how I travelled to a big city as a teenager to watch the film in the cinema, most probably due to a very positive review. The effort was not in vain, for Tadzio’s elegant restraint and his boyish body made a lasting impression on me. Andresen's statement “I was just 16” seems to refer to his later stay in Cannes during the film festival. So the age range of our Tadzio figure goes from 15 to 14, 13 and 10: Thomas Mann described in Death in Venice “a long-haired boy about fourteen years old”. Katia Mann about the real Tadzio: All the details of the story, beginning with the man at the cemetery, are taken from experience … In the dining-room, on the very first day, we saw the Polish family, which looked exactly the way my husband described them: the girls were dressed rather stiffly and severely, and the very charming, beautiful boy of about 13 was wearing a sailor suit with an open collar and very pretty lacings. He caught my husband's attention immediately. This boy was tremendously attractive, and my husband was always watching him with his companions on the beach. He didn't pursue him through all of Venice—that he didn’t do—but the boy did fascinate him, and he thought of him often… I still remember that my uncle, Privy Counsellor Friedberg, a famous professor of canon law in Leipzig, was outraged: “What a story! And a married man with a family!” Wikipedia: The boy who inspired “Tadzio” was Baron Władysław Moes, whose first name was usually shortened as Władzio or just Adzio. […] Moes was born on November 17, 1900 in Wierbka, the second son and fourth child of Baron Aleksander Juliusz Moes. He was aged 10 when he was in Venice, significantly younger than Tadzio in the novella. Baron Moes died on December 17, 1986 in Warsaw and is interred at the graveyard of Pilica, Silesian Voivodeship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_Venice

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Thank you for this sad tale; I find the adjective very appropriate, because my sympathy is not conditional on the fate not being self-inflicted. Otherwise, soldiers who had half their bodies blown off by an IED could be laughed at as idiots, because who else would let themselves be transported to a country where they have to walk or drive over IEDs? Those who are professionally involved in wealth managegement are of course at an advantage in financial planning. MBTI TJ types like to plan extensively, and the more anxious and fussy someone is, the more likely they are to be put off by the adventure of juggling two countries. Should we always do only what seems reasonable? I can imagine that people who don’t come from a European welfare state find it easier to plan, because they are used to being more or less responsible for everything themselves. Are we not dealing with two brilliant welfare states that lovingly care for their renegade sons once they have managed to return? Well, one cannot expect more than a modest standard of living. Citizens of EU states can try to find a more attractive member state that offers more. I’m sure that is the best solution for most people. I find it highly invigorating to spend two months during the European winter in a megacity in Thailand. Not because I have a preference for tropical heat or like to sit around on the beach, but because I immerse myself in a completely different world when it gets gloomy at home. If I have an extra month, I go to another country, because after two months my Thailand needs are covered for now. Nevertheless, homesickness always sets in the day before the return flight, but homesickness for Thailand! When you talk to the people who are sitting at the departure gate, strangely silent, and who will soon have to go back to work in a European office, you realise how many others feel the same way – they would gladly do without the return flight and everything that follows. Having said that, I should add that I have repeated this routine often enough and am now interested in less tourist-crowded countries. Yes, decades ago Thailand must have been fantastic. I guess 3 x 2 months Thailand would be too much for me, 2 x 2 months might be ideal if the weather was reasonably bearable in the extra two months. Of course, with a stay of only about a month, three visits make sense – three most pleasant breaks during the year! On the other hand, permanent residence has the advantage of relationship continuity and better opportunities to get to know country and language. Some people are not particularly flexible either and can hardly imagine living in a completely different society to which they would necessarily have to adapt somewhat at least. Like the depressed acquaintance whose depression has the simple reason that the best years of his life with his twink are over; he has enough money but not enough adaptability to settle down in a country with more accessible twinks.