Wow! The odds do seem against it, to meet someone from Switzerland who's moving to St Martin when you're doing the opposite!! Did you learn anything useful? ;)

'Just asking' is so important. Why we sometimes hesitate to do it? I do think pride has a lot to do with it. With the feeling that 'I should be able to handle this on my own'. The more we switch to an understanding of life that we are all in this together, that an other persons well-being will add to our well-being also, and the other way around... the more our resistance to finding support with each other can drop.

Love the topic and your writing style :). Following!