R: […] I had a teacher, who actually did not really tolerate girls. And because of this, frankly speaking he was somehow rather indulgent towards all of them; and he preferred guys since it was civil defense training.
(---) When I moved to CITY1, then I did not have an old friends-network in CITY1 and now it is an additional value when we started to play basketball with journalists, different journalists with whom you had not worked together before and some musicians and architects, that created a more convenient
R: Men were pended to. I mean, father - he was a lovely man - but I used to get so cross with my mum saying: 'why do you peal his oranges for him? He's capable of peeling his oranges!'. And she said: 'it is a habit', she said.
I: Did you ever go alpine climbing with a woman? R: Yes, as well. Yes, but… actually me and my ex wife used to often go climbing together. I: And was it maybe that you were for example more protective? That you climbed more demanding routes?
R: I remember one thing, I wanted to go on holiday with a friend who was my boyfriend at that time. I was almost 18 and I wanted to go away with him.
I: I want to be clarify that in our family we have never been jealous and we never behaved in a way to provoke jealousy, or due to our parents' behaviour who were more intimate or closer to some of us than the other one, we never met those problems, but as years passed by and talking to some gi
R: Yes, I think I can begin with my childhood. I think that the majority of girls lived the experience of having ballet classes, that very feminine thing. I didn’t like it much. I’ve been there for almost 2 months. I: And who made that choice for you? It was you who wanted to have ballet classes?
I: OK, let's go to the second story. R: (...) The first year on vacation with friends. On [name of island]. (...) I: Your age? You were?
R: Another story that I would like to tell if I don’t remember other…For instance, as regards work, last year, last summer, I applied for a job at the local government. It was for being trainer, a lifeguard. Seven people applied and there were five positions available.
R: (…) But, in fact, it has happened to me to go camping with friends and there is a time in camping, in wild camping, not that kind of camping of summer festivals in which everything is already bought and arranged.