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Dinara Farina, 43, Maidenhead

Walking out of Heathrow Airport with my suitcase in tow, I looked at the grey London sky. It was 2009, I was 32, and I’d just moved from my home in Russia to the UK.

I’d come over for a better life, but moving to a new country is always scary.

Just a few weeks later, though, when I landed a great job in IT, I knew I’d made the right choice.

It felt like destiny.

I settled in right away, improved my English and got used to British culture, and two years later, in 2011, I met Nicholas, now 48, at a speed dating evening.

He also worked in IT, and we had so much in common.

Sweeping me off my feet, we were married just a

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