The Way Home

This article was originally published in Russian by Cherta.

I’ve known my husband for more than ten years. At first, we were just friends. He was married; I was married. We lived in different regions: he was in a town in the Northwest and I was in Moscow Oblast.

I divorced a year later due to cheating and an unhealthy relationship. In 2021, my future husband was also on the verge of divorce. I decided to go support my old friend. One thing led to another. I and a bunch of his friends came along for the divorce proceedings. Upon exiting the Civil Registry building, he was greeted with balloons and a cake in the face. That very day he proposed to me. We settled in Moscow Oblast.