My name is Mark, and my love is called Irina. We met a year ago. At first we just corresponded through your marriage agency, but now we have been living together for almost 5 months.
I liked Ira's photos in an instant - her smile, her eyes... She is no model, but I'm not looking for one either. I was searching for a life partner, for the only faithful and loving woman. It was me who wrote first, I remember how much I feared that she wouldn't answer. Actually, I would then send another letter, and then another - I was prepared to write many letters, only to draw her attention.
 I was very glad that I didn't have to send that many messages - Ira read my very first letter and replied. She did not tell much about herself at first, but even those words explained a lot about her personality. I felt that her soul was as beautiful to me as her looks.
Of course, I did my best to impress her as well. I tried not to let her know about my worst habits. But overall, I don't think I hid anything very bad from her. I couldn't have - I felt like she saw through me. I got more and more convinced of this with every letter. So, I decided to check how serious her attitude to me was. Maybe I was somewhat wrong not to inform Ira about my plans.
She was working at the time in a beauty salon in one of the hotels of St. Petersburg, her native city. It was a good thing for me as I decided to come and stay in this very hotel. I wanted to surprise her and to see how she was going to take it. I was very curious to see whether she would recognize me.
So I arrived in St. Petersburg. I left my luggage in the room and at once found the place where she worked. I came in and asked to have my hair cut, but specified that I wanted it to be done by only the most charming and beautiful girl...and approached her. It was a breathtaking moment, both funny and scary. I had no idea how she was going to react.
To my sheer happiness, she recognized me. She was very glad, I could just feel it. At first, she asked a lot of questions about everything, also why I hadn't told her anything, and then we were just sitting in a café peacefully. I was very lucky that she met me in such a welcoming way, it was very important for me.
We met every day; we walked a lot, had fun and entertained ourselves. It was great that she had a lot of days out and that she could dedicate them to me. I found out much about her home city, which is really very beautiful and magnificent. We also went to places outside of St. Petersburg. Russia as a whole appeared to me as a very interesting country: there are so many beautiful and picturesque places!
Of course, here in New Zealand it is also very beautiful, and my native city Oakland is quiet and picturesque, too. But the nature here is very different. And I really wanted Ira to come and see New Zealand for herself, I wanted her to become closer to me and my culture. We agreed that one day she would come and visit me.
In several months Ira got a fiancée visa and took a plane to New Zealand. Judging by her reaction, I understood that she was not disappointed either in my country or in my city. Maybe she was a little fed up with the place where she lived before, and she wanted to see something new. I am happy that she still likes it here.
We are going to get married soon, and now are just living together. And I like being married (well, almost married) to such a sweet girl as Ira. I am sure that as we spend years together, our happiness would only grow and become stronger! Later on, we will have kids and will live like a real united family.
Maybe this kind of good fortune does not happen very often, but it still happens! I thank my lucky stars that I was the one to become happy. And maybe it was just that we were brave enough to create our own happiness.
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