Dear Diary #16: Moving for Love & the Overweight Baggage

🗝 Oversharing behind a paywall — or, the most honest conversation about cross-border love.

Dear Diary is a monthly love letter to the mess and magic of relationships — with others, and with myself. I don’t have answers, just lots of questions, but I believe in connecting through words. That’s why I keep writing.

🥤Grab an ice drink, take a 5-minute break, and enjoy the read. 🗝

When I said “yes, I do” in front of the Population Agency officer in Finland, I immediately felt a different weight on our relationship’s shoulders — it became stronger, more grounded, and powerful, just because we both decided so by saying “yes, I do.”

Yet I have to admit, this relationship has always carried extra baggage, and it couldn’t be any other way.

Let’s face it — Moving to a new country for someone is a big deal.