I moved to the US for my husband’s job but it didn’t feel like home. We took a risk and moved to Canada.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shrutinder Kaur, 35, who is from India and lives in Ontario. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I met my husband online, but not on a dating app.

In early 2014, I searched Facebook for the man my dad was trying to matchmake me with, but accidentally sent a friend request to my now-husband, who happened to have the same name.

We lived on different sides of India but had a lot in common and became pen pals. Our parents met five months after we started talking, and we were married a month later.

Not long after our engagement, my husband’s company sent him on a placement to…

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