# (How) has the war in Ukraine affected you personally?

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**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-war-in-ukraine-affected-you-personally/980380 "2023-02-25T22:38:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-war-in-ukraine-affected-you-personally/980380/21 "2023-02-27T00:57:44Z")

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It has become _much_ more personal:

> [@The Omnibus Good News Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/2):
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> I fell in love Her name is Inna, she is from Ukraine (born in the Soviet Union, now a US citizen), and it has literally been a movie-esque whirlwind of romance and love. For everything that I, JohnT, finds desirable in a partner, she checks every box, and I am in, 100%, and really was from date #2. We both are: she is just as surprised (shocked, even) that this is happening, but when you are in your mid-fifties, you have enough experience to recognize a genuine opportunity when it occurs, and w…

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