Are you ready for a "supervised courtship"?

[michaelb]

Magazine story, not quite a total hatchet job, but not particularly favorable either (the author and publisher would probably call it "balanced"), followed up by the usual number of "looser men who have to buy poor foreign women" user comments by the usual suspects.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_03/b4211069050983.htm

   

[euforia51]

I read articles like this and wonder why it has taken me so long to seriously consider a foreign woman. The nasty user comments only serve to further forge my decision ... especially now that I have a trip under my belt and with the luck of not going through an agency.

I think any single man who has had the opportunity, good fortune, and even courage to experience going abroad for romance whether it is for one good woman or several dates through an agency has to be much more fulfilled than the average middle-aged husband who married the prom queen and ended up with some foul mouthed, bowling-alley chick!

Sometimes, I want to reply to some of the nasty comments associated with these articles but then again, what for? I know from my own personal experiences why I am finally taking a leap with a foreign woman and for whatever it's worth in this moment, I could not be happier.

[Researcher]

   This story pops up every now and then, I think it's the same person writing it because they just rehash all the same old crap.I can't speak for all the middle aged ,fat and bald guys here in the US but from my point of view and experience I can say I ended up with a foreign bride mostly because AWs are lousy at relationships.Don't get me wrong I am glad that women have made strides in equality but they have failed to find a balance when it comes to relationships, period.They are too focused on themselves to put much effort into a relationship.

   Researcher

[pchip]

  What made me laugh of this article is that they used AFA as reference...  But here we know AFA is not... err.. "one of the most ethical"  (to be politically correct).  Good thing though is that it's not ALL bad... at least...

Oh well, they can KEEP writing such stuff, and actually should continue... It will leave us who know better more choices

Hasta Luego!!

[Bob_S]

Sometimes, I want to reply to some of the nasty comments associated with these articles but then again, what for?

Pearls before swine.  Don't waste your time.

Besides, the more they write hit pieces about foreign courtships, the more guys know there is an alternative.  And those who are sick enough of their limited domestic choices will research more themselves to see the truth.

[raycjs]

Researcher

you nailed it on the head and are 100% correct

They are too focused on themselves to put much effort into a relationship.


Ray

[msthlm]

Here is another article. Whose content deals with online dating.

http://www.economist.com/node/17797424?story_id=17797424&CFID=159276356&CFTOKEN=94675441

[flash]

The global economic downturn has been a boom for a variety of industries. I'm looking at homes now that sold three years ago for five times as much as I will have to pay. I'm also looking for someone to share that home. I'm looking outside of the US.

The cost of everything doubled in the past ten years. It's called inflation, it's normal. It's a global community, so I can't find any reason why we shouldn't utilize it to find a partner.

In my opinion, it's not the number of Westerners looking overseas that's gone up. It's the number of women overseas embracing alternatives to what's expected and available in their native countries. I would assert that fewer westerners have the discretionary income today that they did several years ago, to pay a third party for an introduction. The result, those of us traveling and thinking of traveling overseas are a bit more discerning than we get credit for. That's my two cents worth.