Still looking. Got activated with the air force guard a week after my return from st pete in 2001. Delayed my search until 2004. Busy at work prevented me from traveling in 2006. Went on 4 trips total in 2004 and 2006/07 to kherson and Dnepropetrovsk. 2 trips were to see one woman I met the first time in each city. Didn't work out with them. Found one was not interested in leaving with anyone and gained 30 lbs when I got there. The other was non-commital with an ex-husband wanting her back and not sure about whether he would allow her son to leave so she wouldn't commit until she was "absolutely sure" that I was the one before causing friction with him. So, I usually found someone only to have it end later. Finding that since I am staying within my age range, most have children and the ex allowing the child to leave is sometimes an issue.
On my trips, most guys didn't seem to find anyone seriously interested and seemed frustrated getting a woman to commit. Don't know if it was because they went too young or the women are losing interest in general. New buildings and jobs popping up there. If a date showed up in a new car, I knew it was over. In 2006, saw a lot of men but in 2007, saw a lot less. Seems like guys have similar experiences to mine.
I stick to women within 10 yrs of me (I am 39) Worked with khersonrose, khersongirls, cindyagency, majesticladies. Found majesticladies and Marina the office manager to be particularly helpful in determining level of interest of the women. Khersongirls was good. Khersonrose is closed. Husband of this agency divorced while living there (and guys say move there for a better chance of it working out!)and now runs Small Town brides. Cindyagency set up meetings but had a hands off approach in getting involved in your dating.
So, here I am. mike
