My trip to Odessa is all arranged! ;-)

[Oscar]

Just thought I would mention that I will be leaving for Odessa on February 22nd for 2 weeks!  I have my flat all arranged (3 minutes walk from the main street), fortunately flying free with my Skymiles and I am currently writing (emailing) and calling about 13-15 women (takes a real bite out of your evenings!!)  I have found all these women from the free sites so far.  I have have had to write to many women to weed through all the scammers but I have filtered it down to some really nice girls there.  
Jack has been very helpful.  He and I don't completely agree on the way to go about it over there (Been to Kiev before) but he has been very helpful.

Any of you who have been to Odessa and can recommend a great interpreter you really enjoyed, I'd love to get a good one set up..

And if anyone has any great restaurants they would like to recommend, I'm all ears (especially if it's not terribly expensive, with 15+ girls to feed!!) ;-)

Looking forward to it.. I will certainly give a report..

Best Regards,
Oscar

[BarryM]

... in response to My trip to Odessa is all arranged! ;-), posted by Oscar on Jan 15, 2002

nt

[odeccaman1]

... in response to My trip to Odessa is all arranged! ;-), posted by Oscar on Jan 15, 2002

check out  www.odessapost.com.ua
I think it is Canadian guy publishing new paper here?

[Deckard]

... in response to My trip to Odessa is all arranged! ;-), posted by Oscar on Jan 15, 2002


looking forward to hearing your report when you return!

Peace,

-Deckard

[thesearch]

... in response to My trip to Odessa is all arranged! ;-), posted by Oscar on Jan 15, 2002

Hey Oscar,

Have a great time and good luck in your search.

Yea, with 15 mouths to be feed, you can not be going to 60 dollar a plate places too often.

I do not know why it is that one has to take all these ladies out to lunch or dinner anyway. Here in the USA we just meet for a cup of tea or coffee. I, not uncommonly can tell in the first ten minutes if I will be interested or not - going through a long meal is a waste of time more than anything else.

Mark, in his recent trip to Kiev spent $115 for a meal with what he felt was a scammer (sounded like it also from his story)

[Stevo]

... in response to good luck to you, posted by thesearch on Jan 15, 2002

Look, a lot of these ladies will virtually starve themselves in order to buy a dress or makeup in order to make a good impression on you.  The very least you can do is treat them to a nice (not necessarily lavish) meal.  They will usually scarf down everything in sight.  Don't begrudge them a decent meal...it's a small thing for you, but a big deal for many of them.

Besides, going out to a restaurant for some of these ladies may be the FIRST time they have ever done so.  When your wage is $30/month and the tab for a meal at a nice place is $50 to $75, going to a restaurant is just a fantasy.

Russia AIN'T the USA!

Stevo

[Stan B]

... in response to Russia AIN'T the USA..., posted by Stevo on Jan 15, 2002

you can go to the best restaurants in town and pay much less than in Kiev, Moscow or Saint P. I stayed in Chernivtsi Ukraine & the meals in the best restaurants were about $10-15 a head.
So my suggestion is to get out to the country side and look for women from the smaller towns...aloha

[Tim Collins 333]

... in response to in the smaller cities, posted by Stan B on Jan 16, 2002

I'm with you!!!   In Yoshkar-Ola, we had a 5 course meal(all I know it was fish and steak) delicious, a bottle of vodka and wine and it came to $22.00 for four. It was at a restaraunt called Karinnas and it was very posh also.

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Russia AIN'T the USA..., posted by Stevo on Jan 15, 2002

... how are they going to fit into that dress that the starved themselves to get?

Just kidding.

Actually, if you look at profiles, you will see that one of the most common attributes an RW is looking for is: "Generous"

So... take her to McDonald's, guys, if you want to. But I don't think "Supersizing" the order is what she meant when she said she wanted a man who was Generous!

-M-

[KenC]

... in response to But if you buy them a big dinner..., posted by MarkInTx on Jan 15, 2002

Mark,
I always thought that if a RW listed "generous" as an attribute in the man she was looking for, it was a HUGE red flag.  No good RW would list such a thing.
KenC

[WmGo]

... in response to "generous", posted by KenC on Jan 15, 2002

Ken,

I think that when an FSUW uses the word "generous"  they do not mean that they are looking for a man who will shower them with money and material gifts. What is usually meant by "generous" is "not greedy."  Sometimes they mean "noble." From what I have read, most FSUW do not like stingy or greedy people and their use of the word "generous" is a reflection of that.

Also, when an FSUW uses the phrase "well off" or "well to do" they do not mean monetarily wealthy. They mean belonging to the middle class - as in not poor. They do not want to leave their homeland to go live in poverty. They want financial security - which to them means something much different than it does to us. A decent home, three square meals a day, decent clothing and a little entertainment is what it means to them. For us it means to be rich.

I would invite the FSUW in the audience to comment on this.

Regards,

WmGO

[BubbaGump]

... in response to Different Meanings?, posted by WmGo on Jan 16, 2002

I definitely misinterpreted that statement as meaning "I want a man to spend lots of money on me." I always took it as a potential red flag and never wrote those girls.  Darn, they were cute too.

[KenC]

... in response to Different Meanings?, posted by WmGo on Jan 16, 2002

WmGO,
Of course it could mean "generous" with time and affection or just be an akward interpretation.  I still would keep a close eye on this area with a woman that listed "generous" or avoid her altogether.  (The "many fish theory.)
KenC

[WmGo]

... in response to Re: Different Meanings?, posted by KenC on Jan 16, 2002

What does your wife say about the use of these phrases in a lady's bio?

[Ramblin]

... in response to Different Meanings?, posted by WmGo on Jan 16, 2002

If a man only lets his wife buy one dress a year, he's not generous.