My method idea...critique please

[Zink]

... in response to Canadian Cowboy, posted by Safari on May 21, 2003

I used windows 1251. Most of the time you'll use it and not KOI8.

I had an interesting lesson in ðóññêèå ïîçíàêîìñòâî last summer. My girl and I were walking through a large park in the evening. In one area there were several park benches set up in a large circle. On one side were several young guys drinking beer and chatting, on the other a group of girls. It was like wtching a high scool dance here. After awhile they slowly started to talk to each other and mix a little. I was told that was the normal way of doing it when young.

I'm not sure about green lights but the major red light is a ring on the middle finger of the right hand. That means they're married. The girl might still be willing but I would be wary of the husband.

I'm sending you the TESOL link now.

[Travis]

... in response to Re: My method idea...critique please, posted by Safari on May 21, 2003

I don't know a great deal, but I know it is considered rude to smile at someone you don't know. That's why everyone on the street looks to ticked off. Also, I think holding hands isn't common. Arm in arm with your lady is ok though.

[Travis]

... in response to My method idea...critique please, posted by Safari on May 20, 2003

My opinion, my expierience. The city doesn't matter a great deal. You shouldn't waste your time on the younger women there. Again, it's my expierience speaking and I admit it was a bad expierience...mostly my fault, so you have to take what I say with a grain of salt. I will say that the smaller cities are less likely to produce scammers than say Moscow or St. Pete, but his I can't say for fact. My particular virus came from a very small town outside of Kaliningrad, but then again, she was being coached by a friend of hers. The best advise I can give, if a woman you are corresponding with has a friend that happens to live in the same city you do, most likely it isn't you that she wants to be with! Your simply the tool to get her here.

[Safari]

... in response to Re: My method idea...critique please, posted by Travis on May 20, 2003

Travis, from the time I've spent reading this board, the average cutoff
age for "old enough" seems to fall around 25.  But then I've also read for
a given age, FSU women are more mature than their Western
counterparts.

In your opinion, should one steer clear of "younger women" because of
the not uncommonly noticeable age differences between AM and RW, or
does it apply universally?  Or asked another way, does being in my late
twenties imply a lower boundary?

Generally speaking, what age range do you consider risky?

[Travis]

... in response to Re: My method idea...critique please, posted by Safari on May 21, 2003

The FSU women that I have met that are younger, less than say 25 or 26, don't seem any different than women here. I don't mean that negatively, what I mean is that they want to party every night. They don't want the constraints of a marriage other than the financial benefits and the green card. It wouldn't be fair of me to steriotype all women so I will try not to, but most likely marrying a woman from the FSU that is less than 25/26ish, you would be nothing more than a taxi service, bank account and visa...for 730 days or if she's anything like my virus, she'll bust out the abuse trump card. Thats been my expierience anyway.

[Safari]

... in response to Re: Re: My method idea...critique please, posted by Travis on May 21, 2003

Sorry to hear about your bad experience.  In hindsight, did you later
realize there were red flags overlooked?  Or did she change for the
worse after arriving / 90 day mark / 2 year mark?

[Travis]

... in response to Re: My method idea...critique please, posted by Safari on May 21, 2003

There were plenty of red flags before the wedding. But the real changes occured the moment we said "I do". I never thought two words could do so much damage to one's life! She was under the impression that I couldn't get a divorce without her consent so once we were married, the facade came down. She wanted to ride out the two years basically pretending we weren't married and she could run around and do anything she wanted, including looking for my replacement. From then on she pretty much only talked to me when she wanted something, ie clothes, money, a ride to her friends, a bottle of wine. Of coarse she learned in pretty short order that 1. I could divorce her without her permission (Texas is a no fault state) and 2. I wasn't going to put up with her cr@p like her best friends husband did. Thats when she played the abuse card which was beat in court. She was really ticked when she learned what "community property" is and that my house (that she tried to take) was not part of the community. She's also pretty upset that we don't have alimony. Bummer! Well, we do if your married for 10 years but I filed for divorce after 61 days, so that don't count.

My point was that she's young and she didn't want the constraints of marriage. She, like other young people want to play. But what she also wanted was my money and citizenship. And believe me when I say this, EVERY woman there in the FSU knows the rules. Not that all or even a lot will falsly claim abuse in order to receive a green card, but some will! I'm d@mn lucky I live in Texas, otherwise I would have lost my home and been ordered to pay her alimony.