Hold the emails. Here is the list of "Questions for a Fiancee".

[cancunhound]

... in response to Re: Hold the emails. Here is the list of..., posted by Cali vet on May 9, 2003

What a great idea!

(sorry, I'm just can't stop laughing over this one)

[Big Wally]

... in response to Re: Hold the emails. Here is the list of..., posted by Cali vet on May 9, 2003

There is usually someone around who can translate. You can always use a Spanish/English dictionary or pocket translator. Might make for an interesting evening together.

Spanish is not a hard language to learn (as I'm sure you know, Cali Vet). The basics can be picked up with a little home study. Here's a free web site to get you started:
http://www.studyspanish.com/

Then you can pick up a CD course and learn enough to bet your point across.

As for translating the questions try this site:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

[Cali vet]

... in response to Two people who can't communicate at that..., posted by Big Wally on May 9, 2003

How 'bout putting the questionaire on a cd in Spanish and Thai?

[cancunhound]

... in response to There you go!, posted by Cali vet on May 9, 2003

Surely this would benefit our Russian friends too?

[Cali vet]

... in response to Re: There you go!, posted by cancunhound on May 9, 2003

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[indigo]

... in response to Hold the emails. Here is the list of &qu..., posted by Big Wally on May 9, 2003

Of course if she answers "no" to this question in the list you can forget about all the rest of the questions:
"Have you ever lied to a man?"

[DallasSteve2]

... in response to Hold the emails. Here is the list of &qu..., posted by Big Wally on May 9, 2003

I have to say to anyone that reads this that I hope you don't take a list of questions to an introduction or a date with a potential wife.  If you don't know why that is a bad idea then you shouldn't be looking for a wife.

Steve

[wizard]

... in response to Caution, posted by DallasSteve2 on May 9, 2003

I do agree that judging the character of a potential life-time partner is important, and yes, I have used some of these questions myself in an indirect fashion during the developing phases of relationships... But to blatantly hand the list to a lady and to ask her to answer them is more than a little ignorant...

You can't judge a person's character by reviewing the answers to a "pop quiz"...

Mi dos centavos...

[Celt]

... in response to Caution, posted by DallasSteve2 on May 9, 2003

Great point. I have actually seen it in Cali.

[Sam Club]

... in response to Re: Caution, posted by Celt on May 9, 2003

I have seen this too.....I couldn't believe it!  Of course the ladies talked about the gringo after he left!

[Celt]

... in response to Re: Re: Caution, posted by Sam Club on May 10, 2003

I saw someone at Ricardo's on the living room sofa
reading the questions to a rather disoriented young
lady with the help of the secretary. While I was
there, on the other hand, the men who just got into
a cab and partied with girls had better results at
the end of the week. I steered a middle course through
red wine, nice dinners, and day-trips. It worked out
ok with me.

Most of Big Wally's questions are implicit in the
e-mails I shared with my wife over the subsequent
three months. The difference is they were followed
a bond of trust between us, and took place in some
kind of reasonable context. I used jokes like that
with her as joke props to lighten the mood between
us.

[Big Wally]

... in response to Caution, posted by DallasSteve2 on May 9, 2003

Good advice. Don't turn it into a game show or a college exam. You don't want to overwhelm them right off the bat.

These are things that could and probably shoud be gone over after you've reached the point where it's more than a casual relationship.

I didn't see this list before getting married. I would guess on the 2nd and 3rd dates with my future wife we did cover a few of these as preliminary inquiries. They help you get to know the person better and see what they think about things. They also help you see if they can think at all or if they might be covering up anything.

We were very open with each other. As time went along I even explained to her that I did NOT want her to become an American woman. I told her there is a very good reason why guys from America go to Colombia to find a wife. She was confused at first but I told her all about American women.

I also explained how American women would try to 'train' her when she got here. I told her how they would tell her how to act and how to treat me.
I felt if she heard this from me first and had time to realize how manipulative American women can be she wouldn't be so surprised about it. Plus this would put her on guard for anything she heard and would see it for what it was.

[Cali vet]

... in response to Good advice. That's why they are questio..., posted by Big Wally on May 9, 2003

I too have begun schooling my wife for an eventual visit to the US. I have been training her to believe that denizens of North America are soul-less walking dead who have been animated to simulate real human beings. She is learning to look behind the collar for recently healed incisions where the brain has been removed. In the evenings I drill her over and over that once we arrive in the states if any of those fiends says anything to her...anything, like "pass the peas" even she is to leap up and run screaming from the room. I figure this is the best and surest way to avoid undue influence.

[cancunhound]

... in response to Good advice. That's why they are questio..., posted by Big Wally on May 9, 2003

Big Wally, time to quit this joke right now - someone may actually buy into this, dios mio:

"What was it like the first time that you had sex?
What does the word "sex" mean to you? "

Don't forget to ask her "what color is your favorite dildo",

All of course questions that must be answered within the first couple of days!

[Big Wally]

... in response to Re: Good advice. That's why they are que..., posted by cancunhound on May 9, 2003

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