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Would I have moved to Russia if it were the only way?

Unlike some of the more adventurous and romantic types on here, I was honest from the start. I told my wife I will NEVER move to Russia. And that was our understanding on that subject.

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Unlike some of the more adventurous and romantic types on here, I was honest from the start. I told my wife I will NEVER move to Russia. And that was our understanding on that subject.

Please expand more on this "I told my wife" and "that was our understanding." Right about now, you're my hero! To be able to tell your wife something and achieve an "understanding," man, that's priceless. Please share with the forum just how you did that. Oh, did you have to do it in Russian? Cause if you did it in English to boot, we're going to have to get you a spot at that table with Burt Reynolds and Jerome Bettis and all those other cool guys. Man Hall of Fame, Satellite in '08!

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Please expand more on this "I told my wife" and "that was our understanding." Right about now, you're my hero! To be able to tell your wife something and achieve an "understanding," man, that's priceless. Please share with the forum just how you did that. Oh, did you have to do it in Russian?

My wife and I only speak Russian in the home with minor exceptions of course concerning school or something that was said by a third party.

As for what I said, I said it back in 2003 and in 2004 on my only and probably last trips to Russia. I have quite the reputation on here for criticizing all of Russia's faults so I have absolutely no desire to live or even visit there.

There are so many better places to go on vacation then there, Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, etc...

And I simply told her just as plainly as I retold it on here, I am not moving there no matter what, even if it means the end of the relationship. If the relationship is going to happen it will happen here. And that is where we are today. Not sure what was so hard to get. And I think she has accepted what I have been saying for the last 5 years on the topic of moving to Russia. Otherwise she'd be out of here, right? Her act of staying is acquiescence to the idea.

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Her act of staying is acquiescence to the idea.

That's kind of how I see it too. Whenever I get b!tched at for doing this or not doing that or the topic comes up about "having options" either to move or pusue something else, or somebody else, or just the bull$#it spats that couples have, regardless of what's said or implied, the door remains in the same place, and as long as she continues to ignore the option of "there's the door" then she's probably not too unhappy with what's inside. Well, at least not as unhappy as she was just b!tching about a few minutes before I reminded her where the door was.

(She's told me where it is plenty of times too, so I guess we're both content to stay inside for now. After all, it's cold outside!)

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Would I have moved to Russia if it were the only way?

Unlike some of the more adventurous and romantic types on here, I was honest from the start. I told my wife I will NEVER move to Russia. And that was our understanding on that subject.

Heh.... ain't that the truth. I told my wife the same thing. I have to chuckle at the "adventurous" ones. I just finished living over there for 3-1/2 years (work for BP) and I'm sure there are bigger "sh**holes in this world.... I just can't think of any. I despise the corruption over there. Could never get used to it... even after 3 years. It makes S. America look like romper room.

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It makes S. America look like romper room.

Hugo Chavez was just saying how together S. America's $#!t is.