Flower Power

[nyhazmat 2]

The way I look at it, it's just like anything else...when the local market ceases to be competitive, you outsource.

I agree completely. . .

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

When I got off the plane in Minsk I went to the nearest "wife store" and asked for the red head w/bad attitude section, and this is what I ended up with. Low maintenance, low mileage, low payments, and drives/handles like a dream.

j/k of course...

[visaveteran 0]

Congratulations! You bought yourself a cowboy hat wearing, dueling pistol carrying, beautiful woman. What else could a man want?

You and I shop at the same store.

[baron555 934]

The way I look at it, it's just like anything else...when the local market ceases to be competitive, you outsource.

I chose my wife from an online catalog (really).

I had been looking at US catalogs but all that those sites were "matching" for me was......not what I was looking for or meaning to invest in.

My Russian investment pays back in big ways but not at the waistline.

[slim 1,533]

Low maintenance, low mileage, low payments..... I got a lemon!

[james&olya 1,121]

I chose my wife from an online catalog (really).

I had been looking at US catalogs but all that those sites were "matching" for me was......not what I was looking for or meaning to invest in.

My Russian investment pays back in big ways but not at the waistline.

Globalization of this market pays off big time for the 'consumer' here! If the local 'sellers' want to remain competitive they will need to make certain adjustments/improvements in the product line!

I tried to shop locally but availability of a high quality product at a reasonable cost just wasn't there! It turns out I live in an area with a much higher demand than supply of what I need. Expanding my search to the entire US resulted in finding suitable choices but it turns out that shipping here was impossible! Foreign built, especially FSU, is so much better value for the investment I would highly recommend it to any of my friends. And it turns out that shipping here isn't that difficult, just a bit of bureaucracy!

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

I chose my wife from an online catalog (really).

I had been looking at US catalogs but all that those sites were "matching" for me was......not what I was looking for or meaning to invest in.

My Russian investment pays back in big ways but not at the waistline.

Phil has always been pretty direct about it. I love it.

Seems like the local women "price themselves off the market" so to speak and then get mad when you go elsewhere. Sheeesh. The fact is the world is just a whole lot smaller than it was, whole new worlds have opened up since the end of the SU. It is easy as can be to talk to people anywhere in the world and even see them on a computer which almost everyone has access to. we find out that not all the women in the world are like they are here and some of us like what we see elsewhere better. Big surprise. A plane ticket to Kiev can be had for the same price as a ticket to Kalifornia, for me at least, so why not? The visa fees don't hardly amount to a dating romance here.

Alla has a simple philosophy..."Whatever you want, get it from me...I am your wife" How does one go wrong with that?

Globalization of this market pays off big time for the 'consumer' here! If the local 'sellers' want to remain competitive they will need to make certain adjustments/improvements in the product line!

I tried to shop locally but availability of a high quality product at a reasonable cost just wasn't there! It turns out I live in an area with a much higher demand than supply of what I need. Expanding my search to the entire US resulted in finding suitable choices but it turns out that shipping here was impossible! Foreign built, especially FSU, is so much better value for the investment I would highly recommend it to any of my friends. And it turns out that shipping here isn't that difficult, just a bit of bureaucracy!

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Low maintenance, low mileage, low payments..... I got a lemon!

Not really...she's still drivable after her warranty ran out (citizenship).

*On a side note...I stretched it a bit about the "low maintenance" part of my post. Ever since she's discovered charge cards and online shopping it's been a battle. For some reason her paycheck is her's, and my paycheck is to pay the bills. I finally put a stop to that one, but not after I had to pull an "Operation Barbarossa" so to speak. I look at it like this....I knew I was rolling the dice about this whole "marrying a foreign chick", but then it's like that with any gal... American, foreign..whatever. So I said to myself... this time if I get screwed, at least it's gonna be by someone half my age, easy on the eyes with a sexy accent and a tight little two fisted #######.

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

Not really...she's still drivable after her warranty ran out (citizenship).

*On a side note...I stretched it a bit about the "low maintenance" part of my post. Ever since she's discovered charge cards and online shopping it's been a battle. For some reason her paycheck is her's, and my paycheck is to pay the bills. I finally put a stop to that one, but not after I had to pull an "Operation Barbarossa" so to speak. I look at it like this....I knew I was rolling the dice about this whole "marrying a foreign chick", but then it's like that with any gal... American, foreign..whatever. So I said to myself... this time if I get screwed, at least it's gonna be by someone half my age, easy on the eyes with a sexy accent and a tight little two fisted #######.

[Neonred 3,951]

Not really...she's still drivable after her warranty ran out (citizenship).

*On a side note...I stretched it a bit about the "low maintenance" part of my post. Ever since she's discovered charge cards and online shopping it's been a battle. For some reason her paycheck is her's, and my paycheck is to pay the bills. I finally put a stop to that one, but not after I had to pull an "Operation Barbarossa" so to speak. I look at it like this....I knew I was rolling the dice about this whole "marrying a foreign chick", but then it's like that with any gal... American, foreign..whatever. So I said to myself... this time if I get screwed, at least it's gonna be by someone half my age, easy on the eyes with a sexy accent and a tight little two fisted #######.

Yes, I'm still kicking myself for adding my wife to the credit card accounts and showing her ebay. After ebay she found every online shopping site there is. What the hell was I thinking?

[Brad and Vika 129]

The American feminists did it to themselves. An attractive woman here has been enabled to be a superstar throughout her whole life. She gets paid more, has an easier life, and typically has nicer things. Women enabled this to happen, not men.

In FSU, where women are typically attractive as the rule - not the exception - they're not entitled to the same benefits.

In relation to MOBs and the standoffishness of women here when encountering them it's almost the same as "I can't believe she got that promotion." They've been putting up with the same thing their entire lives yet do nothing to stop it. I'm just thankful I don't have to take part in it anymore. I'm no longer complicit. "No, that dress doesn't make you look fat. Your @ss makes you look fat."

Er.. That really sounds like men had a hand in it

The way I look at it, it's just like anything else...when the local market ceases to be competitive, you outsource.

Rational - I like it

When I got off the plane in Minsk I went to the nearest "wife store" and asked for the red head w/bad attitude section, and this is what I ended up with. Low maintenance, low mileage, low payments, and drives/handles like a dream.

Exactly what I was talking about! No matter how you meet - that sort of statement drives the MOB bashers into the red zone. Very nice.

My Russian investment pays back in big ways but not at the waistline.

I heard that

[tmma 467]

Am I going to incure collective wrath when I mention that for myself and many other women...the dating experience ( here ) is similar....and I am sure that your wife has a strong opinion of the offerings of her former country in regards to men.

I grew up in the UK. When I moved here I could not believe the SIZE of some of the people here ( men included). I had a culture shock too. People out in sweatpants, pyjamas and uncombed hair....? #######?

I'm not instigating nor negating what you are saying...the proof is right there in Wal Mart....what i am saying is that can you guys acknowledge that often the pickings are fairly limited here for alot of women too.

Your wives being from Europe I imagine would completely understand what I am saying.

Edited December 30, 2010 by tmma

[Brad and Vika 129]

To be honest, you tend to see more posts that talk about the physical, but the real reasons we enjoy our situations are are more than that. I found that most American gals that were dating had lots of emotional baggage, and really were not into the concept of a strong family. Many also wanted escape valves built in (is your pension vested?). Some of those things are age related, but some are just cultural.

[tmma 467]

To be honest, you tend to see more posts that talk about the physical, but the real reasons we enjoy our situations are are more than that. I found that most American gals that were dating had lots of emotional baggage, and really were not into the concept of a strong family. Many also wanted escape valves built in (is your pension vested?). Some of those things are age related, but some are just cultural.

I completely get that AND I will admit that when i was dating I was looking for be serious with someone who would NOT be a liability to me. Sorry to put it that way , it's just I invested a load of time and money getting where I am ( pension vested and all...lol) and honestly there were just too many fat, ignorant, baccy chewin' Zeek Billy Jo Bob's with no jobs around.

So i tended to date people I met at work. I know I was being stereotypical-but I call a spade a spade and am not ashamed to admit it...i was looking for someone at least at the same stage of life as me-culturly and stability wise.

It doesn't matter what others ' label' your relationship as...or make snide remarks or whatever--if you are happy...sod em all .

Edited December 30, 2010 by tmma

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Yes, I'm still kicking myself for adding my wife to the credit card accounts and showing her ebay. After ebay she found every online shopping site there is. What the hell was I thinking?

Kira started out with a Wells Fargo Visa debit card, and a few months later she had a Visa credit card...she was so proud of it I didn't say anything other than; "be careful". Then the credit card people sent her a email telling her that if she spent X amount of money that they would up her limit...that's when it got bad. The worse part of it is...her credit rating is higher than mine.