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Old 07-22-2009, 03:29 PM
 
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Desperate & pathetic...nothing more to say...
Don't worry, you'll feel better someday...
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Old 07-22-2009, 04:18 PM
 
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Hey, it's only money. You can always make more of the stuff.

I make good money but don't plan on dieing a rich man. I want to make it to 90yo with as many stories as possible...good or bad.

I want to rock on that front porch and tell all the wipper-snappers "Did I ever tell you about my wife I imported from Russia? That tramp took me for all I was worth but gollee did she put out"
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Old 07-22-2009, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Dangling from a mooses antlers
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Yea...thats what happens when you marry virtually a child. However...I know of cases where those kind of differences work but its usually 29 and 40 not 18 and 29. Maybe the third times the charm or maybe you need to give him helpful hints on learning from his mistakes.
There was a practical reason for him marrying an 18 year old. When we would go on calls around town he'd ask me my opinion on the superficial beauty looks of different women we saw. I'd usually reply that they were all beautiful, which they were, but I'd always point out the need for dental work. My hang up.

So when he told me that he had met "the one" he said I'd be pleased cause she had all her own teeth.
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Old 07-22-2009, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Alaska
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you know, all this mail order bride stuff leaves me a bit confused.
why the hell would a 40 or so man marry a 18, 20 or so bride.

obviously someone who has not raised teenagers........
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Old 07-22-2009, 05:49 PM
 
Location: southern california
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you got people on this forum that have met and married women out of the country.
i am going to fall in love and get married someday, just as soon as i can find a really good lawyer.
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Old 07-22-2009, 11:39 PM
 
Location: Silicon Valley, California
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So when he told me that he had met "the one" he said I'd be pleased cause she had all her own teeth.
And did she dig his succulent flesh?
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Old 07-23-2009, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Joplin, Missouri
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There was a practical reason for him marrying an 18 year old. When we would go on calls around town he'd ask me my opinion on the superficial beauty looks of different women we saw. I'd usually reply that they were all beautiful, which they were, but I'd always point out the need for dental work. My hang up.

So when he told me that he had met "the one" he said I'd be pleased cause she had all her own teeth.

LOL...too funny. I live in the Midwest (Missouri) so I understand the teeth thing.
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Old 07-23-2009, 05:00 PM
 
Location: Seward, Alaska
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What exactly is the matter with American brides that people have to seek out babes from Ukraine?

The "matter" with American brides is the "lack of them". Some Alaska towns and villages have a critical shortage of women...men outnumber women in some of those places (not all, but some)

As to guys who get foreign brides: about half of the ones I know about ended badly. The other half did ok. IE: divorce rate just as high as marrying someone local...you're odds don't improve.

After many years of futile searching in-state, I finally "imported" my American bride from Florida...

Bud

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Old 07-24-2009, 07:39 AM
 
Location: Joplin, Missouri
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The "matter" with American brides is the "lack of them". Some Alaska towns and villages have a critical shortage of women...men outnumber women in some of those places (not all, but some)

As to guys who get foreign brides: about half of the ones I know about ended badly. The other half did ok. IE: divorce rate just as high as marrying someone local...you're odds don't improve.

After many years of futile searching in-state, I finally "imported" my American bride from Florida...

Bud
Now see I find that incredibly sexy that theres a shortage. I know how men are... So that has got to be rough. Do the men treat/appreciate the women more when they are so hard to find? I think down here (lower 48) men sometimes take advantage of so many women being available that they are less commital and more into "friends w/benefits. Now...I realize there are women like that too but I'm talking from my perspective.
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Old 07-24-2009, 07:51 AM
 
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Now see I find that incredibly sexy that theres a shortage. I know how men are... So that has got to be rough. Do the men treat/appreciate the women more when they are so hard to find? I think down here (lower 48) men sometimes take advantage of so many women being available that they are less commital and more into "friends w/benefits. Now...I realize there are women like that too but I'm talking from my perspective.
Come up and see for yourself.

Honestly, it isn't all like "Men in Trees", though I suppose that can be a nice enough fantasy.

Quite a few of the single men in the remote areas that this mainly mythical shortage of women really does apply are dirty and weird. There are of course exceptions but...

a more even ratio makes things more healthy, I think. If someone asked you to dinner, it's because he wants to have dinner with you and not because you're the only single human female around for miles.

Some of the things men will do to get your attention in the more remote areas are quite bizarre, and it's probably best that I don't expound.

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