I am a new member of this forum and this is a question addressed to everyone but mainly to the moderator who I understand is a Russian lady with experience in marriage agencies:
I have "met" online with a girl from the "dating-ru" site since 2 1/2 months and it seems that we are getting along very well, it is to the point that it's too good to be true! We exchange very passionate emails at each other's personal email and speak on the phone at least twice a week. She asked me to visit her and I will do so at the tail end of a business trip to Europe next month. She will travel to another city by train at her own expense to meet me although I told her that I wanted to fly her there. All this sounds good right? I also talked to her father a couple of times (his English is very poor, but we were able to exchange a few words).
During our last call, I told her I was going to call on Saturday at 8:00pm her time. Unlike any other time, she jumped up and said that she is going to a friend's birthday party that day, but she wanted me to call Friday or Sunday the same time. I called Sunday at 8 and her father informed me that she was not there and I should call back at 10. I became suspicious, but called back at 10 and asked details about the Saturday party as well as the Sunday ordeal. She said that on Sunday a girlfriend of hers who came to the city gave her a call and had to go meet her at the train station. They are good friends and she had to go, she apologized for not being able to take my call and promised this wouldn't happen again. About the Saturday party, she said that it was about another girlfriend. I asked for details, she said that they had some soft drinks and Champaign!!! and then they danced for a while ... To make a long story short here is what I am thinking: I don't believe this girl was out with a girlfriend on Saturday or Sunday. I don't believe she was out with a local boyfriend either, not because I asked her and she refused it, but mainly because I am convinced this girl wants to marry a foreigner. What I suspect with the party and the Champagne (do young girls still in their first years in college and without jobs usually offer Champaign to a bunch of friends in Russia???) and the next day unscheduled meeting is that she went to one of these socials held by marriage agencies where girls meet foreigners. I believe that she had a follow up date the next day. She has also been urging me to visit her sooner than next month, which is difficult for me due to business obligations that I have in this country. After explaining herself, she insisted that she wants to continue our relationship like it was before this incident and that she realized her mistake. What bothers me most is not the possibility that she may have attended a social and dated with another foreign man, but the fact that she may be lying about this. I asked her a couple of weeks ago whether she is corresponding with someone else and she said no. She asked me the same question and I said no, which is true, I interrupted my correspondence with other promising prospects. Question: what is going on and how serious is it? what is the experience with Russian girls, how truthful a lady is when she makes promises to a foreign man? Can I find out from "dating-ru" what marriage agency represents the lady and check whether there was a social party going on that day? I am a young man and obviously not a player. I am serious about this girl, but don’t want to get involved if she is lying. Thanks and good luck to everyone in our RUW adventures.
hi wtrav02. Lets beging from the end of your message.<<Can I find out from "dating-ru" what marriage agency represents the lady and check whether there was a social party going on that day? >>>yes you can give me her ID in our database and I'll find out what agency she is from and if there were any socials on this day with foreigners. But franckly speaking, I dont think it will be really helpful. First of all because the agency will never tell you if she really was there( they care about privacy of their girls) and second-judging by the fact that you are exchanging e-mails directly, she is not from the marriage agency.Usually the members of marriage agencies use our mailforwarding srevices. Actually I even dont beleive that its possible to find out the truth here.. she can be anywhere on this day and her words is the only thing that we have. So this is the question of trust I suppose. If she was interested in lying you, I think she could make her story to look more smooth, without dances and champaign...but she prefered to tell you about it.... and as I woman I dont understand whats wrong that she was not at home in time for your call? Whats the problem? Why she can't go out with her friends and drink this champaign in their company? By the way, the bottle of champaign here costs less then 3$,so there is nothing strange that girls could afford it. ;-)
I think that if she was not serious about you, she would never ask you to meet her as soon as possible, would never go to meet you at her own expence.Thats what I think myself, but of course there can be other oppinions and life situations.
Olga,
Thanks very much for your input. It was invaluable especially coming from a woman’s perspective (Russian I assume). In fact, my girl sent me a letter that totally melted my heart and we also spoke on the phone and are now both “happy campers” … She is a real sweetheart and I admit I have a crush on her. Just for the record though, having heard and read so much about some RWs being fraudulent often makes us, western men, suspicious in cases where we shouldn’t be. In any event, thanks very much for the advice. It all makes sense.