I had a message from a lady today and I just couldn't believe what she was asking. We have only had about four messages either way. This is how her message went.
Can I ask you some questions.
I believe it is up to the man to finance his visit to visit me.
What sort of property do you live in. One with a mortgage and if so how much is the payments. Is it rented.
Are you paying maintenance for children and if so how long do you have to pay.
Will you be giving me an allowance or will we have a joint account.
How much is your income and how is it distributed.
Who asks questions like this? We haven't met. Haven't held hands or had a first kiss. haven't spoken on the telephone.
These are all good questions to ask. The fact that you take offense to it and immediately think she is all about your money shows that you have little understanding of Russian culture and maybe better off seeking western spouse. Russians tend to be straightforward and to the point. If she is asking you these questions, she is seriously looking to get married and doesn't want to waste her time on a guy who is not serious.
The question about mutual or separate accounts is very good one. Shows that she may have friends marrying American and knows the biggest problems in this type of relationship. Many if not most foreign people, FSU Asians, Arabs..., have a very different concept of what family is supposed to be like. To them having separate accounts for spouses and family members in general is unacceptable. Western individualism and selfishness in this case is a deal breaker. I am glad this woman knows what she is doing. There is many more who end up marrying Americans to discover that marriage for some American guys means to have a roommate who is willing to have sex with you.
My point was that asking these questions puts the material side of things first regardless of whether we would even be compatible. I don't mind answering these questions once there is bonding and a hint of emotional compatibility. It's like saying if you are rich enough I might be able to fall in love with you. Sorry but I don't believe a LADY would ask such questions before meeting with someone and deciding that she would like to spend the rest of her life with him. As to the comment that I don't understand Russian culture this is total rubbish. No LADY in any nationality would ask these questions.
Johnny. its still not good manners in Ukraine especially when you consider that in 90% of first meetings the girl
makes up her mind about whether she wants to pursue a relationship with him in less than 30 seconds and often only sticks around
because its a free meal. Writing letters, email or even skype means absolutely nothing until the first meeting.
however, having separate accounts is unacceptable.
Placidgent,,, you already have more of a grasp of this, than guys who have spent a decade or more in their search!
Normal common sense doesn’t apply to the FSU. Nor does “Western values”!
“It's like saying if you are rich enough I might be able to fall in love with you.”
Exactly!! And they want you to prove your love for them!!
“No LADY in any nationality would ask these questions.”
Worded correctly! Most Russian women won’t have a problem asking them,,,, hoping that men will think they are being serious!
These women are writing to dozens maybe hundreds of men each day.
If a girl is being frank in this manner then you should probably ask if she swallows or has any issues with sex 3 times a day.
after all, we DO need to get the important stuff out of the way...right?
If Im going to take care of you then you have to take care of me. Most girls who are really serious will want to please her man.
3rd date is common, btw.
More than tid? A man in his mid fifties can do that only if he also takes it orally. But, ask Michael Douglas. That causes throat cancer. The only thing missing is the FDA warning label.
1) Does your house have a swimming pool? (As if swimming pools are common in Russia and Ukraine)
2) "Tell me all the details of your last three relationships."
3) "Send me a photograph of every room in your house."
I answered none of the above, and stopped writing to these particular women. The internet gives these FSU women access to all the men on the planet, and it is sad that goes to some their head. They think they are famous, that they are movie stars, and, in reality, they are not. They are attractive women from third world countries and money corrupts many of them.
There are women in the States like that too, you have just naturally learned to ignore them, but probably are just ignored by "Them". I know woman from over yonder that don't care one bit about money and they are not putting up a front, though I am sure living in a single wide in a park somewhere will be a turn off and they will come to there senses, but have more tact than this lady. She sounds like the type to have a fun few years with then when she gets her green card boot her for a nicer one. :) jk.
I've come across a few local woman who @ first put up a front only to show their true colours. Extremely materialistic. Self centered, etc... So, @ least for me I take things ultra slow, don't show "wealth" and rather let them see you as you are, and not for what you have. It does work.