Can you write a single posting without attacking the US.
I am sorry for the loss of your parents to a drunk driver. It was the fault of the driver not the country. Drunken drivers exist in EVERY country. I lost someone very close to me to in a car accident too, perhaps to a drunk driver. We'll never know.
But I have never touted the US as being better than anyplace else - except in jest.
So please, get over the constant attacks.
Or move your vileness to the thread dedicated to just that.
Most guys don't want to buy women. Anyone that does, usually has to.
I'm a man who values a woman's accomplishments, and I'm always strongly drawn to intelligent women. I believe a woman's place is wherever she wants.
I even admire women who have no use for men.
I've been in a few relationships where the woman thinks she's "entitled". That is a fifties attitude where women sat at home cooking and cleaning.
You see these girls with mini-skirts and tanned legs going on about how they want to start a family.
I'm a skinflint...As soon as she wants to start spending..I'm off.
That's a good attitude, especially in the west - but an attitude like that also explains why some of us are unsuccessful even in the FSU.
Example - When I went to the first Romance Social in Odessa - I met a wonderful Moldovan. A buddy I met at the event hooked up with my lady's friend (also from Moldova) and the four of us went out a few times. The Moldovan ladies were beautiful, and 23 years old, both however were also unemployed. As things transpired, I had a chance to see how much money my lady had. She was the keeper of the cash for the two of them. She had all of $3 - plus the two bus tickets back to Chisinau, Moldova.
After going out for dinner twice my buddy, came up with the brainiac idea that WE shouldn't pay for another meal. If these ladies liked us then it should be even-steven across the board and they should pay for half the dates. Try as I might I couldn't get across to him that they had NO MONEY. He insisted that we were being taken advantage of.
Many of us ARE looking for wives. But the playing field is not level. We DO make a hell of a lot more money than most of them do. SO if you really do care for a lady there is nothing wrong with spending a little something on them. The lady I am now seeing recently spent the quivalent of $40 on just POSTAGE to send a parcel to me. I didn't ask her to do it. She surprised me. But that $40 represented what she makes in EIGHT DAYS! (SHe is from Ukraine and makes 25 grievna per day. At 5 grievna to the dollar thats $5 per day).
So if a lady want you to spend a LITTLE on her its not so bad. Now when she starts DEMANDING - you have to draw the line though somewhere.
well.. there is an old say.. "give to caeser what belong to caeser" so.. in this instance I agree with jetmba... in this part of the world you have to show that you able to give those ladies some security feeling.... we all know in the west women are acquiring that financial security themself and that is good.... but trying to make ladies pay for dinner in any fsu country... uhmm.. I don't think so.. I have also notice that the issues of "she has taken advantage of me.. " are increasing... some are genuine but it is sad that the majority of complains are ridiculous..
I’m actually talking a more about women in the west. My first trip to Ukraine I’ll never forgive myself for not equating soon enough the peanuts I was spending to the fortune coming out of her purse.
She kept tipping the staff and taxi drivers because I kept forgetting. After a few days I realized and tried to square her for her money but she would have none of it. After that my estimation of her hit the stratosphere. She gave me some going away presents that could have cost her a couple of day’s wages.
I’ve never known a woman in the west to spend the equivalent of two days wages on me…more like they either spend it on themselves or expect you to buy them a $200 haircut.
I have to agree with Danny its seems like a bit much,,any Ukranian women
I have met are strong willed women why do you feel the need to break them into a submissive wife type character,,give me a woman that stands up for helpself not a sheep.
I think I would look at that in a different direction. If an Australian makes $700 dollars a week and lived like a person in Ukraine with no car (walked everywhere), a small flat, only a small percent of meat in the diet maybe he could live for $100 dollars a week. The rest is to better his life or luxury so this would make 86% luxury and 14% necessity. So if a Ukrainian makes $200 dollars a month and spends money for the bare necessities then luxury money is a very very small percentage if at all. I think it is a much different sacrifice to spend extra money than to spend the money for your food for a week. You guys who have been in the markets in Ukraine imagine if you made $200 a month you owned your flat so you did not have to pay rent, your utilities were $70 a month so you have $130 or $4.33 a day to buy all of your food toilet paper, water, hygiene products and other necessities. Then a foreign man that makes 14 times as much money as you do tells you that you should be able to spend half of your salary on him.
I could see where you could mistake an even tempered lady for a hot head if you expected this.
You said your lady owns her own shop and makes around $100 per day. She's a capitalist. Nothing wrong with that of course. But it gives her advantages over wage earners.
Capitalists have captital (money to invest). You don't say how she acquired her shop, but she is fortunate to have one. Big difference though between making $100 per day like your lady, and $5 per day like mine. Most of those jobs you see posted are more like the $5 type. ANd turnover is high as wages are so small and practically unlivable.
My lady has one advantage as well - she lives with her parents. SO she isn't using that $5 per day to put food in her mouth or a roof over her own head. But it still doesn't leave her much to do as she pleases.
If shes making $100 a day and lets say works 22 days a month, shes making around $26K a year. Thats not normal for Russia. I doubt a hair dresser makes that sort of cash in Aussie. In moscow that would even be good. Good for her, and she could afford to buy a few rugs for the homeless kids as well, so an extra bonus.
Danny i didn't make fun, I just said its a bonus because as well as supporting you, your girl can support a few homeless kids by being able to afford the rugs you suggested us guys bring over with us next time we travel over there. Your girl is lucky, because most people there aren't that well off.
Danny raises a true and valid point about lifestyle in Australia. Petrol has skyrocketed to $1.60 a litre today where I live, just outside of Melbourne, I live in the home of the Cats football club, Aussie guys who follow AFL will know where I am, hint..they won the 2007 AFL grand final!
Most Australian men can not afford it. $700 take home a week is a basic tradesman wage.
Only about 15% of the Australian working population make $100,000 0r more a year in salary/wages, most over 50% make an average of $50,000 a year or less.
Money does not go far here..rump steak, over $20 a kilogram, cheap crappy sausages $5 a kilogram, potatoes around $2 a kilogram..food is very expensive, electricity is expensive, internet here is expensive and it goes on and on!
Aussies spending 10 to 20k on a personal visit and fiance paperwork for a Russian/Ukraine woman..its way out of the affordable budget and the personal visit is a huge expense and these women think nothing of it because they think we have money coming out of our arses and the streets are paved in gold here..well hello FSU ladies!..this is reality, not fantasy..very few pots of gold at the end of the rainbow in Australia!
For an average Australian $20,000 to spend on a personal trip to Ukraine including the fiance paperwork costs amounts to at least 2 years worth of hard saving working here!
YES A TRUE AND VALID POINT AUSSIEMAN ---------WE ARE MUCH BETTER OFF LIVING OVER THERE TRULY WE ARE .
Take an example an Aussie in russia with 300k in bank living as a russian on there interest rates , mate if he got to 200 years old , he could not spend it all !
She '' may try help herselp to a bit '' but a word called NO ! soon puts pay to that .
You are correct pay scales hear ( hey all bills expences it cost me 32k a year to live in the ''lucky country '' ( blunt i say that = lucky if you survive more like it ).
32k a year in basics to live in this ''dictator infested dump '' yes its a great place hear providing you win tatts 2/3 times in your life yeah ! its great ! its a dump !!!
Iam glad i don't get $700 a week i'd starve to death .iam on close 10/ 11k a month - and iam feeling the pinch on that !if i was on 700 a week - honestly mate i would be living in the park in 2 weeks.
$700 a week ohh yes plenty hear get that - your correct and most of that crowd is 10 days from living in the park .
My trips to FSU JUST LAST 4 YEARS ( IAM TO SCARED ADD UP LAST 8 1/2 YEARS ) BUT THE LAST 4 HAVE AVERAGED ME IN PLANE FARES ALONE OVER 17K A YEAR !
As you know it dont stop at that = thats just the start ay ! your in detective mode soon as you arrive , ok dear front and centre - confess to sins whilst the master has been away !
It all becomes a nightmare ! and in all my time i must agree with you on your other points ( where they get this idea that all in aussie are rich well i can't figure that) as its got no reasoning .
But i have had women in moscow defiantly speak to me that we actually collect pieces of gold in the street?? we do?? when / where ??? ---------hey where do they get this scenario from ???
ok IAM in the 10/ 15% of earners hear , but still that should NOT be seen as open door to the mans wallet ( its his money ralph - remember the add on the tv ) weather he be worth 700 a week or like me over 2800 a week ( some weeks 4k in the door ) that should not be a ohh my boy it rich -lets TAKE IT '' scenario to them .
If they had a brain they'd look after the rich boy make sure he stays rich = hey it can be a long and prosperous life on that income - providing she too has the brains to see that as he does -yes !remember its her job to look after you !!
I dont know mate as i said last week this is definately my last year going to russia to seek something sensible with a brain for the future,because the way iam going mate business , finances , my work ok iam still ok ------BUT my cadillac days have come to grinding halt - and any bird intends to live with this duck for life in mother Russia!
Well the best iam going to give her is like about 40% better than basic russian style living - and thats as good as its going to get .
The old Aussie sayings mate - when your on a good thing ( and its free !) you stick to it .
they can please emselves , but ive no intention living there like cigars and 100,000 rubles coats for the tart anymore .
Bugger that i almost work up too late - but now best she get from me is ok if her life is 10k rubles a month then with me she gets 30k but its forever and its free !-------dont like it = lump it.
Or they can go back to the slums --i really dont care no more ! millions to pick from and your next ones standing on the corner, if shes no good , then the one next to her and so on you can play forever ay.
I made mistake falling for the ''love bullshit '' iam glad iam not stupid enough to marry anybody - that will never happen to this duck .
love em / leave em / have a good time / enjoy life ------hey yu may be dead tomorrow ! your dead a long time . may as well go out with a bang ! our old number 9 boiler chicks hear wont do it = too liberated , to stupid too .
mike00
I am 20, on 75k a year, and is as rich as a GOOGS... I dont need more. My housemate makes 700 a week, and he is coming to Ukraine too. Its not how much you make, it's how much you save!
I agree with monada. do not save, make them:) you know what happens to your savings usually:) they get to zero. so , our australina friends , go to Ukraine, you will have fun, or got robbed. depends on you. it is 100% sure that if you go to thailand yoi will get laid for 10$. and not in ukraine. sorry for my language.
two cars mate, 2 and a half hours from my parents, and am saving money. A house? @ 500k a year, it's not something I want to be paying back 600 a week for 30 years just at the moment. I'd rather stash that money for trips... e.g UKRAINE...