Very sorry this happened to you, GladiatorUK. But who can say what is really in a person's heart?? I have been to the FSU 12 times. The first woman I met was in Russia. Naberzhnye Chelny. Very lovely, 12 year old daughter. She had a car. She claimed to be a "day trader" in the Russian stock market. She put on a real show while I was there. Took me around to meet all her friends, her family. She slept with me the third day I was there. It was her idea to get into bed. She spoke great English. In an intimate moment she said to me, "Every man has some special place or thought that excites him. What is your's?" I concluded at the end of my visit that she was a prostitute. A day Russian stock market?? Impossible. All she wanted was to get out of Russia. She didn't care for me at all. After I returned to the U.S., I wrote her a very pleasant letter telling her in the most gentle way "goodbye." I received in exchange a barrage of ugly insults and profanities. Nobody likes to be "dropped," but guys, these are our lives we are talking about. I have concluded that it is better to be alone than in a bad relationship. I'll keep trying, but I get mre skeptical as the years go on. I wish all very good luck. You will need very good luck:)