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I'm sure many people are against it. I feel as though they are mostly mutually beneficial relationships, but I don't know much about them. I was accused of being one today because I have a faint Russian accent. I never really thought about them before. Anyone care to educate me?
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I imagine actually meeting a real life woman from those areas must be shocking for those men when they in fact, have a backbone.
The big problem is that many of the ladies who are seeking an easy passport and citizenship into the USA through marriage are not sincerely in it for the long term. They divorce the man as soon as they become citizens. I am sure that some are sincere, but many are not. There is also the problem that a man who cannot find a partner here may have some issues with anger or abuse. It is a dangerous game.
Over my time in the military I knew 3 guys with mail order brides. 2 of them were from the Phillipines and one from Russia. All 3 guys were nice, but off the nerd/awkward chart by astonomical proportions.
One of them married his Phillipino wife for than 20 years ago. They had one daughter who was a stellar academic and they adored her. They are happily married. He was a shrewd stock market investor from his early 30's and they have their home in the US paid for and one they built 4-5 years ago in the Phillipines is paid off. They seem really happy together.
The other one with the Phillipino wife I haven't heard about for probably 6-7 years now. They seemed happy together and she did come here with the ambition of going to college to be a nurse. She graduated and they were together last I knew.
The guy who married the Russian bride - yeah that one didn't go so well. He came to a function with her on his arm and she was a bombshell. A headturning, uber skinny, gorgeous blonde, stilleto wearing bombshell. They didn't last long at all. Might have had something to with this guy being a bit of a jerk though.........the other two are pretty sweet guys.
From my one experience with it, I can't say I agree. There was a guy that I went to college with who was just....odd. There is really no other way to describe him. He hit on every girl in the engineering department, and would always end up offending them or just being creepy. For example, the way he hit on me was by walking up to me, standing very close (less than 6 inches), and asking me if I wore contacts because "Your eyes are so defined.". When I basically told him to get out of my personal bubble and to please leave me alone, he started going around saying to others that I can't really be a girl because I didn't like him (yea...did I mention he was also very self centered?). He would also wear a BDSM dog collar in public, every single day. Needless to say, this guy barely had any friends, let alone a girlfriend.
Then, right before graduation, friends of mine showed me that he had changed his Facebook status to being engaged to a woman from the Phillipines. We were all flabbergasted, and thought it might be a lie. But sure enough, right after graduation, wedding pics showed up on Facebook. We are all pretty sure this was a mail order bride, because nothing else makes any sense knowing how this guy is. I hope that they are both happy, but I do feel really sorry for her.
I realize this is not the norm, but it did alter my perspective on the subject