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Originally Posted by shaun1000
Personally I would be surprised if she is a Virgin. But I wouldn`t wait until the wedding night to find out, but that`s down to my opinion and the above experience. |
It's not usual for a beautiful virgin to look for a husband on the web. 
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Originally Posted by GoingToRussia
I think you're over analyzing all of this. Don't try to read her mind or make up possible reasons she left early. Just take her at her word and enjoy the moment. You'll enjoy the time with her more if you do.
About the sex and virgin. Does it matter if she is a virgin? Would you drop her if she was a virgin? I don't see the benefit in asking this question unless you don't want to marry a virgin. Now the sex if a different thing but approch it from the having children angle and not if she likes/doesn't like it angle. Save this question until you talk on Skype or your next meeting. Just relax, enjoy your time together, and get to know each other. It's a first date ... not a comittment. Good luck! ![]() |
My gut feeling is this woman is a player. She is looking for the best she can get.....money,looks,lifestyle,etc. Feelings for her partner do not seem to be an issue. I couldn't imagine a woman who strung a man out til a visa was issued. That says it all to me. RP, I hope I am wrong but I think another trip is a waste a time. Best case senario is it doesn't work...worse case is she comes and you become a stepping sone. I base my opinion upon what she has said to you. How can it be it is such a disaster to her when she decided he was not right? That just doesn't sit well with me. Azdarozna!
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Originally Posted by Spakoyna
LOL! Well, I have to disagree with Deccie!
My gut feeling is this woman is a player. She is looking for the best she can get.....money,looks,lifestyle,etc. Feelings for her partner do not seem to be an issue. I couldn't imagine a woman who strung a man out til a visa was issued. That says it all to me. RP, I hope I am wrong but I think another trip is a waste a time. Best case senario is it doesn't work...worse case is she comes and you become a stepping sone. I base my opinion upon what she has said to you. How can it be it is such a disaster to her when she decided he was not right? That just doesn't sit well with me. Azdarozna! |
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Originally Posted by royalpalace774
Also Spak, if by chance I do marry her I am quite sure I will have her pregnant with a child or 2 before the 3 years of waiting for the green card are up. She has to live in the U.S for 3 years before she can get her green card.
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Originally Posted by blucatz
What I don't get RP, is while all this is going on back and forth between the other man and your lady, she is corresponding with you and making plans with you to meet in Ukraine. If she is supposed to be married in Feb 08, why is she meeting you in Feb 08? Something about the timing of her story does not make sense to me. You have been talking to her for a little while now, at the same time she was still under the impression she was still getting married, sounds fishy to me. You don't go from supposedly getting married one day to instantly back on the market the next day if she is hurting as bad as she says she is. Sounds like a GCG to me who is desparate to get out of Odessa and wants to keep you on the back burner in case some faster way out comes around.
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Originally Posted by deccie
If RP wants to really find out if she is a GcG he always has the option of asking her how she feels about him moving there for a while.
This removes the Green card as a prize. Of course, if she is being real and actually likes the ide of him moving there.. he then has to explain later why he doesn't actually want to go through with living there. |
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Originally Posted by blucatz
OK, Green Card Grabber was the wrong term, I guess what I was trying to come across was that she seems willing to do anything to get out of Ukraine. Agreeing to marry someone within 2 weeks, and during this so called engagement is writing letters to you, cmon, do you honestly think that in Dec 2007 when you first received your letter from her that it was 100% over with the other man? The time frame does not match up. Going by what you have posted, it just seems she is trying to find a way out of Ukraine the fastest way possible on someone elses dime. If she really wanted to go to Prague (I don't know what the attraction of Prague is) she would have gone by now.
You really need to take this one really slow RP, you have been burnt before, You know that "Been there, done that" thing. If she is as popular on the dating site as you say, maybe she is waiting for the first man to come along and wisk her away. I would hate to see you get burnt a 3rd time. Watch your back on this one, something doesn't seem right. |
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Originally Posted by blucatz
That is a good mindset to go into this with. I personally would like a definate commitment from her after the second visit, actually after the first visit, but that is just me. I will be meeting my lady for the fist time in May after 6 months of correspondence, we have kind of a commitment now but nothing cut in stone. But if it goes well in May, I personally want a definate committment from her before I move on. Like you, I am not here to play games or have a long term date, not getting any younger here.
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Originally Posted by royalpalace774
The one thing that I have learned here is that these women are strong and you can't come off needy to them. Maybe you will have great chemistry & maybe you won't. I just know that you must be face to face to know anything in this game.
Also know blucatz that even though you have been talking with your girl for 6 months it could go bad in a day or 2 of meeting her. My 1st meeting last october was with a girl I talked to every single day for 6 months. When I met her I was sure on the 2nd day that she was not for me. But I had her still stick around because I was not prepared with a backup plan and I was a little afraid being in a foreign country & not speaking the language. Now I can go there with 100% confidence and enjoy it. I know my way around the city center of Odessa like I live there. It's great. I could never live there but I sure like visiting. My advice to you is to not demand a commitment on your 1st trip. I think a 2nd or 3rd time together is going to tell you both what's up. I will have to have a solid commitment by my 3rd trip or I am done. She needs to put BUSY on her profile also. |
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Originally Posted by blucatz
Thats why our first meeting is in Cairo. If it goes south in the beginning, I will still be in a place for a great vacation with plenty of English speaking people and lots of things to do. I am not going to demand a commitment, ie. like an engagement or anything like that, but there had better be some strong indications of one for me to waste anymore time and effort.
We already had one misunderstanding on who was paying for what. Our first plans were to meet in Costa Rica until she found out how much it was gonna cost her to fly there. She thought I was gonna pop up at the last minute and pay for her flight, she said it was customary for the man to pay. I had to educate her on my way of thinking. Told her I wouldn't even pay for the woman's ticket even if she was from my home state if we had not met yet. So we compromised on Cairo, she said she could afford to go there and I always wanted to see the pyramids anyway. She is happy with that and all is right with the world once again....LOL |
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Originally Posted by blucatz
You really need to take this one really slow RP, you have been burnt before, You know that "Been there, done that" thing. If she is as popular on the dating site as you say, maybe she is waiting for the first man to come along and wisk her away. I would hate to see you get burnt a 3rd time. |
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Originally Posted by blucatz
For me its easier to go to Cairo, allot less headaches to start with. If all goes well there, then I will go to Omsk to see her side of the world. I don't want to go thru the BS of getting the visa, finding the place to stay, the much larger expense on basically a "chance". I would personally like some type of committment from the other side for this first meeting, that cuts out all good time girls, GCG, and BS artists and leaves only the serious ones. It would be different if she was from Ukraine where its allot easier and cheaper to travel to. I work hard for every dollar I have and I don't like to throw it away on chance.
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Originally Posted by deccie
You'll need to watch out for the GtG's then. (-;
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Originally Posted by BluesTraveler
Something I was thinking about...
They say there are three sides to every story, his, hers, and the truth. It does seem like she is very dedicated to moving to Prague. You talked about with her several times, and your waiter friend commented on it. Could it be that the other guy who was supposed to marry her decided to stop not becuase of lame excuses like plane tickets, but because of the Prague issue. Maybe she kept on pushing the issue and said she was going to move there, and wanted him to move there too? I don't want to create issues where there isn't one. Maybe the guy was truthful, maybe he was a complete liar, but there is really no way to know why he didn't return to Ukraine. If she really wants to move there, she will find a way to do it. And she may not care who she hurts in the process. Caution is the key word with her. I still think she needs some time to determine what is important to her. What is more important, love or Prague? If it was me, I would wouldn't mention Prague and see if she does. If a few weeks go by and neither one of you brings it up, casually mention it. "Are you still thinking about moving to Prague?" And then you will know where you stand with her. Is she serious about you, are you just a means to an end, or she still hasn't figured out what she wants. Just my thoughts, but what do I know? |
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Originally Posted by Spakoyna
RP! Don't look back! RUN,Run,run. I do not like the way things seem to be shaping up here. It is time for you to let her persue you if she is genuine. She has met you, and probably has the means to persue you if she wants to. Too many red flags for me. I don't think I would have lasted the whole trip you did if a lady was cold shouldered to me.
My wife and I were not intimate in any way the 1st 2 weeks we spent together. But I knew there was something there! |
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Originally Posted by Chrismc
RP
There seems to be one red flag after another cropping up here, but the more you try and analyse things the more possible problems you will find and the more worries you will have. I would speak to the agency owner again and get her take on this women and also your waiter friend as I suggested up thread, at least you have two people you can trust to give you an honest answer and opinion who know her. The computer story does seem really far fetched, but who knows odder things have happened. Chris |
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Originally Posted by royalpalace774
I just got off the phone with the manager. I asked her if she had any news to tell me about me & my girl. She said she knows somethings but she can not talk on the phone to tell me because there were people next to her in her office. She said she will email me her thoughts on me & my girl.
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Originally Posted by Chrismc
Well RP you seem to have two good people on your side, so if they think she is above board then you have to believe them and take things slowly. If she has been burned recently then you can understand some of the reluctance to commit to anything just now afterall it must have been a nightmare telling everyone she was getting married only for her then to have to tell everyone it was all off and a mistake. How she got suckered into that in the first place, is another story.
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Originally Posted by Chrismc
Well RP you seem to have two good people on your side, so if they think she is above board then you have to believe them and take things slowly. If she has been burned recently then you can understand some of the reluctance to commit to anything just now afterall it must have been a nightmare telling everyone she was getting married only for her then to have to tell everyone it was all off and a mistake. How she got suckered into that in the first place, is another story.
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Originally Posted by BluesTraveler
RP: I think everyone is rooting for ya, just hard to know exactly what she is thinking & feeling when we only hear your side of the story. Since you have been burnt a few times, nobody wants to see you go through that agony again.
If the waiter and the agency manager are vouching for her, then the 2nd meeting should clear things up for you. Question is, will things be certain for her? Hope so. |
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Originally Posted by Spakoyna
RP, I will stand by my opinion but hope I am wrong. Only you know if there is a connection between the 2 of you. My wife threw every red flag in the book at me! If I had listened to others we would not be together.
I know I don't come across to well....I just don't like people being taken advantage of. Hope it works out for you for the long haul! |
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Originally Posted by RP
So far I really don't see any strange things except why did she agree to marry a guy after a 14 day meeting. Her computer broke and she did not ask me to help pay for it. |
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Originally Posted by RP
Every time we talk on the phone her mother gets on the phone and says hello to me. She feels confident enough to tell me she wants to spend a month together in the summer and we have not had our 2nd meeting yet.
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Originally Posted by Chrismc
Those are Red flags but she may well be telling the truth, but I still find it hard to understand why she agreed to marry that bloke so quickly.
I think the fact that she introduced you to mum and that you have the agency and your waiter pal on your side outweighs the red flags for now. She would have to be a pretty low quality women or a great scammer to let her mother in on a scam, or maybe it is the mother who is the scammer ![]() Seriously, I would go on gut feeling, instinct and the comments of the agency women and waiter on this until I knew any better. |
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Originally Posted by solstice
The thing that would trouble me the most is something pretty simple. You said something about her not wanting to kiss you. It doesn't make sense that she was willing to marry some guy after 2 weeks but now has found the greatest man around and could not bring herself to give you a kiss. Sometimes the smallest things mean the most and a kiss is not a big thing to offer someone to let them know your feelings towards them and you'd like to see a realtionship go forward. Of course we are talking about women here and being a man I could naturally be way off base.
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Originally Posted by solstice
It's apparent you're really giving this whole thing a lot of thought, and from what you've gone through in the past I don't blame you. The thing is you'll drive yourself up a wall trying to figure it out until you go for a 2nd visit. And even then you might find it difficult to see things clearly. You said yourself women can do the craziest things and I definitey agree. The thing that would trouble me the most is something pretty simple. You said something about her not wanting to kiss you. It doesn't make sense that she was willing to marry some guy after 2 weeks but now has found the greatest man around and could not bring herself to give you a kiss. Sometimes the smallest things mean the most and a kiss is not a big thing to offer someone to let them know your feelings towards them and you'd like to see a realtionship go forward. Of course we are talking about women here and being a man I could naturally be way off base.
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Originally Posted by BluesTraveler
RP: you can very easily over analyze the situation to death. I don't know why she would "make-up" the story about meeting / deciding to marry the guy in November. It doesn't make her look better in your eyes, and it invites way too many questions. So I would think it was the truth.
Very much doubt the mom is on the scam act. Not seeing her apartment is pretty common, the mom may not want a random stranger in her home. Mobile phone picking up and not connecting. This is a pretty common issue. She could have been in a bad reception area, and couldn't hear you. Or maybe the battery was dying. Or maybe a million other things that go wrong with mobile phones. She picked up the phone the rest of the week, so I think you can blame it on the mobile phone gods playing havoc with the network. At this point, relax, keep speaking, both eyes wide open, and you all we revealed in due time. Still rooting for ya. ![]() |
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Originally Posted by Spakoyna
Damn RP! You aren't crazy! Trust your gut feelings! As much as you don't want to hear it....RUN,RUN,RUN! Your last post sealed the deal for me. No IF'S ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT! Go find yourself a nice lady!
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