Which Russian Mail Order Bride Would You Pick?
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Mail-order bride is a label applied to a woman who publishes her intent to marry someone from another--usually more developed--country. Although the label is widely used, it has derogatory connotations and may be offensive. [1].
Historically, mail-order brides were women who listed themselves in catalogs and were selected by men for marriage, often with little or no communication between them prior to their first meeting. Sometimes the men and women involved were citizens of different countries, e.g. women from European countries moving to the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries, and sometimes they involved citizens of the same country, e.g. women from mainland Japan moving to its frontier in Manchuria during the 1920s and 1930s. Today, most of the women referred to as mail-order brides list themselves on the internet and communicate regularly with their intended husband prior to marriage.
Mail-order brides hail from dozens of developing countries. Ukraine, Russia, Colombia and the Philippines have particularly large numbers of mail-order brides. Men who list themselves in such publications may be referred to as mail-order husbands. This term is less common and generally implies a man who seeks a mail-order bride. A small percentage of mail-order husbands have, however, intentions similar to mail-order brides, i.e. to marry and move to a more favorable environment of marriage.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reports that "...marriages arranged through these services would appear to have a lower divorce rate than the nation as a whole, fully 80 percent of these marriages having lasted over the years for which reports are available." [2] The USCIS also reports that "... mail-order bride and e-mail correspondence services result in 4,000 to 6,000 marriages between U.S. men and foreign brides each year."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Order_Brides
Historically, mail-order brides were women who listed themselves in catalogs and were selected by men for marriage, often with little or no communication between them prior to their first meeting. Sometimes the men and women involved were citizens of different countries, e.g. women from European countries moving to the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries, and sometimes they involved citizens of the same country, e.g. women from mainland Japan moving to its frontier in Manchuria during the 1920s and 1930s. Today, most of the women referred to as mail-order brides list themselves on the internet and communicate regularly with their intended husband prior to marriage.
Mail-order brides hail from dozens of developing countries. Ukraine, Russia, Colombia and the Philippines have particularly large numbers of mail-order brides. Men who list themselves in such publications may be referred to as mail-order husbands. This term is less common and generally implies a man who seeks a mail-order bride. A small percentage of mail-order husbands have, however, intentions similar to mail-order brides, i.e. to marry and move to a more favorable environment of marriage.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reports that "...marriages arranged through these services would appear to have a lower divorce rate than the nation as a whole, fully 80 percent of these marriages having lasted over the years for which reports are available." [2] The USCIS also reports that "... mail-order bride and e-mail correspondence services result in 4,000 to 6,000 marriages between U.S. men and foreign brides each year."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Order_Brides
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Gotta go with Elena.
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olga for me.
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^ for some time I was pondering whether I should choose between olga and the other one. Olga to me had a more of a girl next door face and I could imagine coming home from work while to a nice dinner on the table that she had cooked for me.
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