[Aliska]

CAVEAT EMPTOR!

Wise words. It's a shame to think in terms of buying a product when you are looking for a life partner and "true love".

[cripplecreek]

My wife and I helped a Russian woman immigrate here (LEGALLY)last fall. We knew her from e-mail and phone calls for about two years before we were willing to help her and we brought the subject up.

Now that she's here she explains that most Russian women aren't seeking to "escape" Russia or anything. For the most part they're just like American women and want the same things but those things are becoming pretty common in Russia anyway.

The only reason our friend came here was because she wanted to start over after the death of her mother and her boyfriend. She had no one left so we asked her to come here and we've made her part of our extended family.