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Author: John Kellar (---.nyc.untd.com)
Date: 04-27-06 21:40
Hi All,
I'm new on here and have only decided to try this route after having spent a year in the Ukraine back in the '80s (former Naval Liason). Now I know everything is different, the Orange Revolution, and the break up of the old USSR.
But...I fell in love with the people.
Now to the heart of this post, almost every one of these thread topics concerns "scamming". After having read most of this, I would think that you could avoid almost all of it with a little prudence.
That may be a naive stance or statement, and correct me if I'm wrong, but if you like someone, trade a few e-mails and then GO SEE HER, it is much harder to lie to your face than it is over the 'net.
The last I checked (this week in fact) the price for the flight to Odessa and a reasonable hotel (the Palace del Mar) is only about $6000.00USD (give or take a couple of hundred dollars) for the round-trip flight and 2 week stay. We've all (us "grey beards" (smile)) have dropped that much on someone much closer to home that we thought we loved, I don't even want to THINK about what my divorce cost!
I also note that some seem to have a problem with wanting someone younger than they, I do (not 20! my daughter is 20!) but from 26 on up seems reasonable to me, again, I could be a complete fool here. And if you think I am (being a fool, not a FOOL) then let me know. Heck, it has been over a year since I've been on a real date here in the states, not from lack of opportunity, just lack of desire for the women I have met on my part.
Anyway, if your really looking for someone that seems like a very small price to pay.
If that is totally off-base please correct me, as this dating forum is a little odd (e.g. meeting someone without really meeting them, if that makes any sense).
Thanks for any reasonable voices of experience and constructive input.
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