to Lisabeth

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jan 5, 2009 at 15:02

Well, if you are so sure about it, why are you looking this up on-line?

I really have doubts about this, Lisabeth. Just because he has not asked you about a visa does not mean he does not want one. When you go to buy a car, will the salesperson ask you for your money? No! Does he still want it? Yes.

You can spend a lot of time and energy trying to do all the right things on your part, from meeting his family to having your friends meet him, ect. but in reality it will not change him. I knew of an American man who married a Russian woman. He even went out of his way to make her feel at home by networking with the local Russian community. She repaid him by staying with him for three years to learn English and get a drivers liscence and then vanished.

Happens all too often in these scenarios.

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