ginny, let's assume for the moment

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jan 19, 2009 at 17:50

That you are right. So what? Do you really think you're going to find a good husband on the internet? Do you have any idea what kind of people look for social attention on-line?

There's plenty of other motives a man can have besides scamming you for a visa. Several women write about they are totally miserable on here after marrying a man from another country, and considering the massive cultural differences, is it really that surprising?

And I don't buy this whole "I'm not a rich American" deal either. Lots of people in America are not rich, and I'm a former British national. Living in that country is not all that bad by any means.

So is it a scam? It could still be. Even though he hasn't asked you to marry him, you two must have already talked about it, given how you are in the internet searching and are taking the time to post on here. You're more than welcome to as far as I am concerned, but I feel it's time for you to stop and think about why you are on here and looking this stuff up on-line, because a quick marriage even with someone you've met in real life is pretty much always bad news these days.

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