Income question

[DKMM]

Nastya, she's coming over here to study and we'll see where it goes. 

[juggernaut]

Steve's post is an accurate one to use as a template for income.  I'd say your median income should be at least $60,000 per year, with adjustments made for standard of living costs.  Your expenditures won't be limited to your family in whatever country you in, but also will include your wife's family.  For example, she will want to return home to visit every year and so on.

Juggernaut

[yourjullie]

 When i only began my search I met one guy from Sweden. He was 45 but wanted girl in her early twenties, who will agree to study as nurse and do this job in 2 years after coming to sweden. It`s understandable I told him he wants too much and told him goodbye. He`s still alone and I`m more than 2 years in a relationship with a canadian who is ok to have me as housewife though I will for sure work as teacher cause stayiing at home as boring But I`ll have to get extra education in Canada nd he`s agree to pay for it, and I would never marry a man who refused to help me with university. My man is young less than 30. Life is life and my mom says that if 40yo wants a 20yo girl it`s possible if he can compensate somehow this difference in love or money Some man can`t love strong enough so money is only chance for them to get a young RW. It maybe cynical but it`s life

[2tallbill]

Good one ! LOL   ... 

Seriously, I haven't experienced this issue with many RWs. But I have my impressions from my wife, her friends and female relatives in Russia, etc, starting from our courtship to today.

For the "good" Russian girls, they want a man, a "Real Man", that has a stable profession of some sort, financial security, owning his own home or townhome, and can support his wife and family. She DOES NOT want to marry into a situation where she "has" to work. She may want to work, but she does not want to leave her home, family, country to marry a man who's debts and financial limits mean she has to work. Her opinioin would be, he's not ready for an international marriage yet. There was a story here recently about a young girl from Siberia who married a man who then insisted she work because of his varioius debts, etc. Basically he could not afford to take care of her. She left him, and felt she was midled.

All that being said, that does not mean you have to be wealthy. But you have tot have enough to uphold your end as husband of the family. So, my questions to you would be:
- Do you own your own house, or are you a renter?
- Can you support your wife without requiring her to produce more income?
- Can you support two cars?
- Can you afford to have her travel back to Russia 1-2 times per year?
- If your wife had a baby, could you afford for her to stay home and be a mother if she so chose?

You do not have to be wealthy for the above. But, IMHO, it is not fair to court and marry a RW if you need her to produce another income to support yourselves, UNLESS that is ENTIRELY CLEAR from the early stages of the courtship that you would need her to work and contribute part of teh family income to be married. If you are straight with her, she may be fine with that, and you can find wonderful relations from that angle as well..

Good Luck!!

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