At the risk of some venomous spew...Hello

[KenInUtah]

Shadow, that is the best thing I have read yet!  Thank YOU!

[Photo Guy]

IMO such is a good indication that a FSUW really cares. 

FSUW have experienced many more disappointments in their lives than have their AW peers.  So many disappointments that optimistic women can be pessimistic about something very precious to them.

They never celebrate anything early.   This is both a defensive mechanism and one of their many superstitions.  If the consular officer says "Your visa to America is approved," they are happy of course, but will not have a party with friends until one week later when the document is in their hands, fully examined and verified as having no mistakes.

+1000

[ML]

You are 48 ?
That is what people do when they are 20.
A lot of men believe that is romantic, they speak about honesty.

But excuse me that is very immature
All of this is surrealist, it says a lot about you, but more dramatically, a lot about her.
And that is a RED FLAG.

So you know i just told now your story to my wife and she answered :

Is he seek ? They are many crazy people over the world. Perhaps he is feeble.
(Ukrainian answer coming from a very well educated person belonging to the medical corp)

You should seriously consider to see a shrink and reconsider your emotional problems.

Anyone notice that Pat and I are brothers ?

Pat . . . who's your Daddy ??

[Patagonie]

We probably need to send a dna sample each other to the lab ML ! Approximatively the same reaction both. Ok  for my words (and my wife also  )

[southernX]

KEN ,
you are going ahead either way , good luck ,

keep an open mind and a positive attitude to all you see and hear ,
be prepared whatever the outcome ,

id also agree with muzz etc, take time out to walk away from this thread , until you have been and met your lady ,

please do stay around and come back to at least advise how your trip went

despite all the negative cart before the horse stuff , some blokes have had success like you are planning now with a one off ,
it is rare but it can happen ,
life is a funny thing that throws up small improbables every now & then , this might be one of them

enjoy the ride , keep us informed on your return

SX