Seventeen months since joining RWD...

[myrddin]

I see it's been seventeen months since I joined this board and I've been reflecting on my experiences.

What I’ve learned from RWD has served me very well.  Whatever else goes on at times, for me the board did exactly what it was supposed to do: provided me with very valuable information.  Sometimes I took advice and saved myself significant hassles.  Sometimes I considered advice but decided to go my own way.  That either turned out to be right for me, or else I learned in a visceral and memorable manner exactly why the advice was given. 

In that (almost) year and a half, I’ve been to Ukraine several times and vacationed in other countries.  I’ve done VO and VM.   I’ve met women through agencies, on web sites, and through friends.  I’ve lived through fairy tales and nightmares.  I’ve thought about giving up and I’ve started over.

I've done more living in those seventeen months than I once thought possible for me.  More than one person promised it would one hell of ride and that is exactly what it has been.  I started but did not finish TRs for each journey.  Each would have dwarfed my first.

I just finished a skype call with one very special lady.   It just happens that she is the very first UW I met (through an agency).  But had I not communicated with and met those other ladies, had I not been through everything else, good and bad, I would not now be aware of many things I needed to know.  She's the only one I'm communicating with now and I will see her again in a few weeks.  The wait will be too long....

There have been hard times before, and I know there are harder times to come.  But right now the hard part is missing her.



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This isn't an end to my story.  It feels like it might be a beginning. 

myr

[UTRO]

Well Mr. Mark Knopfler, er I mean MYR...... This is how a successful pursuit is supposed to conclude... One Love One Heart

[Simoni]

I just finished a skype call with one very special lady.   It just happens that she is the very first UW I met (through an agency).  But had I not communicated with and met those other ladies, had I not been through everything else, good and bad, I would not now be aware of many things I needed to know.

Nice post, myr.

It's true; the experiences we had dating lots of girls in the end show us how very fortunate we are to be with the one that we end up with.   I would not trade the many trips and many girls for one trip; the process got the adventure out of my system and the comparisons enable me to know I got the best girl for me.

[Gator]

Myr,

Good to see you posting again.  Hope you get to see your woman soon.

You had the proper attitude when you came to RWD and enough sense of adventure to make this work.  It is appropriate not to take all the advice as gospel.  This venture requires battlefield decisions.

[Ronnie]

Myr,

You are one very smart and wise fella.  The most difficult thing for a man to do in this process, is to keep from rushing headlong.  If you can continue to pace your thoughts, not be dictated by emotion and keep you eyes on the horizon, you will be very well rewarded in due time.

Keep us posted, friend.

Ronnie

[myrddin]

I knew this part (summarized by Mr. Knopfler) was there on the road to success, but knowing it and experiencing it are different things.

If the chase phase is over, I won't miss it much.  Though I did enjoy it more than I expected I would.

At times, I'd get pretty busy and not check the boards for weeks at a time.  I'd come back and lurk sometimes, but I suspect I'll be posting more for awhile now.  Like many things about Russian women, once the hooks are in you, it's hard to stay away 

[bobb]

But had I not communicated with and met those other ladies, had I not been through everything else, good and bad, I would not now be aware of many things I needed to know.

I am in this same club, as I assume many others are.  I did give it up for a few years.  But, as you say it is tough to not return.  I don't even know if I would have been ready to meet my fiancee several years ago when I first started out.  Good luck with this woman and I hope your journey is on its final legs.

[Taz]

Its been interesting to watch him develop over the past year. I've seen him grow in person an even more importantly (as far as RW are concerned) as a man. I'll never forget the first photographs he sent me. I gave some guidance on a makeover and quite a few other tips. I'll never forget seeing his eyes light up as he met his first UW.

He has almost become a little brother to me. This is very appropriate to describe our relationship. While we don't always agree on some things, we still know we can depend on each other when we really need to. I have put him in some pretty wild situations with respect to militia, traveling and relationship. I've watched him keep going when a lot of other guys would have given up. Never once did he say he was quiting. Well, I can't technically say he didn't want to quit but he did mention something about wanting to gnaw his arm off in a SMS message to me... We've all had those moments I think.

If anyone deserves success in this pursuit, he does. It sure doesn't seem like 17 months ago though when he first joined this board. I extended an offer to him to go on a trip with me to UA and like a true sucker, errr explorer, he took me up on my offer. He definitely has met some pretty amazing women that have expanded his horizons. I think now he has a woman where he can expand her horizons...

[myrddin]

Um, who is this "Taz" guy? 

Never once did he say he was quiting. Well, I can't technically say he didn't want to quit

Sure you can.  I never actually wanted to quit; I very much wanted some things to go easier.  And maybe I did think about quitting, sometimes "out loud"....

but he did mention something about wanting to gnaw his arm off in a SMS message to me... We've all had those moments I think.

The line was "I'd gnaw an arm off to get away from her right now.  Not my arm, necessarily, 'cause that's crazy.  But certainly someone's!"

Quests have their triumphs and, um, "challenges".