How to introduce???

[bingolingo]

Hello again everyone!
Some of you may remember that I first got interested here when seeking some advice on what turned out to be a scam attempt.
Not to be outdone and with a little more time on my hands recently, i've been 'browsing' various websites and chose to register on Cuteonly.com, advertised here, and although i realise this is not an endorsement, it seemed to have a good selection of girls. The format is preferable for me. Monthly payments for unlimited contact an the freedom to exchange personal info, rather than pay per letter translation. Any views from experience of this site would be welcome?
Anyhow, my point is, that where i have no problem adding my favourites  , i'm not quite sure how to address a girl from the fsu in my introduction letter, which of course, is all important.
I'm sure the obvious 'be yourself' applies here too, but i have no frame of reference with FSU girls.
I know I would approch a western woman according to her dress, social circle and disposition, but the profiles written on these sites are all very samey, and really give nothing to respond to.
I think that humour may be lost in translation, and flattery (whether sycophantic or not) is either adored or abhored depending on the subject.
i have initially banged out five letters and had one response, who instantly offered up her e-mail,(is there a reason for this, what are their terms?), although in this instance i had replied to a letter i had received, so in that respect, i dont yet have an answer to one of my original letters....any thought guys?

[JR]

Be yourself

Don't worry.

Have fun!

Contact Anastasia Ash to do your basic, introductory letter in Russian for you

[greg2654]

I remember my first meetings, either by letter or in person, were always very business like. No smiles, no jokes, straight to business.
"Hello I am Anna. I am 35 yrs old have 1.5 kids and graduated from the technical university. And you?"
They were not big on small talk either. Once they got comfortable with me however, then things loosened up.

[Faux Pas]

A simple "Hello" my name is ect.. from ect and I find your profile very interesting yadda yadda yadda

[GQBlues]

Ahh yes, introduction....

True story.

When I first started to drop intros to ladies on EM, there was one woman from Moscow that caught my eye. Absolute babe. So I thought to be short and sweet but catchy. (I'm not sure if EM still advises men to write the lady's name written in cyrillic on the subject slot...which I did. Her profile said she spoke excellent English since she attended graduate school in NY for 5 years and consequently also had her fill of bitch water from AW's drinking fountain.

I was feeling fairly silly so I thought to do something different and not really expecting her to respond at all......

Intro letter: "Hello XXX, I hope all is well. Attached is my picture. If the interest is mutual, let me know. Best, XXXX"

Her response: "Fair enough. What will I find interesting about you other than your photo?  XXXX" (attaches her full-bodied, amazingly delicious gorgeous self).

Shocked she responded at all, and even more shocked that it took literally minutes....so I wiped the drool off my lips and my mind started clicking all over the place. I though Holy Molly! I better straigthen up the act because I didn't want to waste this golden opportunity and fudge it all up. I better present myself in a much better light.

So I did a VERY STUPID thing.....

I wrote her back with arguably the moooshiest letter I can ever composed trying to describe myself, my intentions, and my background and mixed and tossed it all up with the lamest romantic innuendos that included moonlights, spring breezes, birds and angels singing, etc...(exaggerated LOL...but I still get goose bumps thinking of it to this day).

Thinking I really got her good this time, I clicked 'send'. Few minutes later, a response....

"You're not my type. Sorry."  :hairraising:

I sat there and read those 5 words at least 12 times. Each time, the message remained the same. I felt like a complete moron. Left the computer, watched the news and eventually went to bed.

I woke up the next morning still thinking about this woman and the more I thought of her, the more I started to get annoyed. I'm not sure if I was annoyed with either her for being a b!tch, or with me for being a Gumby. Anyway, I got in the shower to get ready for work. I decided during the shower that before I leave that morning I'll write her one last letter as a response. Content, undecided.

So just before leaving for work I went to my computer and started to write her a response...I stared blindly at the computer for a few seconds, then peeked at her picture one more time then typed whatever came out of me at that very moment.

"Let's cut through the bullsh!t. Will you marry me or not?"

Click, Send. Waited. Ding! You have mail. I clicked to open and it read....

"You just made my day! Call me now. 123 456 7899 waiting...XXXX "

[SANDRO43]

"Hello I am Anna. I am 35 yrs old have 1.5 kids

Top or bottom half of the second kid ? King Solomon the divorce judge?

[Faux Pas]

"Let's cut through the bullsh!t. Will you marry me or not?"

Click, Send. Waited. Ding! You have mail. I clicked to open and it read....

"You just made my day! Call me now. 123 456 7899 waiting...XXXX "

So what happened? 

[RussianWind]

So what happened? 

He married her 

Excellent tactics, GQBlues

[GQBlues]

So what happened?

Well, not quite Russianwind...marriage was not in our planetary alignment.

I'll try not to derail the OP's thread too much but...

If I had to design a prototype on what I would perceive to be a perfect candidate to explore, it would be this gal. She's fiesty, straight-forward, independent, career-oriented, and she made me feel like we were pretty much on the same page on most things we spoke about ( What I do not want is a submissive woman who'd generally rely solely upon me for much of everything. I can't stand that with some of the women here at home and definitely not avail myself for one from another country) PLUS she's incredibly sexy...

She would have been perfect if not for one glaring thing. I detected a very strong jealous tendency in her. What appears on many level as a woman of strenght and confidence (which I love), she definitely showed a lot of instability emotionally (which I detest). That is a bad combination. In a course of a relationship, my experiences in the past tells me these types of women are prone to be domineering and conniving.

My visit in Moscow and the ensuing period after deciding on whom I want to contnue to further pursue only validated my suspicion about her. But I don't mean she won't gel with anyone else. I only mean she turned out not to be the right one for me.

For the OP...

One of the things I did when I was writing to women before my first visit was to create a personal website. Keep in mind, this was before Facebook/MySpace. There was a site that allowed you to create a free site as long as you kept it within a given number of pages. In it  I created a front page with my picture and a summary as to why I'm bound for Russia. The ensuing pages were a collection of things about myself with both text and photos. Pages each of my friends, my family, my work, the city I live in, etc...In the last page, I wrote updated information, thoughts, pictures, etc...of significant events and activities I was engaged in at the time. I updated that almost everyday.

I did this because a) I was writing to a lot of women. This actually gave me a channel where I didn't have to type and send the same information to each and everyone one of them. b) I thought at the time, which was actually validated by each one of them afterwards, that it was a very clever thing to do because they didn't have to download too many attachments and simply clicked the link whenever and wherever they felt like it. It also served to be a more convenient way for them to share this to their family and friends, etc...lastly, c) the fact I was also writing updated information, they keyed in to me and kept their interest level intact. I became a habit and a part of their daily internet life (It was always fun to check the little hit counter I kept hidden for the most part). I was always only one click away, any day....

Of course it didn't prevent me from sending them occasional emails. Specially during special times & occasion like birthdays, name days, etc...

Good luck!

[JR]

To summarize what GQ said.

Keep it short, to the point and with a little humor.

Few women want to read 15 paragraphs about how you think you're Don Juan. They'll decide if you "do it" for them or not. Initially, you just want them to respond. A pretty lady can get a hundred or more letters a day. She's not going to read them all. You want to stand out but don't be lenghty.

[RussianWind]

A pretty lady can get a hundred or more letters a day.

Will you show me such Oasis or did you sniff Axe too much today? 

[JR]

Will you show me such Oasis or did you sniff Axe too much today? 

I like Axe. It's my woman repellant. It helps keep the number of women mobbing me to a manageable level

My love, I did say "pretty lady" If you'd remove things like "All men are bottom dwelling scum suckers and deserve to rot in hell" maybe you'd get more than 99 letters a day!

It's not my fault if you can't break a hundred a day. Stop blaming me for all your insecurities. Sheesh, do I have to do everything around here? Why can't one of you out  get this RW under control?

Now where's my Tomahawk?