Finding some Russian friends for the wife

[Markus]

I think it's impossible to generalize. Some people need to socialize with others or they feel isolated. Some don't. My wife is in the latter, more uncommon group, and although she has discovered several RW friends/acquaintances through her Norwegian course and through other friends she doesn't see them often nor does she feel the need to. Still, I feel less concerned for her because she has them there if she needs a friend. On the other hand, my ex, while we lived in Switzerland, had enormous problems because she couldn't find close friends.

Men here should try to understand the enormous strain speaking in a foreign language can entail day in day out, without respite, especially if they are not that fluent. A friend that shares a common background and language could be the difference between a happy wife and a highly stress and depressed one.

FWIW, women aren't children and they probably know what they need so let them decide.

Hey Seriously,

I seriously think you hit the nail on head in that it's impossible to generalize. I tend to think in terms of situations by relating to what I know, and that knowledge is limited by my situation.
My wife went shopping with a lady and that lady later told me that my wife just sorta drifted off into her own shopping mode. You know how some ladies like to look at clothes
forever and say, "Oh isn't that cute", and hang together, but wife apparently doesn't do that.  She can spend 2-3 hours by herself in Kohls and just look for bargains.
I cannot apply her personality to other men's wives.

My wife doesn't have the need for Russian friends but maybe some Russian wives do. I tend to think that, as I stated before, the "attention" the wife receives from the husband plays a
big part in this need.

[dispozo]

Our local ESOL class was a good place and we live in a small city too. Work has also been good place.