Wisdom, Catchy Phrases and other Quips

[BC]

And the silly debate continues..................

Everyone's goal is to eventually get to the VO stage.

[brave girl]

This whole thing requires a lot of patience on both sides.

 

[Seeker]

There are devils in still waters...

[BC]

Gentlemen, never dismiss the importance of a functional family.

[Vaughn]

We are marrying the other person's past as much as they are marrying ours.

[Lazarus]

I think that this is a basic mistake that many guys make. You have to want a girl to love you and not what you can give to her in terms of a life style upgrade.

[Daveman]

Some of us mistakenly believed that a pretty FSU woman would accept us divorced WMs with all of our
pre-existing faults and shortcomings - and rather than try to repair those - we simply sought women who
would tolerate us as we are.

The result was a collective rude awakening...

[Daveman]

I say keep searching until you meet THAT woman.  Yes it takes time to filter out so much plankton but the Golden Fish is sooooo worth it, in the end.   

[Vinnvinny]

‘If all the mice in the village are slowly disappearing, suspect the fattest cat.’

This might not be actually Russian, but it should be.

[Lazarus]

The ego is a hungry creature.

[Lazarus]

If a guy cannot approach international dating as if he were dating at home, he shouldn't trust his judgement.

[Lazarus]

But, quite often, the peanut gallery is despised because they can point out that the emperor is naked from time to time

[Daveman]

RW, in my experience are frugal with relatively small amounts of money, but in the early stages of adaption often (not all) don't know much about dealing with larger sums. A Russian guy told me 5 years ago (In Russia), give a RW $1 and she will care for you for a week. Give her $1000 and it will be gone in a week. IMO he wasn't entirely stupid.

[GoodOlBoy]

RW and UW tend to tolerate a larger age gap than AW.  That is #1 reason men go there.

[GoodOlBoy]

I wonder how many men here would look overseas if the American women were in the same shape as FSU women?

[GoodOlBoy]

The fact is that the majority of guys looking will never marry a Russian woman regardless of the method.

[GoodOlBoy]

The one thing I do know is that there is no man that is a better judge of what I like than me. KenC

[GoodOlBoy]

Nothing can save you money as a good FSUW can.

[GoodOlBoy]

You have the nerve to blame RM for being irresponsible when it comes to their offspring, and yet you yourselves are chasing said offspring..

[Ranetka]

It isn't the lack of available, desirable women in the US that's the problem....it is the lack of suitable, desirable US women willing to date undesirable men.

(by GQBlues)

[GoodOlBoy]

Half the world has below average intelligence.  Anyone who expects everyone to agree with them is most likely in the below average half.

[Vaughn]

Add language differences combined with spending very little face time with each other and, at the worse extreme, it can culminate in the "she changed after she got here" syndrome. Of course, more often than not, no one changes, it's the self imposed illusion that dissipates.

[Daveman]

To be successful, one has to be better at judging character than one's adversary is at being devious. This holds true wherever one searches for a wife.

[Jumper]

unknown author-

The pessimist complains about the wind.
The optimist expects it to change.
 The leader adjusts the sails

[ConnerVT]

Well, AJ, if we are going to quote outside, unknown sources:

Give a man a fire, keep him warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life.