Changsha Huanghua International Airport or Ain't Love Grand
August 8th, 2016 at 11:53:53 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
That's what I'm thinking. The pic of her has photoshopped written all over it. Women who look like that in any country don't need to start online relationships with foreign men. I'm betting it's a scam. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 8th, 2016 at 12:53:00 PM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | There's a long running show on MTV about this phenomenon: "Catfish"
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August 8th, 2016 at 12:59:45 PM permalink | |
Aussie Member since: May 10, 2016 Threads: 2 Posts: 458 |
I blame the vagueries of the written word in the Internet. Carry on! :) |
August 8th, 2016 at 1:38:41 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
It's probably my fault, as most people use emoticons to clarify their emotions. |
August 8th, 2016 at 7:23:47 PM permalink | |
Aussie Member since: May 10, 2016 Threads: 2 Posts: 458 |
We need emojis on this forum. If we had them I would have been able to better convey that I was laughing at myself in my previous post. |
August 9th, 2016 at 6:26:02 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Probably not even posted by a female ... just a scam to receive visa money or tear-jerker funds or something. I'd not heard the term catfish but such ads in personals and the like has been a prison scam in the US for decades and its control in Louisiana was the reason for one prominent murder. |
August 9th, 2016 at 1:09:16 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | I know a guy that got a mail order bride 30 years ago. She's Filipino, they're still together and have grown kids. She is a hell on wheels nasty woman, she'll get right up in your face over nothing at all. Her husband is terrified of her, but hey, that's what you get by buying unseen product. Her problem is she's dumb as a rock and thinks she's correct in every situation and will fight you to the death over it. Charming. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
August 9th, 2016 at 1:53:04 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | We had an older Chinese gentleman at the lab who wrote to three different women for about a year. He went over to China to interview them and came home with a bride. I mentioned my neighbor and the White Russian brides from Minsk. If you want to see a lot of ads for mail order brides look in the back of high end stereo equipment magazines. I was shocked at how many there were. |
August 9th, 2016 at 2:06:53 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | I knew another guy in the 70's who got a bride from Cambodia. He was crafty, he never taught her English or allowed her to learn it. He spoke her language because he was a teacher in Cambodia. Their kids learned both languages but only spoke to their mother in her native tongue. He said this kept her home and an obedient wife, she was never allowed to be Westernized. She was very docile and seemed nice enough. I haven't seen them since the 80's. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |