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Information & Chat => Russian, Ukrainian & FSU Culture and Customs => Topic started by: cufflinks on January 18, 2022, 10:59:03 AM
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It is 2022 and Covid variants are still raging and causing mayhem in international travel and relations and times have changed in the FSU especially with 175,000 to 200,000 of Putin's Troops on the Donbas Border rattling the UK, US, EU and NATO's cages that all their Soros Style NGO agitators are about to receive a huge attitude correction by the Real Men of Russia versus the Rainbow Tranny loving EU, UK, and USA militaries.
Stray bullets, cannon shells and Air Strikes are not very conducive to pleasure travel to the FSU.
So what is the reality of the FSUW RUAdventures in 2022?
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(Note you old Beta Trolls might be allowed in with a Fistfull of Dollahs or Euros or BritBux but you will not likely get laid - at least you are less likely to get brained with a steel pipe or vodka bottle - no guarantees if you get blue-faced drunk though - then all bets are off).
Kiev, Ukraine
Cafe: Definitely the pick of the crop for cafes in the Arena area of central Kiev is Milk Bar. It
serves all day breakfast, has amazing desserts and great coffee. It attracts primarily an 18 - 25
year old age demographic with also some hot older ladies coming in at lunchtime. Many chicks
come just to take their instagram photos either outside with the gingerbread man or inside in
front of one of their yummy desserts.
Nearby in the same area is Life of Amazing People, a perfect place to babewatch during the
summer on their terrace and frequented by many of the beautiful people of Kiev. The age range
is a little older than Milk Bar so expect 25-35 year olds there.
Zigzag is the hipster spot in the Golden Gate area of the center. The logistics are top for
mingling over coffee with its young demographic.
Bar: For me the highlight of Kiev is its cocktail bars. Where to start? Loggerhead, Paravoz and
Barman Diktat are 3 great options in the center of Kiev. Loggerhead is the pick of the crop for
me. Class cocktails and similar ladies to go with it although pot luck on any given night so do the
tour of all 3.
Shisha: It’s not a trip to Kiev for me without a stop at ParBar on Shota Rustaveli. Many amazing
memories here from over the years and many of Kiev’s beauties frequent this spot. The shisha
is also top.
An alternative is Mocco close to Maidan. Probably a little bit trickier to make a move on the girl
who has caught your eye than at ParBar but a solid shisha date option.
Odesa, Ukraine
Cafe: Tishina is hipster cafe central in Odesa but not only does it attract the young and crunchy
hipster chicks but also many of the city’s non-hipster hotties will also pop in for a coffee here. It’s
an easy venue to open up a conversation at. It’s here that began many a beautiful ‘friendship’
for me. Atelier is a similar cafe to Tishina on the opposite side of the center. You can expect the
same vibe with a very creative menu to munch on.
Bar: The Fitz is an Odesa classic any time of year but in the summer it really comes alive on
those balmy evenings chilling amongst the beautiful people of Odesa (and unfortunately many
Western tourists at times). That said it’s still a magical place with its cool interior, stunning
chandelier and top notch cocktails. Definitely dress to impress to make it past the face control.
Shisha: Salieri has my favorite shisha guys and an amazing atmosphere in their garden beside
the Odesa Opera House. There’s nothing that is more summer Odesa vibe for me than a
relaxing shisha with a hottie beside the fountain in the Royal Palace Park that is Salieri.
The most beautiful setting for summer shisha is in the garden at Sabaneev. Not a place to
necessarily meet women but one to definitely take a date to. It’s my favorite romantic setting in
the center of Odesa.
Minsk, Belarus
Cafe: Stories is my favorite cafe in Minsk. It has a young demographic and it’s an intimate
location with friendly staff that is so easy to open up a conversation at. I call it my Minsk ‘office’.
It’s my base of operations. Why Knot is the alternative in the city of the center. A bit more
hipster in terms of the crowd but similar audience.
Bar: Madmen has a great terrace in the summer with some of the hottest chicks in Minsk and
also can be smoking hot in the winter too. The age demographic is 25-35 in general. It has
some of the best cocktails in the city and a long bar so it is very easy to approach and interact
with the lovely ladies here.
Banki Bultylki is a favorite of mine in Zybitskaya as it features its now famous green sorrel
shots, which I’ve dubbed the ‘Irish shots’ as they would fit in well in a pub in my homeland in the
west of Ireland. It’s designed with a long horseshoe bar with a tight passageway and a DJ booth
spinning the tracks. While the quality of the talent can be hit and miss, it is again very easy to
strike up a conversation and meet women here in a fun environment.
Shisha: Chaynyy P’yanitsa is a must for me on a mad Minsk weekend and that’s my go for my
shisha Sunday debriefing. Great shisha and cool music, if there are no pretty girls here then it’s
probably a dead night in Minsk. The other option is Minsk is Myata Lounge on Zybitskaya
Street (Myata is a chain). Many of Minsk’s babes will go here for a change of scene from
Chaynyy P’yanitsa.
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I hope that you were able to quash your health issues to the degree that your post above is a first hand report.
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I hope that you were able to quash your health issues to the degree that your post above is a first hand report.
Uh, no. He got that list from the guy he follows above.
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Why am I not surprised - and a little saddened?
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I hope that you were able to quash your health issues to the degree that your post above is a first-hand report.
A sincere thank you Andrew for your concern - I had the blind luck to pick up a very lucrative ISO (InfoSec Officer) contract with a huge southern bank and have been banking about $10K per month savings and am receiving consistent monthly payments from the US Gov (Social Security and a monthly Veterans Service Connected % stipend combined about $30K plus my $160K Contract and Trading and Crypto profits (Captured 33X on ADA and working with a well-off friend (Building a home on a Golf Course north of Sarasota FLA - hunting for the next 100X & 1000X baggers) - just waiting to see how the RU-UA defugalties on the Western Border with Russia turn out.
Shoot me a PM with a secure protonmail account and I will send you some of my better paid experts reports as I do value your high IQ analysis as long as you do not kick me in the ballz after!
tiphat :thumbsup: :smokin:
Concerned the Rothschild-Rockefeller CFR/CoL constant poking the Bear with NATO Encirclement of Russia could backfire badly.
Russians are famous for not liking to see their giant armored tanks get stuck in the Mud and if we get through the RU-UA winter without Moscow seizing all of ethnic Russian orthodox UA splitting it into two halves taking the Dieniper River Valley and Kiev leaving the EU to deal with Chernobyl down to the Moldovan Border as a buffer to NATO - not a good time to be a Yank galavanting around RU-UA or BY.
Hopefully, SHTF does not break out in Estonia as well.
All the best!
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Why am I not surprised - and a little saddened?
Dudes it is called Phooking Research... I am not about to go Galavanting in the FSU with potential Nuclear WWWIII about to breakout in UA between RU-China and their NATO antagonists.
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Stray bullets, cannon shells and Air Strikes are not very conducive to pleasure travel to the FSU.
So what is the reality of the FSUW RUAdventures in 2022?
Stay out of Chicago, it's far more dangerous and the women are fatter.
99% of the FSU isn't at war. You can go to Dnepropetrovsk, Omsk, Sochi,
Chișinău, Minsk, Vladiovstok, or Novisbirisk and there are countless unmarried
women who want to be married compared to local men who want to marry them.
It's a target rich environment. The law of supply and demand applies here.
Udachi!
Bill
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It attracts primarily an 18 - 25 year old age demographic
18-25 year olds are pretty much no go for men over 40.
Women over 40, is the sweet spot.
The younger girls are only available for rent, not to buy.
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Manny asked me before covid if I could help attract a contingent of younger RVFers here before Roosh turned into a Rasputin MEGA Dooosh... Covid hit and everything changed...
This (Conor's Vlogs) is the new content that draws a younger millennial+/- demographic with a plus that Conor does not have any desire to run or moderate a forum thus an opening for RUA to pull as long as the old road kill crow baits here do not alienate them.
Plus a few Youthful trip reports would be interesting - last one I followed was Maxx in Tbilisi until that vanished.
Good News great ISO Contract ...
Bad news by CONTRACT - NOT ALLOWED to take gear or even access systems from Outside the USA even though I am 100% remote as an ISO makes sense.
So Red Sox spring training on the Bucket list in Ft. Meyers and Cape Coral FLA this winter... Have two new 5G phones with WiFi Hot Spots so can even work in the Ball Park.
Conor's advice about finding FSUW where you are may have to do for now:
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Stray bullets, cannon shells and Air Strikes are not very conducive to pleasure travel to the FSU.
So what is the reality of the FSUW RUAdventures in 2022?
Stay out of Chicago, it's far more dangerous and the women are fatter.
99% of the FSU isn't at war. You can go to Dnepropetrovsk, Omsk, Sochi,
Chișinău, Minsk, Vladiovstok, or Novisbirisk and there are countless unmarried
women who want to be married compared to local men who want to marry them.
It's a target rich environment. The law of supply and demand applies here.
Udachi!
Bill
T2B - "Here" as are you now living in Roosiya or just near Odessa Tejas???
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It attracts primarily an 18 - 25 year old age demographic
18-25 year olds are pretty much no go for men over 40.
Women over 40, is the sweet spot.
The younger girls are only available for rent, not to buy.
Just a Dude is living proof of that. :smokin:
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T2B - "Here" as are you now living in Roosiya or just near Odessa Tejas???
Here as in the FSU. I live in Texas, not near Odessa.
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Can Western men handle Eastern European women?
Fantastic thread. :)
Before asking the question if Western men can handle Eastern European women you should answer the question how Eastern European men able to handle their women. It will give some insight into this particular problem solving process.
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Can Western men handle Eastern European women?
Fantastic thread. :)
Before asking the question if Western men can handle Eastern European women you should answer the question how Eastern European men able to handle their women. It will give some insight into this particular problem solving process.
If you have any insights, please expand on them.
Udachi!
Bill
PS I don't handle my wife, she is always on my side. When we disagree
we work out a solution between us. Who knows maybe she handles me,
but for example if the school wants to do something that we disagree with
then only God can save them. As of today, we are undefeated.
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Can Western men handle Eastern European women?
Fantastic thread. :)
Before asking the question if Western men can handle Eastern European women you should answer the question how Eastern European men able to handle their women. It will give some insight into this particular problem solving process.
You are welcome to share that with us; stop being coy. :)
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Can Western men handle Eastern European women?
Fantastic thread. :)
Before asking the question if Western men can handle Eastern European women you should answer the question how Eastern European men able to handle their women. It will give some insight into this particular problem solving process.
You are welcome to share that with us; stop being coy. :)
What about you being open minded?
Bring the joy to this world! :)
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I don't handle my wife, she is always on my side. When we disagree
we work out a solution between us. Who knows maybe she handles me,
but for example if the school wants to do something that we disagree with
then only God can save them. As of today, we are undefeated.
I am completely dissolved in this statement.
Bill, my precious friend, my soulmate, you are able to ruin any my plan with the single move of your fingertip.
Damn it!!!
Yes!!! You do not have to handle Russian woman.
Just be a man… Live your life… Love your life… Love your wife… Follow your values….
Russian woman will love you for that!!!
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I don't handle my wife, she is always on my side. When we disagree
we work out a solution between us. Who knows maybe she handles me,
but for example if the school wants to do something that we disagree with
then only God can save them. As of today, we are undefeated.
Well said Bill and that's the bottom line. When two people are on the same team they
stay together and work together so that as you say, they are not defeated and I would add
victorious with a smile on their face. :laugh:
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Some of 2tallbill's theories on finding the best girl for long term happiness.
#1 Find a clever girl, with pretty eyes, with good character who likes to laugh.
Because in 30 years she will still have all those things.
#2 You can compromise on anything except character.
#5 figure out what you want and what you are looking for before
you go chasing after it.
#7 Find a good girl and win her heart.
#11 Don't continue dating a girl just because she is hot.
If you don't have a mutual chemistry right now it's not going to start up later.
#17 Don't recycle girls
If a girl is your third place girl then move on. You want a first place girl and she
wants to be a first place girl. Don't waste anymore of her time or yours. All you
are doing is delaying finding your soulmate AND causing her to do the same.
#20 Hollywood Rom/Coms are wrong 99.716% of the time.
#22 Don't allow yourself to be friend-zoned and don't do it yourself.
#24 Figure out what you did wrong and make a different mistake next time.
I spent nine years looking before I found my Angel Eyes. I began looking at
what I did right and what I did wrong. I tried to do the right stuff more often
and tried to do the wrong stuff less.
Udachi!
Bill
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All the Wiz silliness can now be found here: Greek Foolishness (https://ruadventures.com/forum/index.php/topic,29210.msg528692.html#msg528692)
Wiz, refrain from trolling this topic.
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I realize in 2022 even less folks are likely making the trip.
But it would be great if those conversations were a little more prominent.
Constant back and forth on political issues that folks have already made
up their mind seems pointless.
Hoepfully better conversation going forward, I look forward to it :)
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Hoepfully* better conversation going forward, I look forward to it :)
Hoepfully* you will provide your list of top 3-7 RUA hunting fundamentals?
After all you had to find a girl to love you enough to move all the way to
Nover skoshy. So you must have some good ones. :laugh:
*Canadian spelling takes getting used to.
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Hoepfully* better conversation going forward, I look forward to it :)
Hoepfully* you will provide your list of top 3-7 RUA hunting fundamentals?
After all you had to find a girl to love you enough to move all the way to
Nover skoshy. So you must have some good ones. :laugh:
*Canadian spelling takes getting used to.
Uff… those fundamentals must be strong in nature!!!
It’s cold there! :)
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2022 getting back on topic may be delayed a bit by:
OK Looks like SHTF time is incoming - when UK and USA Diplos begin to evacuate "non-essential" People and Families from Embassies in Kiev, the Boris & Joe Tap Dancing Floor Show must have gotten a serious wakeup call than Vladimir Putin is not Phooking Around and instead of romance or sex tourism tours to Kiev and Odessa and the rest of UA - it is likely to be War Zone tours and body bag counts for the immediate future...
Shades of Kabul evacuation fiasco II... Likely to be safer in Kabul now!
Anyone galavanting around RU and UA from the west is best advised to EVAC now to someplace safe like an undersea hotel with its own air/oxygen generation plant from seawater - Like a Trident Ballistic Missle Submarine... This goes Nuclear with Radiation in the ionosphere even Iodine will not protect your thyroid or body from radiation illness.
I am probably OK in New Hampshire but you Euro-UKs are Phucked... you will either freeze or choke on Chernobyl radioactive dust stirred up by flanking Russian tanks in a Pincer move of Kiev from the North and Odessa from the South.
Biden Slammed Over Reports He Can’t Evacuate U.S. Citizens Out Of Ukraine: ‘Criminally Incompetent’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-slammed-over-reports-he-cant-evacuate-u-s-citizens-out-of-ukraine-criminally-incompetent
Democrat President Joe Biden was widely slammed online on Sunday evening amid numerous reports that indicated that the situation in Ukraine is rapidly deteriorating amid an increasingly likely invasion by Russian forces.
What this means is if you or any friends or family are in UA right now or Belarus or Russia it is time to get their bug-out bags in hand and head across the Polish EU border pronto - this means all of you if you do not want to be held in RU or BY as a suspected Western Spy or Enemy Combatant or in UA as a human shield.
New reports indicate that both the UK and USA administrations have ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine (UK Citizens at the British Embassy) to immediately leave the country, has warned U.S. citizens in the country that it will be unable to evacuate them, and is considering sending U.S. military forces to Eastern Europe.
Afghanistan 2.0? Biden Admin Admits They May Not Be Able to Evacuate Americans From Ukraine if WHEN Russia Invades https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/01/biden-admin-says-it-may-not-be-able-to-evacuate-americans-from-ukraine-if-russia-invades/
Old Beijing Joe Biden has proven in Kabul that he is always a day late, a dollar short, and really does not have a clue - compounded by the fact that Gen McMasters an Ultra Neocon War-Monger - would say his primary job was to keep Trump from starting a Nuclear war - whereas now the NeoCon warmongers are the Dems clamoring for a direct war with Russia thinking it will not go NUCLEAR.
Clearly, these DNC radical progressive lefties have been circle-jerking each other off at one of Hunter Biden's giant CCP sponsored Meth and Crack smoking RAVE parties.
NOT GOING TO END WELL FOLKS!
Of course who benefits the most from a USA-UK-EU and Russia war - the China Belt and Road traitors that's who (Think US Chamber of Commerce that just begged Biden to end USA Tariffs on China) - CCP Collaborators and Gaslighting Traitors to the Core and Corps.
So could be a case of Biden repaying favors if not gobs of cash to his Beijing Paymasters.
OBTW I think the Swiss make pretty good Radiation Shielding Gas Masks - just saying the sooner you order yours the better off you might be - not so sure about radiation filtering Water purifiers though.
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All the Wiz silliness can now be found here: Greek Foolishness (https://ruadventures.com/forum/index.php/topic,29210.msg528692.html#msg528692)
Wiz, refrain from trolling this topic.
That was long overdue... Manny you have the patience of a saint. :saint:
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Some of 2tallbill's theories on finding the best girl for long term happiness.
#1 Find a clever girl, with pretty eyes, with good character who likes to laugh.
Because in 30 years she will still have all those things.
#2 You can compromise on anything except character.
#5 figure out what you want and what you are looking for before
you go chasing after it.
#7 Find a good girl and win her heart.
#11 Don't continue dating a girl just because she is hot.
If you don't have a mutual chemistry right now it's not going to start up later.
#17 Don't recycle girls
If a girl is your third place girl then move on. You want a first place girl and she
wants to be a first place girl. Don't waste anymore of her time or yours. All you
are doing is delaying finding your soulmate AND causing her to do the same.
#20 Hollywood Rom/Coms are wrong 99.716% of the time.
#22 Don't allow yourself to be friend-zoned and don't do it yourself.
#24 Figure out what you did wrong and make a different mistake next time.
I spent nine years looking before I found my Angel Eyes. I began looking at
what I did right and what I did wrong. I tried to do the right stuff more often
and tried to do the wrong stuff less.
Udachi!
Bill
T2B - this begs the question what is your list of things to avoid and not do "wrong" in the spirit of learning from the mistakes of others - familiar with your posts over the years so not looking for any trainwreck confessionals - just a quick list of things or mistakes to avoid if you had to start over or do it again?
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Anyone galavanting around RU and UA from the west is best advised to EVAC now to someplace safe like an undersea hotel with its own air/oxygen generation plant from seawater - Like a Trident Ballistic Missle Submarine... This goes Nuclear with Radiation in the ionosphere even Iodine will not protect your thyroid or body from radiation illness.
I am probably OK in New Hampshire but you Euro-UKs are Phucked... you will either freeze or choke on Chernobyl radioactive dust stirred up by flanking Russian tanks in a Pincer move of Kiev from the North and Odessa from the South.
Nothing much will happen. If it does, it will be Donbass only. You septics do overreact.
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T2B - this begs the question what is your list of things to avoid and not do "wrong" in the spirit of learning from the mistakes of others - familiar with your posts over the years so not looking for any trainwreck confessionals - just a quick list of things or mistakes to avoid if you had to start over or do it again?
1. Avoid women who are too young.
2. Avoid women who make excuses
3. Zero tolerance for desperate, cRaZy, or any dishonesty
4. Avoid agencies
5. Avoid the "MOB industry cities" like Odessa, Kiev, Nikolayev etc.
6. Don't let ANY woman fix you up. They suck at it.
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T2B - this begs the question what is your list of things to avoid and not do "wrong" in the spirit of learning from the mistakes of others - familiar with your posts over the years so not looking for any trainwreck confessionals - just a quick list of things or mistakes to avoid if you had to start over or do it again?
1. Avoid women who are too young.
2. Avoid women who make excuses
3. Zero tolerance for desperate, cRaZy, or any dishonesty
4. Avoid agencies
5. Avoid the "MOB industry cities" like Odessa, Kiev, Nikolayev etc.
6. Don't let ANY woman fix you up. They suck at it.
Since you did not use an agency, how did you make contact with potential women?
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T2B - this begs the question what is your list of things to avoid and not do "wrong" in the spirit of learning from the mistakes of others - familiar with your posts over the years so not looking for any trainwreck confessionals - just a quick list of things or mistakes to avoid if you had to start over or do it again?
1. Avoid women who are too young.
2. Avoid women who make excuses
3. Zero tolerance for desperate, cRaZy, or any dishonesty
4. Avoid agencies
5. Avoid the "MOB industry cities" like Odessa, Kiev, Nikolayev etc.
6. Don't let ANY woman fix you up. They suck at it.
I will add my 2cents later, when I have more time.
But for what its worth, A good friend ( lady) introduced
me too my wife. I would say it depends on the person.
no different at home, judge the person who is helping you.
Oh and were still friends, shes now in France married with another child,
career etc.
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This advice is good on a general level but specific to Russia is probably 10 years old. Having lived there for about 5 years on and off before Covid hit I have a decent idea of what's going on now. I have some Russian friends who married guys abroad from the UK, USA and europe. They dated like normal people. The guys came to Russia to visit them and the relationship grew and the woman decided to go to the guy's country for a new life.
I also know some expats in Russia who created a life there and married and live there permanently now. It's basically like dating anywhere in the world now. MOB is a thing of the past. Tinder and dating apps are very common. Or the old fashioned way of randomly meeting people on the streets.
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A good friend ( lady) introduced me too my wife.
I would say it depends on the person.no different
at home, judge the person who is helping you.
None of my guidelines are 100% lock down rules to be followed all the time, by
everybody, in every situation. Newbies should look at them that way until they
have significant experience.
There is a difference between introducing and fixing up. In a fixup the fixer, usually
goes through her mental rolodex of hapless/lonely friends who strike out with
everyone they meet and most desperately need a man. This is the woman
in their rolodex is judged most likely to die alone face down in a catbox
having choked to death on a furball from the 7 cats in her studio
apartment.
If you know a girl at a party or social scene and she is among a group of friends
and you walk up to her and say "Hello Betty!" and she introduces you to her group,
then you hit it off with one of them, that is a totally different thing. That is sorta like
a chick wingman sort of thing. In this situation, you have an obligation not to bang
the girl in the bathroom stall of a restaurant then leave her to pay the bill. Betty is
a sweet heart and you want to show Betty that you are worthy of her efforts.
The first scenario is 97% of all fixups by female friends, but the second scenario is
what you want.
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I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has employed the strategy of involving themselves with a business of some sort in the country where they're interested in meeting a woman - I believe the idea has merit. I'd stop short of thinking it's realistic to turn a huge profit, but I'm not interested in that anyway. Not too surprising the large number of people who'll notice your business when your assets are quite large, very chromatic and airborne.
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I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has employed the strategy of involving themselves with a business of some sort in the country where they're interested in meeting a woman - I believe the idea has merit. I'd stop short of thinking it's realistic to turn a huge profit, but I'm not interested in that anyway. Not too surprising the large number of people who'll notice your business when your assets are quite large, very chromatic and airborne.
Probably not really a good idea unless you were fluent in the language and had business partners there already.
Why not make an exploratory trip over there and meet with Mila the translator in Kharkov? You could talk to her both about your business idea and about meeting a woman.
She is an expert and as a woman she could help you to better understand what women from that area are really looking for.
This idea about starting some sort of business there just seems to be your latest excuse as to why you cannot make a trip, look around and go on a few dates arranged by someone like Mila as a way to get started.
Not that your parents would be too excited about you planning a trip now but you had opportunities the past few years.
For example if a guy like JAD could move over there and date someone even though his motives aren't very good, why can't you?
If you have the money there isn't any real good excuse for the past few years. :coffeeread:
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I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has employed the strategy of involving themselves with a business of some sort in the country where they're interested in meeting a woman - I believe the idea has merit. I'd stop short of thinking it's realistic to turn a huge profit, but I'm not interested in that anyway. Not too surprising the large number of people who'll notice your business when your assets are quite large, very chromatic and airborne.
Probably not really a good idea unless you were fluent in the language and had business partners there already.
Why not make an exploratory trip over there and meet with Mila the translator in Kharkov? You could talk to her both about your business idea and about meeting a woman.
She is an expert and as a woman she could help you to better understand what women from that area are really looking for.
This idea about starting some sort of business there just seems to be your latest excuse as to why you cannot make a trip, look around and go on a few dates arranged by someone like Mila as a way to get started.
Not that your parents would be too excited about you planning a trip now but you had opportunities the past few years.
For example if a guy like JAD could move over there and date someone even though his motives aren't very good, why can't you?
If you have the money there isn't any real good excuse for the past few years. :coffeeread:
But... but... but... the war in Ukraine. :laugh:
I must confess something - due to a series of bad investments I'm currently flat broke. No travel for me! :laugh:
I'll go when I'm ready. And while that may not be satisfactory to you, it is to me. Funny thing, when I joined this forum a few years ago, several members told me that I was too young and that I should gain more experience at home first. In fact, that's exactly what's been happening. And it's been great! But when I set a goal, I don't relent until it's accomplished.
So Contrarian, have you any business experience in the FSU?
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It's entirely corrupt.
Unless you have connected people involved that you can trust ,its completely pointless, really.
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I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has employed the strategy of involving themselves with a business of some sort in the country where they're interested in meeting a woman - I believe the idea has merit. I'd stop short of thinking it's realistic to turn a huge profit, but I'm not interested in that anyway. Not too surprising the large number of people who'll notice your business when your assets are quite large, very chromatic and airborne.
Probably not really a good idea unless you were fluent in the language and had business partners there already.
Why not make an exploratory trip over there and meet with Mila the translator in Kharkov? You could talk to her both about your business idea and about meeting a woman.
She is an expert and as a woman she could help you to better understand what women from that area are really looking for.
This idea about starting some sort of business there just seems to be your latest excuse as to why you cannot make a trip, look around and go on a few dates arranged by someone like Mila as a way to get started.
Not that your parents would be too excited about you planning a trip now but you had opportunities the past few years.
For example if a guy like JAD could move over there and date someone even though his motives aren't very good, why can't you?
If you have the money there isn't any real good excuse for the past few years. :coffeeread:
But... but... but... the war in Ukraine. :laugh:
I must confess something - due to a series of bad investments I'm currently flat broke. No travel for me! :laugh:
I'll go when I'm ready. And while that may not be satisfactory to you, it is to me. Funny thing, when I joined this forum a few years ago, several members told me that I was too young and that I should gain more experience at home first. In fact, that's exactly what's been happening. And it's been great! But when I set a goal, I don't relent until it's accomplished.
So Contrarian, have you any business experience in the FSU?
Heck no and I wouldn't even think of it.
Had a friend when I was in Germany and he wanted to start a business there. He decided it was too complicated and difficult and did not do it in the end. And that is a western country with western laws.
War in Ukraine? If B/B can book a trip so can you. Just go to L'viv or some other far western city. If they do try to invade you will have plenty of time to get out.
Chances are Putin and company are only bluffing, hoping to get concessions from the USA, which probably isn't going to happen.
And that opinion comes from Ukrainian officials. :coffeeread:
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I wouldn't go to Russia right now. Too many cases of covid and many of my Russian friends got it. luckily no one died but you don't want to be stuck there with substandard health care in a foreign country.
As for starting a business overseas what's the point? Just do an online store or something. I met a Canadian who runs a bar/pub in Moscow. He was the same guy who ran the infamous "Hungry Duck" bar 20 years ago. Just google it if you don't know. Lots of cute girls went to his current bar, I had a drink or 2 there and went to some social events.
Lord of Dance, have you been to Russia or a FSU before? I know you keep talking about trips but can't remember if you've actually been over. I've been over more than several times now for work.
Have you tried to learn Russian or talk to Russian girls via video chat?
I met quite a few expats in Moscow bumming around teaching English, getting drunk and trying to pick up girls. Brits, Yanks, Canucks, Kiwis. Some smart some not so..but they all got over there.
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It's entirely corrupt.
Unless you have connected people involved that you can trust ,its completely pointless, really.
Two thumbs up.
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I must confess something - due to a series of bad investments I'm currently flat broke. No travel for me! :laugh:
You bought Bitcoin at the peak?! :ROFL:
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I must confess something - due to a series of bad investments I'm currently flat broke. No travel for me! :laugh:
You bought Bitcoin at the peak?! :ROFL:
If he did he should be dollar cost averaging back into it. Not that I have the money for bitcoin, however I am probably going to drop a hundred on a cheap one like Polygon Matic.
What do you think of it? There's also a German one I like. Any opinions?
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Everyone is panic selling right now. I wouldn't DCA Bitcoin, way to volatile. I don't touch it because you don't buy it like a regular stock. You need to go through an exchange or intermediary with the possibility that it will be hacked and the BC stolen. Think Mt. Gox or that Quadra something or other...that Canadian one where the owner died mysteriously and was the only person who knew the password.
I'm still long on US stocks. I had Tesla, should have kept it longer. Made 2.5x but could have made 8x. Amazon I still have, doing well. Google, Apple. The market's in a correction right now so things are dropping but think 5-10 year time frame.
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Lord of Dance, have you been to Russia or a FSU before? I know you keep talking about trips but can't remember if you've actually been over. I've been over more than several times now for work.
As of yet, no.
The bar scene is not for me... I'm not a drinker. But the point of having some form of business to conduct is to provide a pretext for meeting new people and making friends. I have a friend here in Pennsylvania who has already been doing some investing in a particular firm over there that I'm also looking into now. Obviously I'm not going to invest anything more than I'm willing to lose, but to those people even $100K - $200K is a lot of money.
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Well to be honest if you don't speak Russian it's gonna be very hard to run a business. You can also advertise for private English lessons as an American but if you can't teach well they will figure that out pretty soon. I don't advise running any sort of business or investing there. You can get swindled out of your money and have no recourse. This isn't like the USA where you can sue people.
I've had jobs gone bad where they took part of my salary and I couldn't do a thing. Either I quit and found another job or they keep taking your money knowing you can't do sh*t.
The other thing is although there are some younger Russians who speak good English most will have beginner or pre-intermediate. So that makes dating hard if you can't even communicate with them. I have conversational Russian and it's enough to get by but not enough to have deep talks. Most of my good Russian friends speak English at a good to advanced level. High enough that I speak with them 90% in English. I even have one Russian friend who has excellent English and Chinese so we use all 3 languages.
That's the most important thing. Forget about businesses and such. Make your money in the states and go there with free time to meet women.
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Well to be honest if you don't speak Russian it's gonna be very hard to run a business. You can also advertise for private English lessons as an American but if you can't teach well they will figure that out pretty soon. I don't advise running any sort of business or investing there. You can get swindled out of your money and have no recourse. This isn't like the USA where you can sue people.
I've had jobs gone bad where they took part of my salary and I couldn't do a thing. Either I quit and found another job or they keep taking your money knowing you can't do sh*t.
The other thing is although there are some younger Russians who speak good English most will have beginner or pre-intermediate. So that makes dating hard if you can't even communicate with them. I have conversational Russian and it's enough to get by but not enough to have deep talks. Most of my good Russian friends speak English at a good to advanced level. High enough that I speak with them 90% in English. I even have one Russian friend who has excellent English and Chinese so we use all 3 languages.
That's the most important thing. Forget about businesses and such. Make your money in the states and go there with free time to meet women.
Duly noted.
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Everyone is panic selling right now. I wouldn't DCA Bitcoin, way to volatile. I don't touch it because you don't buy it like a regular stock. You need to go through an exchange or intermediary with the possibility that it will be hacked and the BC stolen. Think Mt. Gox or that Quadra something or other...that Canadian one where the owner died mysteriously and was the only person who knew the password.
You can also store them in your own wallet on your own computer/thumb drive.
The only time you will then be vunerable is when you buy/sell crypto. Just like the only time real-money is vunerable is when you take your wallet out to pay for something.
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I have a Trezor 1.0 - new 2.0 with much more functionality and a wider range of cryptos - Nano Ledger and Nano Blue are cost-effective - the best system for Cryptos Cold Storage is the Ngrave Zero by a Dutch Intl team - but pricey.
All three provide offline cold storage of major cryptos and tokens where you CONTROL your private keys versus an exchange account and new NFT and Metaverse Infrastructure coins/tokens that I am making asymmetric bets on.
Remember own your Keys own your Coins otherwise can be hacked at any time - cell phones make the worst cold-storage wallets because they are nearly always online and much easier to hack than the above cold storage wallets.
Just my two Sats worth.
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I have a Trezor 1.0 - new 2.0 with much more functionality and a wider range of cryptos - Nano Ledger and Nano Blue are cost-effective - the best system for Cryptos Cold Storage is the Ngrave Zero by a Dutch Intl team - but pricey.
All three provide offline cold storage of major cryptos and tokens where you CONTROL your private keys versus an exchange account and new NFT and Metaverse Infrastructure coins/tokens that I am making asymmetric bets on.
Remember own your Keys own your Coins otherwise can be hacked at any time - cell phones make the worst cold-storage wallets because they are nearly always online and much easier to hack than the above cold storage wallets.
Just my two Sats worth.
https://news.bitcoin.com/us-government-seizes-trezor-wallet-6-3-million-bitcoin-gift-card-fraud/
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I have a Trezor 1.0 - new 2.0 with much more functionality and a wider range of cryptos - Nano Ledger and Nano Blue are cost-effective - the best system for Cryptos Cold Storage is the Ngrave Zero by a Dutch Intl team - but pricey.
All three provide offline cold storage of major cryptos and tokens where you CONTROL your private keys versus an exchange account and new NFT and Metaverse Infrastructure coins/tokens that I am making asymmetric bets on.
Remember own your Keys own your Coins otherwise can be hacked at any time - cell phones make the worst cold-storage wallets because they are nearly always online and much easier to hack than the above cold storage wallets.
Just my two Sats worth.
https://news.bitcoin.com/us-government-seizes-trezor-wallet-6-3-million-bitcoin-gift-card-fraud/
You can always count on people being stupid, just like your bank-account can be hacked if you share its access codes over the phone.
Nothing to see here, move along.
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I have a Trezor 1.0 - new 2.0 with much more functionality and a wider range of cryptos - Nano Ledger and Nano Blue are cost-effective - the best system for Cryptos Cold Storage is the Ngrave Zero by a Dutch Intl team - but pricey.
All three provide offline cold storage of major cryptos and tokens where you CONTROL your private keys versus an exchange account and new NFT and Metaverse Infrastructure coins/tokens that I am making asymmetric bets on.
Remember own your Keys own your Coins otherwise can be hacked at any time - cell phones make the worst cold-storage wallets because they are nearly always online and much easier to hack than the above cold storage wallets.
Just my two Sats worth.
https://news.bitcoin.com/us-government-seizes-trezor-wallet-6-3-million-bitcoin-gift-card-fraud/
You can always count on people being stupid, just like your bank-account can be hacked if you share its access codes over the phone.
Nothing to see here, move along.
You didn't read the article, it's more complicated than that.
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You didn't read the article, it's more complicated than that.
Ahh you're right, he was even more stupid.
He was arrested, and used the jail-phone which audibly plays a message warning you are recorded and *THEN* told his wife what todo with his wallet + passcode.
Clark called his wife from GEO. At the beginning of each call originating from GEO, a recorded message advises that phone calls are recorded. During the call, Clark asked his wife if she had received a key fob from the Secret Service Agents and told her that she could keep it or send the fob to his friend Matt Baker (‘Baker’) in Portland.”
The judgment adds:
Clark then told his wife the passcode to key fob one and said she could tell Baker the passcode too. Clark’s wife then sent the fob to Baker. The recordings of Clark’s calls from GEO were turned over to the agents involved in the case.
Mark.
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Thank you Mark for pointing out the facts of the story... Complaining that the police seized a trezor HW wallet and took BTC with the ID and PW he provided is like complaining the Police took your wallet and plastique money cards to investigate your financial life and discover who your accomplices are in an online bank robbery. Sometimes Mr. Contrary just likes to be contrary for the fun of it...
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Back on bloody topic... Conor Clyne the millennial Irish hero of our subject Tzar Experience YouTube channel has not posted new content in 12 days... Curious if he bugged out back to the EU to leave the UA beauties to the tender mercies of their RU BY and KZ cousins in Chairman Putin's armies.
Well at least Emporer Xi ordered Chairman Vlad not to seize UA from Kiev to Mariupal over to Moldova and Transnistria until after the Beijing GENOCIDE Olympics. Will be interesting to see where Conor's next video is filmed... Minsk, StP or the heart of the Lion's Den Moskva.
When he filmed "Will Russia invade UA in 2022?" It sure seemed he was putting a positive face on his fsuw honey hunting expeditions while at the same time a bit fateful about what might happen this winter....
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Heck no and I wouldn't even think of it.
I briefly looked into what would be involved and the more I looked, the less
I wanted to keep looking.
There was a guy who was relatively successful running a business English school,
teaching American business and business English.
He said that Mrs Manny was a loser because she preferred tall men and left the forum.
Esocks? was his name?
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Back on bloody topic... Conor Clyne the millennial Irish hero of our subject Tzar Experience YouTube channel has not posted new content in 12 days... Curious if he bugged out back to the EU to leave the UA beauties to the tender mercies of their RU BY and KZ cousins in Chairman Putin's armies.
I know this may appear counterintuitive, but there are countries in the FSU besides
Russia and Ukraine that have attractive women who desire love and marriage.
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I am extremely well acquainted with Google Earth and have Identified every Russian Nuclear Submarine Base and Shipyard around the perimeter of Russia - all 11/12 timezones... That said I prefer Viking/Slavic stock (Right Column Ads) think StP region versus all of the Stans; Kazakh, Uzbek, Kirgiz, Turkmen, Tajik etc., etc.
Just my personal preference... Blue Green Eyes - Blonde Red hair... or Snow White Brunettes with Blue or Green Eyes
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He said that Mrs Manny was a loser because she preferred tall men and left the forum.
I'd forgotten about that. :chuckle:
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Back on bloody topic... Conor Clyne the millennial Irish hero of our subject Tzar Experience YouTube channel has not posted new content in 12 days... Curious if he bugged out back to the EU to leave the UA beauties to the tender mercies of their RU BY and KZ cousins in Chairman Putin's armies.
I know this may appear counterintuitive, but there are countries in the FSU besides
Russia and Ukraine that have attractive women who desire love and marriage.
I've always thought the lesser trodden paths bear more fruit.
If I was doing this today I'd probably start in Belarus. I'd also look in Lithuania and Latvia for easy travels and visas. Places like Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech, etc would also be worth poking around in. I also think central Russia where I went (and still almost nobody goes) is still OK.
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I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has employed the strategy of involving themselves with a business of some sort in the country where they're interested in meeting a woman - I believe the idea has merit. I'd stop short of thinking it's realistic to turn a huge profit, but I'm not interested in that anyway. Not too surprising the large number of people who'll notice your business when your assets are quite large, very chromatic and airborne.
I once tried to do various things in Estonia and none of it bore very much fruit. They just didn't have the correct mentality. Same with Russia, every time I've tried to dabble in something there you encounter silly rules, corruption, people behind glass who want 50 rubber stamps on everything and again, the people are not natural business people (in the international sense - they're good at small hustles that benefit them). There's no give and take. It's all about them and what you can do for them and how much they can charge you. They want profit before they've done the job. In business, it's quite an incompatible mindset I have found. Probably why you never likely bought anything that had "Made in Russia" or "Made in Estonia" stamped on it.
As customers they're not too bad. Less demanding than US customers. But the speed of deliveries and customs can be painful.
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I once tried to do various things in Estonia and none of it bore very much fruit. They just didn't have the correct mentality. Same with Russia, every time I've tried to dabble in something there you encounter silly rules,
That's the Russian mentality. They'd rather squeeze the last 100 rubles outta you forgetting that you'll never return instead of building a long term business relationship.
I'm surprised with the similar communist backgrounds Russia and China have, the latter has developed into a global factory. There's tons of cheap labour in Russia but in general they aren't willing to do the work.
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They'd rather squeeze the last 100 rubles outta you forgetting that you'll never return instead of building a long term business relationship.
There was a Russian guy in Estonia I used to do allsorts with. He destroyed the relationship because he wanted to screw me out of 55 Euros. :rolleye0009:
I'm surprised with the similar communist backgrounds Russia and China have, the latter has developed into a global factory.
I find the Chinese good to deal with. They play the long game. They know if they look after you the business will continue for many years. They like to nurture the relationship.
The Chinese look ahead and know they'll see repeat business year after year. The Russians want some greedy profit today and bollocks to next week.
I'll never forget approaching an injection moulding factory in Russia via my wife. The guy asked her "how much have you got to spend?". Then he invited her to lunch to "discuss" it. (:)
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Thank you Mark for pointing out the facts of the story... Complaining that the police seized a trezor HW wallet and took BTC with the ID and PW he provided is like complaining the Police took your wallet and plastique money cards to investigate your financial life and discover who your accomplices are in an online bank robbery. Sometimes Mr. Contrary just likes to be contrary for the fun of it...
No I'm actually not putting down Trezor, I just thought it was an interesting story.
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They want profit before they've done the job.
In business, it's quite an incompatible mindset I have found.
I read carefully everything you wrote about doing business with Russians.
Everything you wrote is a painful truth.
I can only add that, even with well established and successful business, they will always wait for the moment to rob and destroy you.
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I am extremely well acquainted with Google Earth and have Identified every Russian Nuclear Submarine Base and Shipyard around the perimeter of Russia - all 11/12 timezones... That said I prefer Viking/Slavic stock (Right Column Ads) think StP region versus all of the Stans; Kazakh, Uzbek, Kirgiz, Turkmen, Tajik etc., etc.
Just my personal preference... Blue Green Eyes - Blonde Red hair... or Snow White Brunettes with Blue or Green Eyes
You can find all those things in a Russian girl from the Stan's or Belarus. Tall blonde
hair blue eyed girls rarely get married with short Asian men.
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I am extremely well acquainted with Google Earth and have Identified every Russian Nuclear Submarine Base and Shipyard around the perimeter of Russia - all 11/12 timezones... That said I prefer Viking/Slavic stock (Right Column Ads) think StP region versus all of the Stans; Kazakh, Uzbek, Kirgiz, Turkmen, Tajik etc., etc.
Just my personal preference... Blue Green Eyes - Blonde Red hair... or Snow White Brunettes with Blue or Green Eyes
You can find all those things in a Russian girl from the Stan's or Belarus. Tall blonde
hair blue eyed girls rarely get married with short Asian men.
Have you ever been to any of the Stans? Good luck finding tall blondes there. Sure, you can "maybe" find a few, but come on.
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They'd rather squeeze the last 100 rubles outta you forgetting that you'll never return instead of building a long term business relationship.
There was a Russian guy in Estonia I used to do allsorts with. He destroyed the relationship because he wanted to screw me out of 55 Euros. :rolleye0009:
Yes, but it's slowly changing. You'd be surprised (maybe not) at how many influencers there are in Russia under 20 making bank.
And what you speak of of is old school mentality. Things are changing in Russia with the new generation. Does that mean starting a business here is easy? :chuckle: No, but business laws actually work now in most cases and contracts have become increasingly back by those rules when doing business.
Old day bribery is going by the wayside, even though it still exist for some like in any other country. But, by and large, a contract is a contract.Yes, even in Russia.
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You can find all those things in a Russian girl from the Stan's or Belarus. Tall blonde
hair blue eyed girls rarely get married with short Asian men.
Have you ever been to any of the Stans? Good luck finding tall blondes there. Sure, you can "maybe" find a few, but come on.
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Donhollio married one except she wasn't tall. I know a gorgeous greened eyed
girl 175cm in Kazakhstan. She came here to the forum back when I visited and
wrote my Georgia Peaches trip report and posted a few times.
I know a grey eyed girl from Uzbekistan (175cm), she is married to
an old member here. Both of them were on the old lucky lovers site.
Ethnic Russians make up 19% of the Kazakhstan population. You are right
about most of the Stans, outside the capitals the Russian population is
sparse.
My primary point is that you don't need to go to Eastern Ukraine to find an excellent
candidate for marriage, just because that's where all the MOB agencies are. I
believe staying away from those charlatans as much as possible is the best course.
Vladivostok, Kazan or St Pete is unlikely to feel any negative effects of the troop buildup
along the Ukrainian border and they are literally bursting at the seems with hot Russian
women.
Udachi!
Bill
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If I remember correctly ( getting harder to do) I started my search back in fall of 2010
My first forum experince was long gone site, much smaller place, mostly decent people
Welder was there and here, pointed me to this site. I showed up here early winter 2011
after my first trip, although I was reading here.
Many more folks talking then and 90% of the conversations were arounf the FSU
some I remember ( some I will forget) Miss Ameno, Turbo Guy, Larry, Mike
along with several who are still around, some maybe post less.
Funny back then the same folks who say don't go here, don't waste time were saying
it then too. For new folks, do alot of reading, the real MOB business was dead in the 60's
chasing women around the block or world will never end, if anything I beleive it will grow.
I also believe chasing a women who are disadvantage and trying to hook her is likely a mistake.
Unless of course your are very rich, then hey anything is doable.
Can you do better in poorer countires than home, maybe but if you struggle at home,
the FSU is not for rookies, these girls are tough:) Get it right, like striking gold :)
Get it wrong they will eat you alive.
For me, I made my share of mistakes, I had no problem asking advice and getting help
Including Mrs Manny when she was just about out of the business, quite helpful.
I learned FSU dating here, that distance didn't matter as long as they were willing to re-locate.
I also learned no BS, tell them the truth and if its going somewhere be very straight up
Lucky for me I live in Canada if done right visitor visas are very doable and IMO made a huge
difference, my wife now made two trips, one 2 months one 4 months before anything was final
She seen my world, my life and had a great Idea of what her life would look like.
I don't agree when folks say don't go here, don't go there, I think you go where you want based on the women you meet
Saying there is no good women in Odessa or Kiev is insane. Would it be more difficult, maybe, but if you think
this is easy, stay home. THis can be expensive so if your not ready for it, don't do it. Turbo guy was over a 100k
that was 20 years ago. We have seen guys do it in couple trips, unlikely but hey one never knows.
Follow the basic rules, that have been posted here 1000's of times. Set a few of your own, play in a realistic
park for your abilities or don't be shocked when it blows up. Understand the divorce rate in most countries
is around 50% no guarantees for anyone, regardless of who or where. life is still life.
In a world where over 50 % of the people are now dating online, maybe the MOB business is dead,
but the world is getting smaller and easier to move around, date where, who and when you want.
Your life don't let the naysayers make your choices, also understand as is in everything your choice
your results.
The positve people will help you, the negative ones will tell you not to do it.
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I would also like to add, back in the day
when traveling, meeting someone from here was
quite normal and have met some great people.
London was great fun and I realized everyone who came to that
dinner were good people, from all walks of life.
We had a common interest, why we got together.
Most of the people I met, would be good to meet
under any circumstances of life.
Treat this adventure like an adventure and vacation
you can never be disappointed. You will meet some great people
see some amazing places, regardless of the outcome
you will have some amzing life experience's.
How can you lose under those rules.
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Conor's latest YT from Odessa on Feb1 ... to stay or leave that is the question ...
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I have a Trezor 1.0 - new 2.0 with much more functionality and a wider range of cryptos - Nano Ledger and Nano Blue are cost-effective - the best system for Cryptos Cold Storage is the Ngrave Zero by a Dutch Intl team - but pricey.
All three provide offline cold storage of major cryptos and tokens where you CONTROL your private keys versus an exchange account and new NFT and Metaverse Infrastructure coins/tokens that I am making asymmetric bets on.
Remember own your Keys own your Coins otherwise can be hacked at any time - cell phones make the worst cold-storage wallets because they are nearly always online and much easier to hack than the above cold storage wallets.
Just my two Sats worth.
As a follow-up to this not completely off-topic branch to the 2022 FSUW Fundamentals Convo... since knowing how to move, protect and multiply monies is essential to the care and feeding of a.k.a. "FSUW Husbandry"...
I looked up the new Trezor Model T on Amazon as I have the Older Trezor Model 1 with some BTC tech blockchain version tech incompatibility issues (Go Figure) and there were NO Trezor new Model T units available on Amazon or their Trezor Stor Link - not even any prices.
There was however a Trezor Model T + Billfodl Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet with SteelWallet Cold Seed Storage (Bundle) for $399 - A bit Pricey as iirc the Trezor One is around $99 and Trezor T around $199 so $399 is right up there with the cost of the Ngrave Zero with Stainless Steel punch out seed storage... also listed as Sold Out - https://www.ngrave.io/
So what is an FSUW hunting Cryptonaut to do?
I found an alternate that was reasonably priced and cybersecurity competitive with Ngrave (maybe a copy from Asia who knows) but it features both USB and a Bluetooth air gap to work with BOTH PCs and Smartphones and the price is right:
SecuX W20 - Most Secure Crypto Hardware Wallet w/ Bluetooth - Large Touchscreen - Easily Manage your Bitcoin, Ethereum, BTC, ETH, LTC, DOGE, BNB, Dash, XLM, ERC20, BSC and more
Visit the SecuX Store $98.00 - so IMNSHO - best way to discover its HW Cold Storage Wallet pros and cons is to buy it and try it like I plan to do... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q19WN6G
HTH
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Since I still can not buy a new Model Trezor T nor the Ngrave Zero - I purchased the Round full touch es-screen display Round SecuX V20 which is both USB and Bluetooth (Air Gap) Compatible and will therefore work with accepting Crypto Transfers from Macs, PCs, Linux PCs and Smartphones - Apple IOS and Androids so as more folks have Coinbase/Binance/Bittrex/KuKoin/Krakken/Crypto.com etc etc etc Apps on their insecure easy to Crypto Hack Smart Phones a blue tooth air gap crypto transfer ability from both PCs and Smart Phones is a nice to have feature over USB only Trezor and Nano HW Wallets...
So Called Military Grade Security and full Supply Chain security is also interesting - not sure if US-Made, Mexico or Communist Freaking Red China but will find out...
$138 just ordered through Amazon so should have a delivery date tomorrow... and will compare to my now antique Trezor 1 when it comes in. Scroll down to see Dario in fairly passable Es-Spanglish as he esplains how to use the Big Round "Pretty Kool" as he says SecuX Hardware Cold Es-storich (Not Cold Ostrich - Cold Es-Storich) HW Wallet en espanglisho. :sombrero:
Scroll Down for El Details...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PVXSFR4
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Per Amazon - Ordered yesterday Feb 3, 22 being delivered today Feb 4, 22 so plenty in stock at Amazon wheres the new(er) Trezor T and Ngrave Zero both out of stock at Amazon and on their Home Web Sites...
So looking forward to testing how to cold store some of the 10,275+ Coins and key Blockchain Tokens and perhaps infrastructure NFTs on the SecuX V20.
Remember always send a small fraction of a token/coin SATs Gwei pennies worth first to insure the transaction makes it to your cold storage wallet addresses - for instance for security the Trezor 1 generates a new random address for each transfer so anyone who might hack your PC or Smartphone can not assume last known address on your HW wallet will be a wallet hacking start point as the last known address was a one-time occurrence.
So you have to be very careful to verify each transaction before you move a large amount of crypto value.
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It takes jingle if you want to mingle - it takes money to hunt for honey and it takes Finance to earn Romance...
Wisdom of the Ancients 5 Elements for Human Success in all endeavors:
1. Wise and Prudent Leadership (Man of the House, CEO, Chairman, Emporers)
2. Disciplined Organization every one performing their roles to perfection - Dutiful Women and Obedient Children).
3. Knowledge of the local terrain/geography, markets.
4. Knowledge of the Cycles and Seasons of Life, Weather, Markets, Demography.
5. A proper, adequate, and growing war chest.
Three Must-See Markets Predictive Videos to stay ahead of the romance finance game whether married, single, or confirmed perpetual TROLLS:
Wealtheon David Hunter Interview Part 1
Wealtheon David Hunter Interview Part 2
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This was a brilliant dissection of an Anna Bey "My Dear Elegant Ladies" Video and the red flag language a manipulative Gold Digging Russian woman engages in... Conor is of course a Lawyer by training and able to dissect language and reveal many hidden red flags in the process.
Soviet-born gold digger calls guys like me 'cheap'!
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Go Figure...
State Department: Proof Of COVID-19 Vaccine Needed For Americans Fleeing Ukraine Into Poland
https://www.dailywire.com/news/state-department-proof-of-covid-19-vaccine-needed-for-americans-fleeing-ukraine-into-poland
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This was a brilliant dissection of an Anna Bey "My Dear Elegant Ladies" Video and the red flag language a manipulative Gold Digging Russian woman engages in... Conor is of course a Lawyer by training and able to dissect language and reveal many hidden red flags in the process.
Soviet-born gold digger calls guys like me 'cheap'!
There's nothing uglier than Soviet style gold digging. :laugh:
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Latest from Conor boots on rhe ground in Chernovitsi in the Carpathian foothills one hour from the EU Romanian border for safety reasons before any evacuation tidal waves from Kiev, Odessa or Mariupol. Clearly now he is hedging his bets in the safe western UA oblasts near the EU border...
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Today's update from Zap on the Dnipro dissecting a Hapless Yank RT TV propaganda interview...
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Back on the ground in Chernivitsi while we all wake up to media reports of Russia declaring war on Ukraine. British reporter on a roof in Kiev shocked to see explosions in Kiev with Russia taking out air defenses as well as command and control.
Looks like Emporer Xi of CCP gave Chairman Vlad a green light in his hostile takeover bid of Ukraine!
Western media now showing traffic jams of evacuees leaving Kiev in a panic.
Putin warns the nutless NATO nitwits that NATO intervention will invite Nuclear response.
Good Morning World War Three... Time for you euros to stock up on quality radiation gas masks and iodine pills.
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UKRAINE AT WAR LIVE...
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Latest USA Watchdog Paul Craig Roberts interview ...
Takeaways - Germans Shutting down NordStream NatGaz pipelines will ONLY destroy German Economic recovery with No effect on Russia. PCR questions why Russia even sells such a precious dwindling over time commodity to their NATO EU UK ENEMIES?
https://usawatchdog.com/no-shooting-war-in-ukraine-dr-paul-craig-roberts/#more-26066
9:11 AM PST gold price for February 24, 2022:
Gold $1919.43/oz up $9.78
9:12 AM PST silver price for February 24, 2022:
Silver $24.66/oz up $0.09
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Conor Clyne was very somber and candid today as he sees his "Tsar Experience" business model in Kiev/Odessa/Minsk/StP and Moscow literally going up in smoke.
https://www.youtube.com/c/TsarExperience/videos
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For the longest time, Russia has tried to work with other countries on the basis of equality and not enmity. The EU has been a reliable client for hydrocarbons and thus no reason not to deal with them.
Also, of course, Russia has made money from such transactions which have enabled the country to rebuild and grow stronger.
Gas, oil and electricity is going to be used and sold so why not sell to EU clients? Of course, if they do not sell to European clients then the same products will be eagerly purchased from other buyers. Russia is the swing supplier for oil and gas and that is a good market position. They'd not be willing to give that role up as it enables them to have a strong position in terms of pricing and thus profit.
By the way, I saw a piece on a prominent business website today, can't remember exactly where. It was about gas supplies to Europe. In the piece, the claim was made that Ukraine was not dependent at all on Russian gas. That surprised me - in terms of the lack of knowledge of the writer. Of course, Ukraine buys almost all of its gas from Europe, which, in turn, means that most, if not all of it, given its means of transmission, comes from Russia. They also get much of their electricity from Russia.
Sadly, Ukraine has, I have read, the second-largest reserves of national gas in Europe but almost none of it is produced. That's a historical matter - 'intermediaries' in Ukraine make much more money from dipping their beaks into gas imports than they could from locally produced gas.
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Latest USA Watchdog Paul Craig Roberts interview ...
Takeaways - Germans Shutting down NordStream NatGaz pipelines will ONLY destroy
German Economic recovery with No effect on Russia. PCR questions why Russia even
sells such a precious dwindling over time commodity to their NATO EU UK ENEMIES?
Germany is an idiot for shutting down their nuke generating plants. The greenies
insisted that they do it, even though nuclear doesn't produce greenhouse gasses.
Left wing idiots caused vast increases in prices for carbon based fuels. It's because
the left is stupid, doesn't understand simple economic laws like supply and demand
and they can't comprehend all the unintended consequences of their actions.
What would happen if instead of phasing out nuclear, Germany doubled production
of it? What would happen to the price of carbon based energy if Biden had not
went to war against domestic US production?
If Germany wants to buy gas at market prices Russia has to sell it to them or they
are cutting off their nose to spite their face. If Germany agrees to buy gas at
$X dollars per MMBtu, they will pay $X dollars per MMBtu. If China agrees to buy
gas but the price goes down they will renege on the deal.
You can't explain to me how Russia doesn't hurt themselves if they decide not
to sell their gas to Europe.
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For the longest time, Russia has tried to work with other countries on the basis of equality and not enmity. The EU has been a reliable client for hydrocarbons and thus no reason not to deal with them.
Also, of course, Russia has made money from such transactions which have enabled the country to rebuild and grow stronger.
Gas, oil and electricity is going to be used and sold so why not sell to EU clients? Of course, if they do not sell to European clients then the same products will be eagerly purchased from other buyers. Russia is the swing supplier for oil and gas and that is a good market position. They'd not be willing to give that role up as it enables them to have a strong position in terms of pricing and thus profit.
By the way, I saw a piece on a prominent business website today, can't remember exactly where. It was about gas supplies to Europe. In the piece, the claim was made that Ukraine was not dependent at all on Russian gas. That surprised me - in terms of the lack of knowledge of the writer. Of course, Ukraine buys almost all of its gas from Europe, which, in turn, means that most, if not all of it, given its means of transmission, comes from Russia. They also get much of their electricity from Russia.
Sadly, Ukraine has, I have read, the second-largest reserves of national gas in Europe but almost none of it is produced. That's a historical matter - 'intermediaries' in Ukraine make much more money from dipping their beaks into gas imports than they could from locally produced gas.
Well done Andrew for this post.......but how many will understand what you write? I guess just a few the other's prefer to watch Hollywood fillms.
Sorry must go Back to bed!
:thumbsup: tiphat
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Wiz, it is sometimes an inability to understand. Sadly, more often it is an inability to challenge one's programing.
I think this might be a greater issue for USAians than for other groups, although they are far from unique in having this handicap. IMHO it is the insularity and isolation that is a part of the problem for USAians. If one does not have easy opportunities to garner varying information from multiple sources and often with varying cultural perspectives then how can one appreciate them? It's one of those cases where one cannot easily know what one does not know.
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Any Brits know what going full Tonto means?
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So Gone full tonto means;
taken lunacy to a new level
You've gone full tonto there, Simon
and; https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=full-tonto
full-tonto
1. Portmanteau meaning gone mad, very mad, formed by the Spanish, ‘tonto’ meaning ‘stupid’, ‘silly’ or ‘dumb’, and the English 'full'.
2. Vladimir Putin
Putin has gone full-tonto.
-Defence Secretary of the UK, Ben Wallace
Our Champion Conor Clyne had to wait for his main muse Anzhela to get out of Odesa addressing a family issue and took cabs for 3 legs back to Chernivtsi where they took a bus to the Romanian Border and then by train to Bucharest Romania where he is providing his Tsar Experience insights to a worldwide audience... He said large security-looking Romanian guys drove them to the train station and folks helped with their luggage and would NOT take any money so looks like the better Christian nature is showing across the EU to help other EU and UA citizens escape the war.
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Interesting AFA news about how all of you old Wrinkle Necked Toads and younger incels can actually save a younger Ukrainian woman in need of a prince no matter how much of a hideous beast you may be - and she will likely be willing to be your live-in mistress muse and lover just for the fun of it in exchange for protection safety and a good life - reports are the Albanian Islamists mafiya are seeking to lure the young single women and even mothers with one child into their Pan European drug-induced sex slavery prostitution camps - so -
Saving these ladies as lovers and partners now is a noble thing to do without all of the 90 day fiance visa dramas... Ironic many now making their way to Mexico and trying to cross our southern USA border along with millions of Africans, Asians and Latin Americans - Of course, our Anti-White Anti-European federal agencies turning away those with Russians Passports and only allowing in Ukrainian women and children with family in the USA to re-unify with. As you can see below the right side long-term RUA advertiser is helping...
Ukraine Crisis Updates
https://www.loveme.com/information/ukraine-crisis.html
We will be adding current updates and information below as they become avalable. You will find several ways to help, not only our staff members who you may be familiar with, but the people of Ukraine in general during this crisis.
Additional Links To Help During The Ukraine Crisis:
How To Help Ukraine
Ways To Help During The Ukraine Conflict
Donate to World Central Kitchen Help provide fresh meals to Ukrainian families in need
PINNED Feb 26, 2022: THE UKRAINE CRISIS: How You Can Help (John Adams - President AFA)
PINNED March 16, 2022: Updated List of Donors - Your help is appreciated!
PINNED March 23, 2022: Update on Operations in Eastern Europe (John Adams - President AFA)
Now that we are about a month into the war between The Ukraine and Russia I wanted to share some thoughts with you and update you, as best as we can, as to the current situation and how it impacts what we are doing here at AFA.
I also want to sincerely thank all of you who so generously donated funds to help those impacted by the war. We have already sent out the first round of funding and we will be sending out a second round very soon, again our sincere thanks to your generosity.
Since the day this terrible war began I have spoken with many different individuals, mainly from the Ukraine, but some from Russia as well, virtually every day. As you may know AFA has its own offices in Ukraine (unfortunately our office in Nikolayev was just recently destroyed by bombs, thankfully there appeared to be no injuries from that blast), as well as many different independent affiliates with whom we have worked together with for many years.
All of these wonderful individuals are dealing with this awful crisis as best they can and all have different perspectives and different life situations from which they are forced to make very personal and possibly life and death choices.
They have limited information from which to operate and make decisions, all while under ungodly stress levels. One of the most astonishing things that has so greatly impressed me (and humbled me as well) is the raw courage and resolve the people of the Ukraine have demonstrated. These people are dealing with a brutal war, with the prospect of leaving everything they have worked for behind and leaving family members for countries and destinations totally unknown and foreign to them.
Even if they make the choice to leave to a safer place such as Poland or Germany, with nothing but maybe a suitcase or backpack, there is no guarantee they will reach there safely or even alive. Yet when I speak with them, to a person, they are optimistic, strong, thoughtful, caring, patriotic, and determined. They even laugh and make fun of some situations, even though inside they are very fearful of what may come of their families and themselves. There are just not enough words to describe the amazing character of all the people in the Ukraine with whom I have had the honor to interact.
I have known some of these very special people for over 20 years, and it is so difficult to see what they are now forced to experience. Some of them may have helped you to meet that special someone, maybe given you advice or a shoulder to cry on, gotten you out of a jam etc., etc. They are special and they loved doing what they did and still do - helping women and men from all around the globe to connect and in many cases form life-lasting relationships.
We are doing what we can to assist all of them as best we can and we will continue to do so until life gets back to normal, whatever that new normal may end up being. If any of you worked with any of these special individuals and would like to assist them in any way please reach out to Michelle or Anna at the Phoenix office and they will give you more info as to how to do so.
Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced due to the war, with many leaving for other countries such as Poland, Germany, Romania, Moldova and others. We do still have staff members in the Ukraine who continue to work, and we also have many that are now outside of the country and also continue to work.
We are doing our best to continue with correspondence, phone and skype calls and even personal introductions. Some women have relocated outside the Ukraine and we have already been able to facilitate some meetings and will be doing more in the future. If you are in touch with someone you believe is no longer living in the Ukraine and you want to try and meet please contact the Phoenix office and we will do our best to assist.
We have also been trying to contact the women from the Ukraine and verify that, given all that has happened, they do still have an interest in remaining on the site and meeting someone. We also want to try and verify where they are now residing and other logistical details.
You may have noticed that we stopped adding new profiles from the area given the circumstances, however we have had several women who do want to join and are interested in meeting so we will be adding those new profiles in the weeks and months to come.
We still strongly advise and caution you to not engage in a lot of correspondence with women you may not be able to meet for a long period of time. It is always best to only use correspondence in conjunction with a plan of meeting in person and doing so in a relatively short time period so you do not waste time and resources on just correspondence.
Unfortunately, at least for the time being, there will be no Group Tours or Clubs in Eastern Europe. So our normal advice of going over and meeting a large number of women while you are there via Group tours or Club’s is just not going to be possible for some time.
However, if there is someone that you feel you would like to meet and she has relocated to another country that may be a possibility. If that is the case please contact the office and we will do our best to assist.
Thank You for your understanding and patience during these very difficult and trying times,
Feb 26, 2022: Real-Time Message from Victoria - Our Kiev Ukraine Office Manager
March 01, 2022: John Adams (President of AFA) Remarks on Current Ukrainain Crisis
March 01, 2022: Anna (AFA Odesa Office Manager) Live Phone Call Regarding Conditions in Her Region
March 22, 2022: Anna (AFA Odesa Office Manager) Live Phone Call Regarding Conditions in Her Region
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PayPal UA "vetted" by PayPal Aid Groups that users are donating to - suggest you refer anyone you know hurt or displaced by the Russian hostilities to apply for these funds...
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T2B - this begs the question what is your list of things to avoid and not do "wrong" in the spirit of learning from the mistakes of others - familiar with your posts over the years so not looking for any trainwreck confessionals - just a quick list of things or mistakes to avoid if you had to start over or do it again?
A good woman will figure out a way to talk/communicate with you. If she
makes excuses why she can't do things, walk away, if she lies, kick her to
the curb. If you find cRaZy run the other way. Women can't be fixed.
Never ignore poor character in a woman just because she is smokin' hot.
You know all about white knight stuff and the pedestal preservation crowd.
Don't project things onto a woman. See it for yourself first before assigning
virtues to a woman.
Don't assume. EG. She is 44, don't assume she doesn't want kids. Unless you
say to her, "I assume you don't want anymore kids." Then wait until she
confirms.