[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('outcast', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')'m trying, Auntie, but it seems many or even most American women operate from a platform of intense suspicion, distrust, and fear of men.

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shakespear1', 'H')eineken

Not through the NET guy. It is a big enough challange to get to know someone who is in your area imagine the risk you take doing it at a distance.

Number one thing to keep in mind is that photos lie. So if you spot that special one this way forget it.

I would recommend this. Go on a holiday for example to Sochi on the Black Sea and in a "normal" environment try to find someone. Even package tours could be a great way to try this. Then hit the hot spots and start to network.

I think that on those marriage forums you are looking for a gem in a hay stack. The rest are probable sharks from what I heard. But beware of those photos.

My 2c.

[Jotapay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JJ', 'a')n old rancher outside of town here said he gave six caribou for his filipina wife...I don't think he was joking...

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', '
')I feel that many of the difficulties between the sexes derive from the social breakdown that modern civilization has promoted.

[Olaf]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'H')eine,

Am I thinking of someone else or were you not previously in a relationship with a man...

I second the Hungarian girl suggestion.

[mgibbons19]

already six pages long and this is the first I've seen this thread.

I didn't think you swung that way H. Either way, it could be a workable plan. Marriage is as much contract as love. Good luck. It could work.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'S')o here I am single again, and 53. I'm in very good physical shape, however, and look ten years younger than my age.

I have money, and there are millions of attractive but desperately poor women the world 'round.

Meeting and coping with American women can be extremely difficult. They tend to have unreasonable or unfair expectations and demands. They tend to hold my age against me and my difficult history.

Sometimes I think, why don't I just fly to one of those "developing" countries, hang out, and meet and carefully court an innocent, gentle, HIV-free native, marry her and bring her back to the farm. Say a $10,000 operation.

Crazy? Maybe.

What would be the best countries? Any race is fine. Obviously the things to avoid are golddiggers, getting murdered or ripped off, etc. Potentially hazardous.

[JRP3]

The internet is a great research tool for all subjects, but like any other search you have to be careful to weed out inaccurate information. Emailing someone daily can reveal much about them, maybe a lot more than awkward face to face interactions where everyone is worried about making a good impression. The photo problem can easily be gotten around by requesting a recent picture doing something you specifically request or holding up a recent newspaper. If they won't comply move on.

[shakespear1]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'It's difficult for me to be a jetsetter. I'm tied down by an old mother and a dog and a large property that needs maintenance.

I might be able to make a brief overseas trip, but how would that practically translate into marriage and getting that person back here to live with me? The logistics seem overwhelming, the more I consider them.

I agree that "marriage forums" leave much to be desired and that photos can be misleading. ')

Fair enough my friend. In that case I would council to look into forums in the US which have the option of looking by state and city.

I did this for a buddy in the States when I was visiting him. He works long hours and on top of that is Mr. Mom. Divorced and got custody of the son.

I told him Dude you need to wake up and not just put all the energy into son and work. So I told him that I found several forums for singles that could help him perhaps at least start to look for someone. From what I saw there was a ton of women on this. This is all a matter of fishing, and the net now makes very easy.

Closer to your home and cheaper would be Latin America if you went the route of a trip. Here I would try to do something more for singles. I'm sure they organize this stuff.

Main things is to fish, with the net you can do it more efficiently and quicker. Again, start closer to home.

Good Luck Bud

[Auntie_Cipation]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'I')'m trying, Auntie, but it seems many or even most American women operate from a platform of intense suspicion, distrust, and fear of men.

Men are assumed to be conniving liars whose only real objective is a little nookie.

It's a case of many bad apples (and not just one) spoiling the whole bunch.

So as I see it a personals ad needs to attempt to allay these concerns, to the degree possible. You don't do that by portraying yourself as a wild nonconformist.

[JJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'W')hat was a Texan doing with caribou in the Philipines?

[eXpat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'S')he's about 50 minutes away, Byron.

A police lieutenant, divorced, 42, with one small child. Level headed and good looking.

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Olaf', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'H')eine,

Am I thinking of someone else or were you not previously in a relationship with a man...

I second the Hungarian girl suggestion.

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eXpat', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', 'S')he's about 50 minutes away, Byron.

A police lieutenant, divorced, 42, with one small child. Level headed and good looking.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JJ', '
')Philippines.

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shakespear1', '[')code]It's difficult for me to be a jetsetter. I'm tied down by an old mother and a dog and a large property that needs maintenance.

I might be able to make a brief overseas trip, but how would that practically translate into marriage and getting that person back here to live with me? The logistics seem overwhelming, the more I consider them.

I agree that "marriage forums" leave much to be desired and that photos can be misleading. [/code]

Fair enough my friend. In that case I would council to look into forums in the US which have the option of looking by state and city.

I did this for a buddy in the States when I was visiting him. He works long hours and on top of that is Mr. Mom. Divorced and got custody of the son.

I told him Dude you need to wake up and not just put all the energy into son and work. So I told him that I found several forums for singles that could help him perhaps at least start to look for someone. From what I saw there was a ton of women on this. This is all a matter of fishing, and the net now makes very easy.
Closer to your home and cheaper would be Latin America if you went the route of a trip. Here I would try to do something more for singles. I'm sure they organize this stuff.

Main things is to fish, with the net you can do it more efficiently and quicker. Again, start closer to home.

Good Luck Bud

[Heineken]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JJ', '
')Philippines.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', ' ')Perhaps I'm being "tested."

[outcast]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')The question you raise is a chicken-or-egg one. Which comes first?

I feel that many of the difficulties between the sexes derive from the social breakdown that modern civilization has promoted.

[blukatzen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', ' ')Perhaps I'm being "tested."

[Ludi]

No, he meant Heineken shouldn't have to put up with women playing mind/emotion games.

Not that he should give up!