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---------Donna's perception of the Russian brides involved in finding an American through the Internet seems "skewed toward the uneducated, desperate..." etc, but that you didn't find that to be true.
Could all the stories I hear about the Moscovites and their superiority complex be true?
-----ghmm... never mentioned anything about not being educated. Desperate - yes. Its a fact. I have traveled a lot around russia and CIS. I know how people live there compared to Moscow, St.Peterburg. Its not their fault that there are very little oppotunities. And even oppotunities for marriage - men of a proper age if not killed or involved in mafia fights or drinking - run away to big cities for better lives. Highly educated people find themselvs in business in big cities or apply for immigration to USA and Canada. Decent provincial girls - get married to AM. So what is there to do with my superiority complex?
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Sorry to misquote you on the "education" comment. SO is it your opinion (not necessarily a "fact" as you say) that:
RW that are highly educated move to St Pete & Moscow or emigrate to US and Canada? (Without the need for marriage, I assume)
RW that are educated (but not highly educated) are all desperate if they do not live in St Pete or Moscow?
Is it this group (moderately educated, not living in St Pete or Moscow) that marry AM?
I don't quite understand your "decent provincial girls" comment either. Are the "decent provincial girls the same as the desperate ones?
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In my limited dealings with Muscovite women (2 to be exact), I have experienced the same type of arrogance. One woman I met had a built-in resentment for provincial women. She was originally from Tomsk if I remember correctly but moved to Moscow to find a better life. She considered provincial women to be lazy and uneducated and she implored me to find a "good" woman in Moscow instead a provincial woman who just wanted to "get out". I understand her point to some extent. She had worked hard all of her life to get to Moscow, she deserves the better life. Not this provincial woman.
I really liked this woman and might have married her but she could not consider romance with me because there was no love, just friends, as she put it. At this juncture I must insert the fact that I am about 260 on a 5' 9" frame. Not ugly, but certainly not sport body and Brad Pitt looks either. Anyway, she couldn't see herself with me because she worked hard to be successful in life and she had to show her friends and family how successful she was. She couldn't possibly improve her image by marrying someone who appears average looking. Nothing but the best for Moscow girl because she deserves it!! As far as I know, the woman is still single although she did meet a Brit who was very attractive. I think he took advantage of her during his visit because she was so happy she met him one day and showing him off to all of her friends, but then the following week she didn't want to hear his name mentioned, much less talk about the situation. I left that situation a little resentful myself, because she was an exceptional woman in all areas.
Based on my experience, I consider Muscovite women to be self-sufficient, proud, high-maintenance women with a somewhat delusional view of their place in the world. In general, they are still infinitely more desirable than your typical American feminists, but more trick than treat nevertheless.
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