History, Confessions & Surprising Facts about Russian Mail Order Wives
The truth is most Russian beauties are desperate to get married to a man outside Russia. The Russian mail order bride wants to get married to anyone who provides them a lavish lifestyle and a visa.
Are you planning to travel to Russia? If so, then you must have heard of the most common and the weirdest thing about the concept of Russian mail-order bride. A popular belief of the Russian mail-order wives suggests that many women in Russia are eager to marry a rich person and move out of the country so they could live a happy life with a luxurious lifestyle and a visa. Once they get married to a rich person and get full citizenship, they divorce. While this might sound ridiculous, it is very common in Russia and most developed countries.
Let us unfold some facts and stories associated with the Russian Mail Order Brides.
Mail Order Brides Back in the 19th Century
A mail-order bride is a woman who opens an account on a dating site and shares her intent to get married to someone from another developed country. Back in the 19th-century, Russian mail-order brides were women who listed themselves in catalogs to get selected by a man for marriage. Sometimes both men and women were of different countries. For instance – in 19th-century, women from America would get married to men in Western frontier lands.
In the 20th century, women in developing countries would seek men in developed countries. Now, in the 21st century, the match is primarily based on dating sites (although there are many fake websites). The majority of the women in the 21st century are from Southeast Asia. Men who list themselves on similar websites are referred to as ‘Mail-Order Husbands’. However, this is less common.
The Truth Why Girls Want to Become a Mail Order Bride
Everyone wants to live a luxurious life. Women from poor or developing countries want to see their kids happy while living a rich lifestyle. They don’t care about a lot of things and only aim to live a happy and joyful life. In countries like China or Vietnam, this is not possible due to the lack of cultural beliefs and rituals. In those countries, women must sit at home and continue to support their husband’s family. This is the main reason why women do not want to live a life with them and look for someone with an opposite outlook.
Another reason why girls want to become a mail order bride is hidden in the statistics of the population. According to the statistics in the European countries, the number of men over women is less. Sometimes girls also look for respect and equality. And bias toward women provides a lesser chance for job and progress during the whole life.
How International Marriage Agency Works?
Mail order wives work with International marriage agencies. The agency business introduces both men and women of different countries for marriage, and dating. The agency encourages women to sign up for their services and meet men from Japan, Australia, Western Europe and other developed regions. They advertise their services in accordance with the regulations of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act.
Services offered by International Marriage Agencies include:
- Translation of language between clients who do not speak a common language.
- Men are introduced to women interested in marriage.
Best Russian Dating Sites
Apart from international agencies, dating sites also help men to find their wife. A Russian dating site offers online communication, web chat, mobile-based chat, instant messaging, phone translation and more. Russian women go to physical agencies to open an account for the website. If a woman is not young, beautiful and educated enough, she won’t be able to avail the services offered by the website. Yes, this is true; those websites choose beautiful brides to maximize their profit.
Women who are approved get their IDs scanned. After that, their data is copied into the database. They are also offered discounts for glamour shoot which involves their photographs in bed, on the beach, and at other places. If a woman is not good at English, the agency offers translation service where their members write the information or message to be passed.
Here are our picks for the best Russian dating sites.
1. Russian Cupid (No hidden fees)
The Russian Cupid website involves no hidden costs, which means signing up on the website is free. Well, most Russian girls do not pay for premium account. If you are willing to find the Russian beauties, upgrade the account. The website offers different packages on the subscription for longer months. The price for the month gets lower for as long you're subscribed to it. Once you are a premium member, there are no charges for sending winks, virtual gifts and more. The site is a great way to start your family.
Initially, the site was known as RussianEuro.com, but later it was purchased by Cupid media Network and converted into RussianCupid. The site features audio/video chat, profile ID verification, and anti-spam measures. There is a lot more to share your information including your interests, cupid tags and more.
2. Mamba.ru
Mamba.ru is the best online Russian dating site with over 23 million users. It is user-friendly and is useful for those speaking Russian. Signing up on Mamba.ru is very easy. Enter the details including email address, location, birthday, gender, and link social media accounts to start your search. The personal ads on the site are also divided into five different groups – females searching for males, males searching for females, females looking for females, dating couples and males searching for males.
When you find a match, you can text message and send a virtual gift. If you don’t find one, post a personal ad to see who finds you perfect. At Standard membership level, you can search for members and visit profiles, while in the premium level you are given advanced search options with the highlighted profile in results. Additionally, the site also allows posting topics or comments on others posts. It has very little anti-scam therefore, you have to be protective for yourself.
3. Dating.ru
Dating.ru is another Russian dating site with over 2.5million users. Unfortunately, if you don’t speak Russian, you may find it difficult to find your partner on this site as not many users speak English. To sign-up on the site, enter the name, birthday, location, and email.
What’s more amazing is Dating.ru features are available to non-paying members also. For instance, you can video call and send a compliment or flowers after spending some Dating.ru coins. VIP members can install and use the Dating.ru agent. Install this on the computer for easy access to notifications from the site.
The free membership level allows you to create a profile, browse members, start video calls and send compliment and messages. The VIP level allows the advanced search options, highlights profile in search results and shows full-size photos.
4. AnastasiaDate
The Russian dating Website AnastasiaDate makes you pay for gifts, messages, and calls. The reason why Russians still love this site is for their anti-scammer policy.
The site members constantly monitor the user action and can also go the extra mile if anything comes out like a scam. They work with reputable agencies and also do background checks on the women themselves. It is one of the Russian dating websites with a full-time anti-scam team.
The site has members from all Eastern Europe. So if you are not particularly looking for Russian girls and are searching for Belarusians or Serbian, then this site is even better.
5. Love Planet.ru
LovePlanet is also one of the most followed Russian dating websites. It is mostly free to use with premium features available. Started back in 2005, the site now has over 19 million users.
Most of the Love Planet users are from Russia, but there are many from Ukraine and Belorussia. Signing up is very easy on Loveplanet. Just fill your email, password, gender, birthday and what you are looking for on the site. Upload photos, confirm your email address and you are done with the signing process.
What’s interesting about the site is it includes journal which can be updated by Live Status members. You can filter journals by quotations, zodiac signs and more.
Lesser Known Facts about Russian Mail Order Brides
1. 8 Men Against 10 Women
What people think that Russian girls are desperate and only want to get married to a foreigner to live a happy life. But the fact is there are only eight men against ten women in Russia. Therefore, many Russian women for marriage search for husband outside Russia. One Russian dating company says -
“[Russian Brides] feel as if you were one of the guys who would approach her at a bar: where she can say, “yes” if she likes you, and “thanks, but no, thanks” if she doesn’t.
2. The Concept of Mail Order Brides Was Initiated During the Mid-1800’s
The concept of Russian mail-order bride was first initiated during the 1800’s. According to the study, men from East migrated West in hopes of finding gold and successful business. Although they got success when they migrated West, and one thing they missed was the company of a wife.
Not many women lived in the West, so it was hard for them to settle down and start a family. Therefore, the only choice was to attract women from the East. To attract them, men used to publish personal advertisements in newspapers or wrote letters to churches. To this, women would send them photographs of themselves.
3. Huge Profits
Not many people know that there is a huge profit associated with mail order bride industry. The common age of mail order bride ranges from 20-28 years. Do you know, on an average, Taiwanese men spend over $10,000 on marriage? But only up to $1000 are received by the bride’s family. The remaining amount is distributed among marriage brokers of both the sides.
4. Russian Dating Sites and Agencies
Generally, there are two types of International Marriage exists. The first type of agency sells clients (females) information and motivates both men and women to meet. The second type of agency provides group tours in which men travel around the country and then meet several women at events held by the agency.
5. Fewer Divorce Rates
The USCIS ( The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) claims that marriage through mail order bride has a lower divorce rate. Around 80% of marriages have lasted for years for which reports are still available. The service also reports that nearly 4000-6000 marriages occur between US men and foreign brides every year.
Confessions of Men Who Ordered Russian Mail Order Brides
Recently, one of the Reddit threads offered some interesting insights from the men who purchased Russian mail order brides. The discussion received over 10,000 comments and asked other users to tell more about their experience.
One user said-
“Since a large amount of these foreign brides do not speak English, a person must hire a translator for phone and other forms of correspondence.”
Other said-
“She would cook, clean, offer sex, whatever.”
One other said-
“Pretty much what you want from your wife. But the passion, emotion, warmth, everything that makes a marriage actually work was lacking. You could liken it to a gold digger but it was much worse. At least with a gold digger it isn’t painfully obvious, and you might actually convince yourself she likes some aspect of you.”
Another user wrote-
“[She] had a ridiculous amount of humidifiers in the home so that it could be more like where she came from. All she did was to sit in a chair staring at the wall looking very depressed.” (18.1)
No doubt, Russian women are intelligent and funny. But don’t bother yourself with fake online dating websites. Get yourself a visa, learn a bit of Russian and explore the bars and clubs because it is better to find a Russian beauty live than wasting time on dating websites (which are mostly fake).
Do you have any friend or know the story of a person married to a Russian Beauty who then divorced him when she received her citizenship? Drop your comments below.
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