How to Happily Survive Marriage to a Russian Woman
Your First Letter
This article is aimed at helping those, who want to find someone through Internet dating services. It is quite popular practice to search for Russian brides on the Internet, so we would like to give you several advices how to write a first letter (which is extremely important part) to someone you liked.
First of all, make it sure you know anything about differences of your traditions and mentality. It's hard (almost impossible) to describe the mentality of Russian women, but you must know it is really sophisticated and really easy to go astray with. We will try to help you with that, but try not to follow our advices blindly and create your own methods.
It is important to choose the right greeting phrase. In fact, this is tremendously important, because it usually decides how the rest of your letter will be read. Try to avoid clichéd beginnings, such as "Hello! I've seen your picture and I find you very beautiful!â?. This is the worst mistake you can make! You see, there is a huge difference between word "beautifulâ? in such countries, as USA or Britain, and Eastern Europe (which usually provides mentioned countries with brides). If you can call every attractive girl "beautifulâ? and there would be nothing wrong, in Russia (or other ex-Soviet countries) "beautiful girlsâ? are supposed to be only those girls, who are able to win the Beauty Crown or become the Top Model. The synonym of the word "beautifulâ?, which is being used there, is "attractiveâ?. If you call Russian girl "beautifulâ?, this will definitely make her feel that you have paid too much attention towards her picture, not her true self. This wouldn't be the best beginning possible, would it?
Your first letter MUST be easy and interesting to read. Try adding a dose of healthy humor inside it. What you should really avoid is writing jokes about her English and her appearance. Instead of this, you may laugh at yourself or other funny things around both of you. Although humor is a good practice, try not to go over the top with it or you will seem to be a profession clown. It's important to have everything well balanced in your first letter: several jokes, some information about you.
What info about yourself should you provide her with? The common information (such as your height, weight, eye/hair color, marital status, education, nasty habits (these are really important to mention!), location, etc.) would be enough for the first letter.
And last, but not least: keep your first letter long enough, but don't forget that huge letters are sometimes quite boring to read. The optimal length would be 2-3 pages, but that is never a general rule and the length of your letter should always depend on how many thing you would like to write.
First of all, make it sure you know anything about differences of your traditions and mentality. It's hard (almost impossible) to describe the mentality of Russian women, but you must know it is really sophisticated and really easy to go astray with. We will try to help you with that, but try not to follow our advices blindly and create your own methods.
It is important to choose the right greeting phrase. In fact, this is tremendously important, because it usually decides how the rest of your letter will be read. Try to avoid clichéd beginnings, such as "Hello! I've seen your picture and I find you very beautiful!â?. This is the worst mistake you can make! You see, there is a huge difference between word "beautifulâ? in such countries, as USA or Britain, and Eastern Europe (which usually provides mentioned countries with brides). If you can call every attractive girl "beautifulâ? and there would be nothing wrong, in Russia (or other ex-Soviet countries) "beautiful girlsâ? are supposed to be only those girls, who are able to win the Beauty Crown or become the Top Model. The synonym of the word "beautifulâ?, which is being used there, is "attractiveâ?. If you call Russian girl "beautifulâ?, this will definitely make her feel that you have paid too much attention towards her picture, not her true self. This wouldn't be the best beginning possible, would it?
Your first letter MUST be easy and interesting to read. Try adding a dose of healthy humor inside it. What you should really avoid is writing jokes about her English and her appearance. Instead of this, you may laugh at yourself or other funny things around both of you. Although humor is a good practice, try not to go over the top with it or you will seem to be a profession clown. It's important to have everything well balanced in your first letter: several jokes, some information about you.
What info about yourself should you provide her with? The common information (such as your height, weight, eye/hair color, marital status, education, nasty habits (these are really important to mention!), location, etc.) would be enough for the first letter.
And last, but not least: keep your first letter long enough, but don't forget that huge letters are sometimes quite boring to read. The optimal length would be 2-3 pages, but that is never a general rule and the length of your letter should always depend on how many thing you would like to write.
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