The most “stupid” films I have always considered romantic melodramas, especially about women of the “Balzac” age who easily found their happiness in the face of a positive and rich man! Well, where, tell me, did you see rich men of 45-55 years who chose women of their “age category” as wives, and not young pretty women who came to conquer the capital?
On the contrary, Russian men, having just become rich, immediately change their first, as if they were supposed to marry the long-legged "Miss Apatity" by their status!
But my faithful girlfriend firmly decided to marry me, though, being a fan of the Internet, she decided to do it in a very peculiar way - she began to look for marriage agencies guaranteeing acquaintance with foreigners, and registered me on one of such resources. Judging by the site, it was a fairly solid marriage agency, which managed to bring together a lot of couples.
The first letter came to me in a week. One thing - from a German citizen - I immediately rejected him: what can you do, the memory of the heroically deceased grandfather, who would roll over in his grave, did not allow me to correspond with Hans! And outwardly I didn’t really like it, despite the presence of a house near Munich and a good car.
Then a couple more letters came from the “grooms” that didn’t catch me, so after two or three letters I turned off the correspondence, realizing that they didn’t so much need a wife as a free psychologist!
But gradually, I selected five letters from men whom I was really interested in talking to, so we even moved to the Skype level.
As I understand it, international dating usually faces one problem - the language barrier, but all men could speak English. Of course, it was hard for me, but nothing - with the help of a dictionary, gestures and a meager set of words, I somehow adapted to communicate with them, gradually improving my English. Honestly, at that moment I didn’t even think that foreign acquaintances could lead to marriage, just now the evenings didn’t seem empty and boring - I came home, opened a computer and transferred to another world ... In a world where normal, wealthy men live, and not like my neighbor, who beats his wife every other day, into a world with normal medical care, into a world where a woman shouldn’t "pull" the whole house ... I met him in absentia, asking my new friends, looking at their photos and even listening to them with Living for a living.
After a couple of months, we decided to move to a new level - organized the arrival of men in Moscow, and in such a way that they did not “intersect” with each other.
Of course, personal communication and communication in Skype are two big differences, as they say in Odessa!
To begin with, I did not like two of the candidates. One was far from being as generous as he seemed from the stories. No, understand, I did not expect him to have a million red roses and a convertible in addition, but could he invite me for dinner in an inexpensive restaurant? But instead, we walked around Moscow and took pictures - a potential "groom" did not even ask me if I wanted to eat, but at the end of the walk I did not think to give me a ride home! At the same time, it is impossible to say that he is a poor person: he stayed in an expensive hotel and was well dressed, especially since he flew from Holland in a business class.
I did not like the second man purely externally. In Skype, I saw his face, in the photographs he also seemed athletic and fit. And a completely different person came to meet me - some kind of loose, untidy and too verbose. It was hard for me to communicate with him, so I did not agree to further relations.
But the three others I liked - nice men, in general, not grooms, but a dream, so the days flew by with them like an instant. Unfortunately, I was not able to make my choice in favor of one of them - I am not a girl, I am 43 years old, and I have made mistakes in my life more than once in order to draw hasty conclusions.
Then came the second part of the epic “Marry Abroad” - I had to go on a visit to potential suitors.
It was Australia (Canberra), Italy (Naples) and Switzerland (Bern). These were not my first trips abroad, but the first time I did not act as a sponsor of the trip! But in general, it was an indescribable adventure, although, of course, it was not without small “embarrassments”. So, for example, the family of the Italian groom did not accept me too warmly - they obviously expected to see a young girl who would give them a bunch of grandchildren and granddaughters. But I did not pay attention to it - I already noticed that my fiance sees not only me, but also other women, so I just enjoyed the rest.
In Switzerland, I managed to get lost! Yes, yes, it’s good that Francois behaved like a real gentleman, so two hours later we were together again. By the way, at first I didn’t really like my companion’s habit of studying restaurant bills in detail, but then I realized it was in his blood, so I stopped paying attention to it!
But after two days in Australia, I realized that this country is not for me. My potential groom wanted to live only on a farm, but for me there is no life without a big city. Moreover, I clearly realized that I want to stay only with Francois.
In general, I will not be verbose - last year, right after the Catholic Christmas, we signed, and for half a year now I have officially been called Madame Francois Verdier. While we live in Bern, because before my husband did not need a large spacious house, but now we have already begun to think about buying a house in the suburbs, because I am expecting a baby! By the way, one more thing has changed in my life - I now watch melodramas and believe that happiness can smile at any age! And happiness for me is !