16 December 2008

Why Russian Brides Make Wonderful Wives

If you’re considering marriage, you should know that Russian brides make wonderful wives. If you’ve been married and your marriage was disappointing – or you’ve never been married but you want to get it right the first time, you should consider a Russian bride. Russian women have attributes and qualities that few other women possess and for this reason, many men are deciding to find Russian girls to be their wives. Here is some more information on why Russian brides make wonderful wives.

Intelligence and Beauty –

Russian women are undeniably beautiful. While this isn’t everything in a marriage, most men know that in order for love to exist, attraction must first exist. Even if a Russian woman does not have a lot of money, she will know how to accentuate her best features and look beautiful. In fact, many Russian women will not even walk down the street without looking her very best. They are also very intelligent. Russian women usually know 2 or more languages and enjoy discussing intellectual matters. While other women don’t concern themselves with certain topics, Russian women like to be knowledgeable about most things.

Devotion to Family –

If you ever meet a Russian woman, you will probably see how devoted she is to her family. If she has a husband and children, she will be just as devoted, if not more so! Russian women believe that their husbands and children should always come first, so they will never place them below a career or friends like other women will. You can rest assured that if you marry a Russian woman, your family will be cared for and nurtured in the best possible way.

Respect and Love –

Russian women are very particular about the way they treat their husbands. They are very respectful and would never shame their husbands in public or in private. They feel as if their husbands should always be respected, loved, cared for and treated as they should be treated. A Russian lady might demand respect, protection and love right back, but you will never lack in the love or respect departments. You will notice that Russian women are eager to please their husbands and truly enjoy making that special man in their lives happy.

Russian women are beautiful, bright and loving – with a natural desire to be mothers and wives. They are usually very feminine also, dressing in skirts or dresses and feminine-style clothing. Chances are you will never catch your Russian woman wearing sweat pants or jeans and a t-shirt.

All of these qualities combined make Russian brides wonderful wives and this is why men from all over are seeking Russian women to marry! If you’ve been thinking about getting married and settling down, remember that ‘settling down’ doesn’t mean you have to ‘settle.’ With a Russian woman, you have the best qualities of all women wrapped into one! Use the information in this article to determine whether a Russian bride can make you a wonderful wife!

10 December 2008

Writing Tips for Online Dating

The single most important step you make will be your first letter to the lady or ladies you are interested in. This is the time for you to stand out or just to be another email they choose not to respond to. So before you write a short note telling her only your age, height and eye color consider what will be more interesting to her.

The advice we give here can be used as a guideline for any letters you wish to send to any ladies in the Former Soviet Union.

Writing to Many . . .

For larger agencies with thousands of women on them 'men in the know' suggest writing to as many women as you can and sending out a standard introduction letter if you want to be successful. Then whoever responds will be the ones you write a more personal letter for. In general this has a lot of merit. It can be exhausting and time consuming to write a new letter to each woman and honestly for the first letter how many different versions can you write anyway?

So if you are writing a common introduction letter to find out if the woman is still looking or if she is just interested or not in writing to you please think about what you will write to her. We want you to succeed...

Knowing all of this what should you write...? Well, give her something to read but not too much. Write a letter that is about 1 to 1-1/2 pages in length but not much longer. Explain why you decided to look to Russia for a woman. Ask a few questions about herself, her family and her friends. Show that you are interested in sharing information about yourself as much as you are interested in getting to know more about her.

It is important that in your letter you try to 'open up' correspondence. That is why it's important to share some personal details about yourself as well as asking a few simple questions of her. This way you have a better chance to get her interest and receive a reply. Yes, you should include the standard information about your age, height, children, where you live and attach pictures but this should be just a small portion of the letter in whole.

Avoid using heavy slang or abbreviations. Write using simple words but do not write at an 8-year-old's level either. Just consider that English is her second language if she speaks it at all and respect the difficulties she might have.


Writing to One . . .

The same general guidelines exist writing the first letter to only one specific woman that has caught your eye as when sending an introduction letter to many women at the same time. The one big difference is the level of personal content you will use.

If you find one woman that really captures your attention, tell her that. Address the letter to her personally and reference things you learned about her when reading her profile. Ask her questions; tell her you are excited about the chance to get to know her and that you hope she will find an interest in getting to know you better.

You have learned a little about her from her profile so be certain to share things about yourself. Often men write short letters simply asking the woman to tell the man about themselves. Well, in the woman's mind she did this in part with her profile so you should in fact be "replying" to the profile content in a way. This was here "Introduction" letter in a sense and you are "replying" to it. So do not make the common mistake of asking her to start all over. Ask her about things she has mentioned.

Your single biggest key to a successful letter is putting your thought into it. Women from Russia have very romantic hearts and your first letter is a wonderful opportunity for you to show them yours and to get them to open their heart to you.

Good luck!

04 December 2008

Cyrillic Alphabet

Russian is written using the Cyrillic Alphabet, named after a 6th Century Missionary Monk from Greece, St. Cyril, who adapted his native Greek alphabet to produce something that could be used by illiterate Slavs, Bulgars and others that he took his message to in the Balkans - so that the Bible could be written down for them. The alphabet was exported northwards to Russia, along with the Orthodox religion. When the Mongolian Khan Nogai attacked Constantinople in 1264AD, large numbers of Byzantine Monks and Scholars fled to Russia, the second Orthodox nation after Greece, and there was a new wave of Greek influence on the language, alphabet and culture. The modern Russian alphabet came into use in the 1920's when many obsolete old letters were dropped and a major reform of spelling took place, making Russian spelling completely logical, with just one exception - "-oro" on the ends of words, which looks like it ought to be pronounced "ogo", but in fact comes out as "ovo".

Below is the Cyrillic alphabet in typed and cursive form. Pay particular attention to some of the differences that happen from the typed to cursive letters. They might just cause you some problems if you aren't aware of them. For example the cursive letter "t" is written "m". Also, cursive letter "L" comes out as an upside-down "V", "/\", and a lower case letter "p" comes out in cursive Russian as "n". Confusing maybe at first but in just a short time you know the letters like a native. Good luck and enjoy learning a little something about your ladies wonderful language.