The Beauty of Women's Day

I've heard some great success stories of guys impressing their ladies on Women's Day just passed.

Unfortunately in this country, it is almost unknown, and is certainly not a public holiday.

Whilst going about business as usual on Thursday (March 8 - Women's Day), I asked different people, both male and female, if they knew anything about it, or were doing anything special.

Let's just say the response was disappointing to say the least.

The women were generally just ignorant of it.

But the reaction of men was much more of a shock.

The general response was something like: "What for? Why do we have to have a day for everything, and why isn't there a day for us?" (etc)

I honestly found that quite surprising, until I thought about it more.

On the surface, the women appear apathetic, and the men seem resentful of the idea (of a day for women). But there must, of course, be reasons for this.

I think one major reason is a perception in the West that International Women's Day is all about the feminist movement, and is therefore a day of male/female politics and conflict, rather than any reason for celebration.

Of course what is interesting is that in Russia (and many other countries) where Women's Day is a huge holiday and celebration, it is no such thing. Feminist movements and politics simply do not factor into it.

Women's day is such an overwhelming success there because it is a day of respect, thanks, appreciation, admiration, love, friendship, and a celebration of femininity - NOT feminism. It's about real women, and men's acknowledgment of these proud females in their life.

By contrast, we in the West place emphasis on other days, for example "Mother's Day" - a nice concept, but it has been totally hijacked by the retail industry who pressure us into buying ever more, "bigger and better" gifts, to "show we care". The beauty, and the whole point, is somewhat lost.

Now contrast that back to Russia (and many other countries), where, along with flowers and chocolate giving, gifts are more often personally made rather than simply bought. It is much more about thoughts and actions, rather than materialism.

If you missed the significance of this beautiful day (not hard when you live in the West), it's not too late to show someone in one of those (perhaps, "more enlightened") countries that you care. Let her know you have found out the significance of the day (which is not celebrated in your own country), and "give congratulations" to her. She will understand and appreciate this. Ask her how she celebrated the day.

And never miss it again...!

Your Russian Girlfriend and Women's Day

The most important day of the year is almost upon us!

March 8 - International Women's Day.

Many people around the world may be unaware of this day, but in Russian culture it is a huge event.

Bigger than Valentines Day or even Christmas Day.

Despite the political origins of Women's Day, for Russian women it holds no political significance, only beauty and celebration.

Not only it is a celebration of women and femininity, but it also celebrates the start of Spring.

And what connects the two?

Flowers, of course!

Women's day is a day where all men should give flowers and gifts to the women in their life. Not just wives or girlfriends, but also family members, even work colleagues.

Men should also not allow their women to do any work of any kind. For Russian women, this is a rare day! No going to work (it's a public holiday anyway), no housework, no cooking. It's all to be done by men.

This is not another Valentines Day, which is more a private celebration for couples. This is a day for ALL women. A day of thanks, appreciation, respect and admiration.

Women's Day is an official public holiday in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (along with a few other countries).

It is also well-celebrated in Hungary, Poland and Romania (although it is not a public holiday).

Impress any Russian women in your life with a card, gift, or flowers.

If you are just starting to get-to-know a Russian lady by correspondence, at least send an electronic card. If you know her a little better, organize a flower delivery. It's easy to do. Include a box of chocolates for that little something extra.

For more information on flower-giving to Russian women (VERY important):
Russian Women - Flowers 101

To miss this opportunity is unforgivable!
So get to it!

Sex Tours and The Three Insults

This is probably a good follow-up to "Those Ukraine Girls..."

Unfortunately, many men from around the world get a little too excited for all the wrong reasons.

If you are going to Ukraine, Russia, or any other FSU country, what are you going there for?

Women? Sex?

Or, are you going there for the chance to meet "The One" ?

Some men are at least honest when they say they are going there "for the women" - read: "going for a good time".

Sadly, many are deluding themselves by going "for the women" under the illusion of "looking for The One" - if they can just happen to find her at the same time.

This excerpt is from the Kyiv Post (Kiev, Ukraine)
http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/oped/22660/

The Coming Summer Sex Boom
May 04 2005, 20:23

Summer’s on its way to Kyiv, which means mini-skirts and stiletto heels for women and the sex tourism season for too many men. Hordes of Turkish, German, American, French, English, Italian, Swedish and other men will, as they have for years, descend on the country over the next few months in hopes of finding “the right girl” – for marriage, supposedly, but in many cases for a week or a night.

The combination of long-standing native social attitudes and the sex tourism industry is doing a number on the mentality of local women. How many times have I heard foreign men who have dated Ukrainian women complain that women here are unknowable? That they’re all greedy and out for money? That they can’t be trusted? Is it possible that these women have simply learned to respond to a world that too often expects little more of them than to smile all the way to the bedroom? If they seem inscrutable, and like they’re out to get something from the men they interact with, that’s likely because they know that guys have an agenda in regard to them, too.

Just the existence of short-term sex tours for men to Ukraine is bad news for women here – an insult to them. Would German men or French men enjoy foreigners coming to their country en masse looking for sex with their sisters, daughters, friends and co-workers? Probably not. They’d be insulted. And yet they, and others, subject Ukrainian women – and Ukraine – to insults that they would never want to put up with themselves.

If you're a gentleman going there for all the RIGHT reasons, then make sure you look in the RIGHT places.

As you can see from the above, if you look in all the wrong places, you're bound to find all the wrong things that you hoped you wouldn't.

If you want to be one of the idiots sweating it out on the dance floor with hundreds of fellow idiots who are there with the same insulting intentions, then don't complain about what you find in that environment.

Things go hand in hand. People with bad intentions tend to bump into other people with bad intentions. Why expect any different?

If you want to go on "sex tours", remember three things:

1. You insult yourself
2. You insult your country of origin
3. You insult the country and it's people that you visit

You insult yourself by reducing yourself to a pathetic slave of your primal sex-drive which you have mis-read and redirected down the wrong path.

Real men are attracted to women. That's a fact, and long live that fact!

But men on "sex tours" are failed men who don't grasp the concept of successful relations with a woman, and the ultimate fulfillment it brings. If they realized they could find so much more by approaching a different environment AS a different environment, not just a honey-pot away from their inadequacies at home, they could find more than they ever thought possible.

You insult your country of origin for basically the same reasons. Pathetic men from a country of pathetic men? Ouch. That's a harsh image to throw back on your own country.

You insult the country you visit, it's people, it's culture, and especially the women. This is obvious and surely doesn't need further explaining. Refer back to the last paragraph of the article quoted above.

Then go back to #1 - You insult YOURSELF. Why would you do that?


Remember TRUE SUCCESS ?
Most Russian / FSU women understand what true success is.

Real men also understand what true success is.

Be a real man!

http://russianwomen4westernmen.blogspot.com/2007/01/russian-women-and-true-success.html


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Those Ukraine Girls...

This old song keeps coming to mind. Not quite sure why, but must be something to do with seeing too many gorgeous girls from Ukraine!

I'll feature them more in "Russian Women Outside Russia - Part 2" very shortly, but in the meantime, I'll leave you with the classic song, AND, for your visual pleasure, a lovely Ukranian girl for this week's "Russian Beauty of The Week". (scroll down the page...)


Back in the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles

(Lennon/McCartney)

Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C.
Didn't get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man I had a dreadful flight

I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R.
(Yeah)

Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone

I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.
Back in the U.S.
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind

Aw come on!
Ho yeah!
Ho yeah!
Ho ho yeah!
Yeah yeah!
Yeah I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind

Oh, show me around your snow-peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
Hey you don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Oh let me tell you,
honeyHey,
I'm back!
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
Yes, I'm free!
Yeah, back in the U.S.S.R.
Ha ha

Russian Brides Outside Russia

There is widespread ignorance in the West over the FSU (former Soviet Union) countries and their Russian populations. I was recently asked to shine some light on the subject of who the FSU countries are and what is their ethnic make-up.

Without going into too much detail, and keeping it focused on Russian populations, here are some stats:

Russia (no surprises) is where the majority of ethnic Russians are. Russia has an estimated population of around 142million, with 80% of these considered "ethnic Russian".
Ukraine has a population of around 50million. About 17% of those are ethnic Russian, equating to about 8.5million people.
Kazakhstan has a population of around 15million, with about 23% ethnic Russian, or about 3.5million people.
Uzbekistan has a population of around 26million, with about 5% ethnic Russian, or about 1.3million people.
Belarus has a population of around 10million people, with about 11% ethnic Russian, or about 1.1million people.
Latvia has a population of around 2.3million people, with about 28% ethnic Russian, or about 0.6million people.
Kyrgyzstan has a population of around 5million people, with about 10% ethnic Russian, or about 0.5million people (a number that has dropped significantly since independence).

The other FSU countries have ethnic Russian populations of less than 0.5million. These are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.

This raises an interesting question. If the vast majority of Russians are in Russia, is it worth considering potential Russian wives outside of Russia? Clearly the Russian population in Ukraine and Kazakhstan is quite considerable, but should they (and the others) be a focus?

Ukraine in particular deserves some additional insight, not only for it's population size, but for other attributes. The most notable is that the imbalance between males and females in Ukraine is even higher than the other nations, with only around 88 males per 100 females. Of course that's just a raw statistic. More importantly is the staggering imbalance between "available" and "marriage ready" men and women, let-alone "marriage worthy" men (in the eyes of the women, who are generally very keen for marriage/family, so will often compromise much of their dreams if they have to). This is the major reason that you will see a high number of ladies from Ukraine on introduction or dating sites.

Back to my question - should they be considered? Absolutely! In fact, possibly more so.

I would also argue that overall, ladies from more "remote" areas can most often be a better proposition. That doesn't mean you have to go to the mountains of Kazakhstan to find a bride, but keep in mind that you're probably more likely to find the "ideal Russian bride" OUTSIDE of the major cities of Russia, especially Moscow.

Many Western men thinking of a Russian bride often think the obvious thing to do is go to Moscow to "have a look", but I think it is actually the worst thing you could do.

Having said all this, let me explain that I am not saying choose a girl by location. In fact, I am largely saying the opposite. More, choose a girl, and ignore the location. In other words, find the right girl with an open mind to exactly where she is or why she lives there (or any ideas that location brings to mind from your current, perhaps limited, knowledge).

Yes, Moscow is the easiest place to fly into from everywhere else, but perhaps that's not such a good thing. Think about it.

For the more perceptive, this surely raises more interesting questions in your mind!

More on this subject later - both the countries and "big city girls v. remote region girls".


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