Coming to America

Apr 24, 2007 10:45

Well, the girlfriend got a nice multi-entry visa good for a certain number of days and usable for one year ( Read more... )

visa, family, america, visiting, home, money, usa, culture shock, vacation

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machy April 24 2007, 19:39:59 UTC
You think you will have culture shock? What do you think specifically will shock you?

Are you now more Russian than American?

that is exciting that your gf gets to come with you. Has she been to the US before?

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sky007000 April 25 2007, 03:45:37 UTC
Well, I know there have been a lot of changes in where I've come from since I left. There have been a lot of new land developments and hotels, etc ( ... )

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machy April 25 2007, 14:00:34 UTC
Also, there is almost no feminism in Russia. (What there is wouldn't be seen as feminism by Western women.) This will cause some problems just because of the respect that I am used to showing here.
**What kind of respect are you showing there? Hopefully more than typical American men show us here! I am not a feminist at all, at least the definition that I know of feminist. I mean, I would like to have equal pay as a man. But as far as the home goes, I like my man out in the yard and me in the kitchen. I like my doors opened for me, and I like to take care of my man. So typically I am not seen as a feminist at all.

How did you meet your girlfriend?

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sky007000 April 25 2007, 17:47:24 UTC
I learned in university not to open doors or take women's coats.
Here, I do that same thing...but I won't mind not having to carry everything for women and doing all the 'men's work'.

And my girlfriend and I met through the internet...in 2001. We were friend for a few years before we decided to try dating. (She even got to hear about some of the girls I was dating while I was dating them--and what an idiot I was with them). Then I came here in 2004. It's actually been a wonderful relationship since. (Maybe except her mother living here. :-) )

Oh, yeah, and she corrected my journal too; her father was the general/managing director of that only cellular communications company in Turkmenistan. Apparently, he was in America for communications exhibitions and conferences. [I know a little about these so I'm sure he had a great time at those conferences--the technological toys are just fantastic at them.]

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machy April 25 2007, 19:18:11 UTC
so were you planning on going to Russia prior to meeting her and therefore specifically look for a Russian lady? Or did you just happen to meet a Russian, fall in love and THEN decide to move to Russie?

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sky007000 April 25 2007, 19:40:08 UTC
I actually never really planned to go/come to Russia.

My best friend then was Russian...thus I wouldn't have preferred Russian women--as he could be annoying and had also introduced me to the difficulty of dating/marrying one.

I still don't prefer Russian women, honestly. I like some of them...but very few would be worth keeping around for me.

She coerced me, I think. Honestly, it was my sense of adventure that really got me here and she kept me here.

I think I would normally prefer other women.

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sky007000 April 25 2007, 07:06:00 UTC
Ah! Btw, I got your package yesterday.
That's a record!
It says that you sent it on April 11...so about 2 weeks...fastest I've ever received anything from the US!
Now trying to make time to listen. :-)

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