Third K1 Visa

[daboyz 36]

Hmmm. Am not indignant and actually don't know what you are talking about? Didn't write anything about you other than my last sentence where I was mentioning that the two posters I saw mentioned in one of your posts are not particularly materialistic and one isn't a USC. I wasn't saying you said the above, but rather that that is the attitude that has been posted here on VJ before that riled them up before, and it has been in this thread (although this thread isn't really particularly full of it) and is definately on that site I mentioned linked in another poster's siggy. This is not a particularly hot-button issue for me. I never accused you of anything. I came on in response to Baron, with whom I mostly agree and who I also thought was kind of attacked, and just added the photo aside just as an FYI and nothing more (which he took to be hiding behind MENA cultural values if I read that correctly).

I was merely offering a possible explanation. No need to take an affront to an observation. I'm personally glad we all aren't into the same things, or else I would have to share my camel-duties and fanning/grape-peeling with other people and I like to be the only slave-wife my husband purchased with the goat and chickens.

Honestly, I wouldn't pay attention to the looks you get either-- people think Ammar is maybe 10-15 years older than I am sometimes, but he's not and so I don't care what they particularly think-- they don't influence my life. This is why things like the article you posted (which I read, btw, great stats source) don't feel like an affront to me either. It didn't apply to me other than when we were trying to do visa stuff our time was longer because Jordan/MENA are high-fraud (as is a lot of the Asian countries). yeah, stuff happens. I am secure in my relationship though, so it doesn't create any insecurities for me to read something like that or defensiveness.

You quoted my statement, so I assumed that you were referring to me.

We don't really care either THAT much, but there is a difference in our situations. I very much appreciate that you didn't notice from our photo, but we DO have a 15 year age difference in reality; and I'm not sure that I really want it to look like a 25+ year difference...

Fortunately Thailand is not on the high fraud list which I saw posted here earlier this year as:

1. India

2. China

3. Vietnam

4. Nigeria

5. Philippines

6. Brazil

7. Colombia

8. Russia

Before I ever visited Thailand (I wasn't looking for a wife then), I also assumed that it would be more like the Philippines, with women that are desperate to get out. On the contrary, few women are desperate to get out and many won't leave for marriage. The vast majority of single Thai women are very keen to find husband; that is true (this is one of the main topics of social conversation among women). However the vast majority would also prefer that their husbands would live with them in Thailand. Fortunately living in Thailand is very easy these days, and we eventually hope to move back. As of now, we are content with living there in the summer and here the rest of the year.

This is very true. I rarely met anyone there that wanted to visit the U.S. let alone move here permanently.

[toma1 10]

3) Economics and education while not corelated

I generally agree with everything you posted except the above, which is demonstratively false.

[sachinky 465]

I should've said "while not always corelated." You're right, it is related, almost all the time. But there are a few abberations, for example, Bill Gates. College drop-out but still massively wealthy.

Most of us date within our economic/educational peers. Because that is who we surround ourselves with. Peers in college or colleagues at work, for example. A Harvard graduate is not likely to date a high school drop-out. Not saying it can never happen, but not likely to happen.

Edited November 26, 2009 by sachinky

[Brad and Vika 129]

Hmmm. Am not indignant and actually don't know what you are talking about? Didn't write anything about you other than my last sentence where I was mentioning that the two posters I saw mentioned in one of your posts are not particularly materialistic and one isn't a USC. I wasn't saying you said the above, but rather that that is the attitude that has been posted here on VJ before that riled them up before, and it has been in this thread (although this thread isn't really particularly full of it) and is definately on that site I mentioned linked in another poster's siggy. This is not a particularly hot-button issue for me. I never accused you of anything. I came on in response to Baron, with whom I mostly agree and who I also thought was kind of attacked, and just added the photo aside just as an FYI and nothing more (which he took to be hiding behind MENA cultural values if I read that correctly).

I was merely offering a possible explanation. No need to take an affront to an observation. I'm personally glad we all aren't into the same things, or else I would have to share my camel-duties and fanning/grape-peeling with other people and I like to be the only slave-wife my husband purchased with the goat and chickens.

Honestly, I wouldn't pay attention to the looks you get either-- people think Ammar is maybe 10-15 years older than I am sometimes, but he's not and so I don't care what they particularly think-- they don't influence my life. This is why things like the article you posted (which I read, btw, great stats source) don't feel like an affront to me either. It didn't apply to me other than when we were trying to do visa stuff our time was longer because Jordan/MENA are high-fraud (as is a lot of the Asian countries). yeah, stuff happens. I am secure in my relationship though, so it doesn't create any insecurities for me to read something like that or defensiveness.

You quoted my statement, so I assumed that you were referring to me.

We don't really care either THAT much, but there is a difference in our situations. I very much appreciate that you didn't notice from our photo, but we DO have a 15 year age difference in reality; and I'm not sure that I really want it to look like a 25+ year difference...

Fortunately Thailand is not on the high fraud list which I saw posted here earlier this year as:

1. India

2. China

3. Vietnam

4. Nigeria

5. Philippines

6. Brazil

7. Colombia

8. Russia

Before I ever visited Thailand (I wasn't looking for a wife then), I also assumed that it would be more like the Philippines, with women that are desperate to get out. On the contrary, few women are desperate to get out and many won't leave for marriage. The vast majority of single Thai women are very keen to find husband; that is true (this is one of the main topics of social conversation among women). However the vast majority would also prefer that their husbands would live with them in Thailand. Fortunately living in Thailand is very easy these days, and we eventually hope to move back. As of now, we are content with living there in the summer and here the rest of the year.

This is very true. I rarely met anyone there that wanted to visit the U.S. let alone move here permanently.

Absolutely Although I have met plenty who would like to see Vegas or Disney.