Another new person

Thomas-n-Elena · June 20, 2006

Hello all I have recently joined(hence Im new) this forum and so far I have lost a little sleep trying to read all the postings. I think maybe Im a little thick but is there a list somewhere that shows what all the abbreviations mean. Its almost like a new language and I am terrible at learning new languages(although I am doing better with Russian than I thought).

To tell my story.

Well it all started in a little home office in michigan. There I was posting an ad on Yahoo personals with little to no hope of anything coming of it. I had posted ads in the past with little to no results. After a month or so I was checking my email and I had received a curious one. When I looked up the persons profile it looked interesting. This woman had emailed me from Russia, I found it quite amusing. She spoke of her dreams to come to the US and meet a nice man and get married and have children. Being that I have never had much success with online dating I was a bit skeptical. After a few emails I realized I was being played, this woman claimed to have received a visa to travel to the US alone. She then asked that I send her money so that she can get through customs. Well I didnt send her a thing. Actually I looked on the US state dept website just to check the requirements for tourist visa's etc. I found an article on a russian dating scam that included a blacklist of pictures and names of individuals perpetuating this scam. I found pictures of the woman, wrote her a scathing email and felt better for not being a chump.

Included on the blacklist was a legitimate site which I figured perhaps this was kismet so I signed up and joined, besides it was free, I filled out the profile and added some of my best pictures and hoped for the best. After a couple of weeks and several how do you do emails to many of the woman I was interested in, I received a reply. I was very excited and wrote back, this was Aug 2005.

Emails traveled back and forth for awhile until we decided to make the phone call. I called her and was instantly mesmerized by the voice on the other end. We talked every weekend for a month when she asked if we could meet. I quickly put together a trip to Russia, Siberia to be exact, in November. I arrived after 2 days in airports and planes at least it seemed that way. We met in the airport and there was a comfort I never felt with anyone before. It was as if we had known each other for a long time. I spent one of the best weeks of my life with the most wonderful woman,Elena. I was reluctant to go home but the cold was begining to get to me and Im from michigan. After arriving home I thought about it for about a month,purchased a ring and proposed in january, she accepted and we began putting together our paperwork. I found a local lawyer who specializes in immigration and we filed in March. I travel to see her again in May, I stayed with her for 10 days and we had the most wonderful time. We are just waiting and waiting for the uscis to do something with our petition. I dont care what Heinz ketchup says, anticipation is not fun and I like most people here are tired of waiting, but for happiness the rest of my life I can be a little patient.

After all that my hands are getting tired so I hope someone enjoys this narrative. I look forward to spending a lot of time on this forum hearing about all the success and helping whoever I can. Thank you for all this information and good reading.