IMBRA and Yahoo Meetic

[Jamie76 0]

Perhaps your experience has lead you to a different conclusion than my (limited) experience has.

I have not come across one dating site which is typically for international dating/ marriage in which the ladies pay.

Sure there are domestic sites (yahoo Match, Lava life) which have a number of scammer profiles listed but come on .... you think the average girl in China, Philipeans or Russia has 25 or 40 bucks a month to spend on a dating site? How would they even pay... Most of these girls from these countries do not even have a credit card.

Granted there are "dating sites" in other countries which are not aimed at foreign guys, typically in the native language in which a foreign person may join but these sites are a drop in the bucket out of the total number of couples who meet to marry on the internet (in my opinion).

But my understanding of what a "Marriage broker" is according to the definition has not changed, it applies to nearly every business which makes money connecting people from the USA to foreign girls, in any form.

While I know anything in life is POSSIBLE ...lets deal with the real world

I still welcome the posting of a few websites which are rich with foreign girls and guys from the USA which you think would not get a "YES" on question 19.

The only ones I know of are the totally free ones.

Interesting...my fiancee had to pay to use Yahoo Meetic so I am not sure where you are getting your information. Have you been on the site before? Have you seen the amount of American women on there?

[pushbrk 12,821]

Perhaps your experience has lead you to a different conclusion than my (limited) experience has.

I have not come across one dating site which is typically for international dating/ marriage in which the ladies pay.

Sure there are domestic sites (yahoo Match, Lava life) which have a number of scammer profiles listed but come on .... you think the average girl in China, Philipeans or Russia has 25 or 40 bucks a month to spend on a dating site? How would they even pay... Most of these girls from these countries do not even have a credit card.

Granted there are "dating sites" in other countries which are not aimed at foreign guys, typically in the native language in which a foreign person may join but these sites are a drop in the bucket out of the total number of couples who meet to marry on the internet (in my opinion).

But my understanding of what a "Marriage broker" is according to the definition has not changed, it applies to nearly every business which makes money connecting people from the USA to foreign girls, in any form.

While I know anything in life is POSSIBLE ...lets deal with the real world

I still welcome the posting of a few websites which are rich with foreign girls and guys from the USA which you think would not get a "YES" on question 19.

The only ones I know of are the totally free ones.

Try googling "internet dating".

I agree that there are countries where most women can't afford to pay monthly dues to join an internet dating site. For whatever the reason, I think you'll find that most single women who can afford to, don't anyway. The topic of discussion has not centered around equal opportunity for poor men and women living in other Countries. It has been about what is and isn't an IMB and why.

The site my wife's profile was one sold lifetime memberships for about $50. A friend posted her profile for her. Once we agreed to marry, that same friend posted pictures of a different woman with a new story. I have no idea how many women have found husbands using that same profile. The same website was mostly populated with profiles of men and women in the USA but there were many from all over the world as well. Similar dating websites are too numerous to count.

I learned long ago to be very cautious in thinking the possibilities around me were limited in any way by my current knowledge.

[Danno 1,228]

"The topic of discussion has not centered around equal opportunity for poor men and women living in other Countries. It has been about what is and isn't an IMB and why."

-PUSHBRK

I agree, Equal opportunity has nothing to do with IMBA but IMBA does have EVERY THING to do with protecting women in poor countries.

Are you under the impression its author and supporters were equally concerned about Women from France or Germany as women from Ukraine or China?

Sure it requires everyone to answer question 19, men and woman and regardless of what country the fiance might be from but the spirit, aim and purpose is to protect women from those hand full of countries where there is a strong presence of International Marriage businesses.

At least this is what its supporters and the white house have stated, maybe you think different.