Growing up in the cold war, we always heard of "Mail order brides from Russia".
In 2008 I had a disastrous international romance that began on an MMORPG.
It was then that I learned that mail order bride companies often mediated between prospective girlfriends and the men overseas, and they actually protected both sides from scams or utter heartbreak. They made secure matches if they were reputable and they were able to arrange romances, or visas, immigration or whatever was being looked for.
Their clients alone would never have the resources to research and verify and vet one another.
It may have been a backpage, craigslist, back alley sort of operation, but perhaps sometimes it actually worked?
In 2008 I had a disastrous international romance that began on an MMORPG.
It was then that I learned that mail order bride companies often mediated between prospective girlfriends and the men overseas, and they actually protected both sides from scams or utter heartbreak. They made secure matches if they were reputable and they were able to arrange romances, or visas, immigration or whatever was being looked for.
Their clients alone would never have the resources to research and verify and vet one another.
It may have been a backpage, craigslist, back alley sort of operation, but perhaps sometimes it actually worked?
Hail Melania