... in response to Good luck, posted by Streetwise on Dec 13, 2004I like to call them professional dates. Not hookers by any stretch, but girls
without a lot who will gladly take whatever is thrown at them. I remember a
stunning, stunning, charming lady, Olga, in St. Pete I met at a social. We had
lunch, she gave me a nice walking tour of the city. We had dinner (she ate 2
entres & dessert!), watched flaminco dancing; we had a great time and I let it
go at that. I'm sure with all the tours going through St. Pete she did this
often. A fair trade, I thought. And I moved on. Maybe something could have
come of it, maybe not. They know you're only there for a short time. But I
suppose if a guy pursued her for a couple of weeks or months and nothing
came of it, or she was doing this with several guys, she could be considered a
scammer by some. Any of us who has spent time in the FSU has seen western
guys with ladies way out their league, and then try to retain the lady's
attention by spoiling the heck out of them, and then get all pissy when reality
sets in, as it always does. As for Olga, almost 4 years later, I see her profile
on one of the sites. Maybe she's a bit older and ready to get serious, who
knows? (now that she is about 26 and maybe feeling a little press of age).
Kinda makes me want to send her a note.....anyway, I do think that women
with kids are a better bet generally. My ex-wife of 7 years (Moscow) was, at
one time, a semi-professional escort. World class beauty. Again, these ladies
don't really fit a simple this-or-that profile. She had a 5 year old daughter
when we married. And while she never lost all of her "professionalism" (who'd
want that? : ) ), having a child definately kept her more focused and settled
than I would have otherwise expected. But I don't seek out a woman with kids
with the expectation that she is necessarily more grounded ( I hope I am
more secure than that!), but I really liked the "triangulation" of having the
child around and not be just focused on wife and I. BTW, I'm currently
corresponding with a woman with 2 kids. Jeez...
Anzo