Well, weeks of writing ensued. After a while, I decided that Lena was the one that I wanted to concentrate my efforts towards. It is impossible for a guy like me to go somewhere and play in a basketball court loaded with women. I was never into any kind of "dating" scheme with women in my life, I just found one, and jumped the fence. But knowing the odds in this process of russian roulette, I always kept my eye open to the far side, just in case.... and that, would've only been for emergencies. (but then again, do any of you like to go up to a table at the dance hall, and there's the good lookin one, and she's sitting with the hoe? So? Who do ya ask to dance anyhow? Or both? or just cut to the chase and offer them 200 bucks to watch?)
Our first phone conversation happened in August I think. I contacted her at the agency and talked through her using an interpreter "Olga". Lena couldn't even begin to speak a lick of english, much less understand it, (well, maybe a word or three), so Olga became like my right arm initially, but I knew I had to find a way around this problem or else I would've ended up with my interpreter instead (!!!!). What attracted me the most to Lena, was that she was very respectful and logical in her emails, and seemed to hold back her emotions a lot... as well, she challeneged me with her thoughts, and interrogatories of me. Good I thought, just what I need... a smart woman that's cute. I can't stand the flat headed 3 foot tall types that jump at one's beck and call. I want someone that's like me, has independent thoughts, opinions, and is not afraid to be herself, or challenge me when she thinks it's necessary. I want, a real woman, that can play one in my life and not just on TV.
With every email, Lena was proving to be just that. Independent. There were no red flags in this email, mail, and telephone relationship. I checked every stinking site I could find, did extensive searches on the web etc... blank. This was too easy considering the things I read everywhere else. All of a sudden I found that I had also become pro-siberia for this one reason. It seems as if there are very few profitable scammers out there compared to the Ukraine or Moscow or ?? It's just a numbers thing and totally relative based on reporting numbers alone.
Knowing that I had to get off of the E700 system because it was killing me financially, I offered (almost had to beg) to send Lena money for correspondence, and let her manage it because I didn't have the where-with-all, or the time to do it, monitor it, or care... I was too addicted to her to give a sht about nickels and dimes. Instantly, I went from almost $400 a month using E700, down to about $150. Whew, what a relief. I think it also gave Lena some feeling of security that I was going to be camped out here for a while. As it was, she had had correspondence with 4-5 other guys in the previous six months, but they all quit talking to her once they discovered that she had a brain of her own, and an opinion about things. I don't get it. Then again maybe it was God's doing, fate... timing.... not sure. All I know now is... that I got lucky.
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