I have decided to write and ask for a piece of advice how to behave in my situation and how to understand the attitude of my new relative correctly.   I am from Ukraine. I am 25 and live not far from the Mediterranean in Turkey. I wont tell you the whole story of my marriage and will only say that I don’t regr ...

The majority of young multiracial women who were interviewed by the author of this article admitted that they suffered from attacks from local women (both Russian and African) in general. Practically all the informants try to explain it somehow. N.D found it more noticeable in the evening school: “ there can be gossips about women, not even from th ...

Analyzing all this information we could try to suppose that the process çàmixing Africans with white women in Russia would have been more intensive and easier if there hadn’t been such strong resistance from Russian-speaking population which is rather racist in its psychological impulses. This way or another even in the 60-s (in other words in the ...

Nowadays the experience of “black-and-white” marriages in Russia is not very big though the country is rich in other multiracial mixed unions (for example between Russian women with Asian men from Middle Asia and also other multinational marriages which were one of the peculiarities of the social-demographic situation on the territory of the former ...

After the wedding we filed an "Application to Register Permanent Resident or Adjust Status" and also applied for a document permitting to work as the fiancée visa though permitting to work is valid for only 3 months. When I called INS to find out how long the process will take it turned out that the nearest office of INS in Cincinnati gives ...

        I came to America 10 years ago without any language knowledge and qualification. As if today I see Los Angeles from the plane window: all in lights, so beautiful, strange and mysterious.   At first I worked as a shop assistant in a clothes shop. It was very hard to live on 80$ per month. Sometimes it seemed t ...

Russian people abroad always stand out from the crowd. You can put on a baseball cap and hide blond hair under it, put on big sun glasses and walk with an impartial look of a habitué but you will always be addressed in Russian. If you answer in good English they will be surprised as foreigners are used to the fact that Russian people do not kn ...

        Myths about Russian woman increase every year growing like champignons. A great credit here should be given to international agencies which turned marriage into a real industry. We can easily forget the image of a plump and stately Russian beauty who can “stop the running horse”.   Myth 1. On the background o ...

Some days ago I met my friend who came from America to visit her relatives. 5 years ago Margarita was invited to read lectures in one American University on a contract. Being a busy person and having no free time to communicate with men Margo got acquainted with an American on a dating site and was never sorry after getting married there. When I as ...

        So that bright day came at last…   Before it there were many different worries. For example when we applied for marriage we found out that in order to get registered we need some certificate proving the fact that nothing prevents me from getting married in Norway. I have never heard of anything of this kind an ...

 This story with Mal Gibson and his new love Oksana Grigorieva gave me an idea to collect all the famous Russian wives in one post. Or it would be better to say Russian wives of celebrities. It turned out that there are many of both categories. 13 family stories. Let’s start from afar. Perhaps the most famous Russian wife is Gala, my fello ...

So I managed to survive. They say correctly that man proposes but God disposes. A chance helped me and I met another American man on my way. He was of my age and fell in love with me at first sight. He is exceptionally kind, well-mannered and educated worshipping the woman. He is a professor of Philosophy and works in a specialized school. He helpe ...

My name is Galina. I came to the USA in June 2002 from Russia. My husband is American. I graduated from the MoscowUniversity and have a good qualification in many specialties, in particular that of music teacher, cosmetologist and masseur. The last 5 years before moving to America I worked as a teacher in a secondary school and as a cosmetologist i ...

“What can I tell you about Sakhalin?” I remember this popular song in the Soviet times every time my relatives or friends ask me to tell them something about America. Of course it is impossible to speak about America in short. I even don’t know what to start with. Because the differences in conditions and systems of society and its development are ...

I would like to ask for your help. I am afraid of going mad. The matter is that about 2 years ago I got married and now live in Holland. When we got acquainted he was very shy, modest and spoke very little. But not these qualities of his touched my heart. It was kindness and warm heart. We got married and started living with his parents. Everything ...

Americans will become long-livers. Despite of the obesity problem Americans are a healthy nation. The average life expectancy here is 80-85 years now. In 2010 people in America are forecast to live till 100 on average. Let me give you some figures to compare. In 1861 Americans lived till 39, in 1898 – till 49 and in 1945- till 56. Of course these ...

From slavery to slavery. Some time ago I wrote that in America I understood the expression “to squeeze the slave out of yourself”. To cut the long story short here I managed to overcome some vestiges of my past. But it would be a mistake to think that there is no slavery in the USA and all the people are absolutely free here. Nothing of the kind! ...

What I can not get used to in America. You will laugh but I can not get used to … tea in America. Here especially in the hot states it is a very popular drink but people drink it cold or with ice. At first this “swill” made me mad. What a nonsense! Tea should be hot and fresh. I read some time ago that tea which was kept for some hours becomes a p ...

A mistake in the surname. Question: I got married to an American citizen in Russia. My husband’s surname is Beck. When I changed passports it was written “Áåê” in the Russian one and “Bek” in the international passport. I applied to the visa service to change the international passport but they replied that I am not right. I have an official reply ...

My American husband threatens and insults me. Question: I have been living with my husband for 5 years. The house is his property and he threatens me and my son from time to time to drive us out. He has such episodes once or twice a year and it last for 3 weeks and up to 3 months. It happens all of a sudden and I am always waiting for this terror. ...

My name is Marina. I am 29. I have been living in Colorado with my child (Alexandra, 4 years old) for about 3 months. I am Russian married to an American citizen. He has a daughter from the first marriage (Amber, 8 years old). The girl lives every other week with us. In the beginning of our acquaintance I though that all American children are the s ...

        I have said a lot about equal opportunities of work and life for black and yellow, old and disabled people, gays and women forced in America. There are norms for hiring minorities in offices – some per cent of the staff should be Afro Americans and some – lesbians. If there are too any white healthy men of middle age ...

I have long been seething and would like to share some thoughts which appear in the immigrant’s head who is destined to live and work in a far away country. I should confess that in my opinion we know poorly the reality of western countries and very often idealize naively what is far and unapproachable. Is everything that beautiful in those foreign ...

I got acquainted with my husband in the Internet. We corresponded for several months, then he came to visit me. After that I visited him and finally moved to his country. I don’t know when and how I finally understood that he was my man but long before our first meeting I knew that we would be together. At that moment my idea about Iran was only ...

Dear readers! I would like to tell you about my America, sentimental, conservative, pragmatic which I fell in love with all my heart. My America is simple Americans, the so-called middle class which constitutes for about 80% of the population, who pay the taxes regularly and provides for the wealth and power of the country. I got married to an Amer ...

I don’t know if you can help me, I just want to express myself. I got married not for love. My husband is 18 years my older. I have nobody and nothing in Ukraine. My granny brought me up and I didn’t know my parents. I also had an uncle who brought me up in strictness and obedience. If something was not ok he just beat and insulted me. As a result ...

The period of acquaintance with a foreigner. Question: Theósay that now the period of acquaintance with a foreigner before getting a visa and marriage is fixed and it is 2 years. If a couple can not prove that they have been acquainted for 2 years they will not be rejected the fiancée visa. That is why all people rushed to get married in the ...

Waiting for the immigration visa and the change of status. Question: I live in Russia, my father, the American citizen, applied for my immigration visa. At that moment I was single. Now I am planning to get married to a Russian citizen. As far as I know the time for application consideration for married people is much longer than for singles. Must ...

It is interesting how the crisis influenced people’s wish to create families. What do the mass media write about it? Here is some interesting information I have found in the Internet. Perhaps it will help you to make some conclusions. In the thick of the world crisis the British experts noticed such a phenomenon: the popularity of the dating sites ...