Now I know this is topic may become very passionate, so I just want to ask everyone to remain calm and take a few breaths if you feel the heat raise and remain civil! I am sure we will have no problems
So last night I was watching this show on the National Geographic channel, it was called Email Order Bride. It showed a few men who used International Marriage Brokers in order to find a wife from another country (in this case, Russia). One man waited for 3 hours at the air port terminal for his bride to be, I thought for sure he had been scammed, but 3 hours later she came walking in. The two would later get married.
So i am sure you all are aware of what a mail order bride is, anyway, there are a few services where men can meet women from other countries and marry them?
When watching this, I have to say I am a little uneasy with any kind of transaction involving people. When the term Mail order bride comes up, in mind, it has a lot of negative thoughts. I think of slavery, sex slavery, and the selling of human flesh. Right or wrong, those are the thoughts that pop up into my head when I hear the term. Maybe that shows a little bit about my intelligence, I don't know.
I am always interested in getting to know other people from other countries and cultures, but when you order a person on the internet that basically is there so that you can start a family with is a little bit iffy for me. At what point does it become wrong? If it were something like a dating site I could really understand that.
According to the program one of the sites worked like a dating site, and the men took trips over to the country and got to know the women. That sounds a tad bit like a dating site I suppose.
There was a story on this program about a guy, he went to another country and bought a wife. In his home videos they should, to me, he seemed to treat her like a pet. He commented on how pretty and young she was (she was 18). You could tell that the young woman was not attracted to the guy, every time he turned to kiss her she would pretty much just turn away to avoid it. The story went on to take a more tragic turn, and they found the woman's body in the woods. The guy murdered her, and his reason was "She said I was too fat, and did not want to have sex with me". So that is one story on the negative side, the state of Washington would make a state Law to help prevent this in the future.
So I think the way I feel is, getting to know someone from another country is great, but I am not sure about this whole idea. I just don't know a lot about it.
So I thought I would see if anyone else happened to see the show, and if anyone else had any thoughts or comments. Anyone been part of an international marriage brokering? Maybe someone has a story about this?
I seek knowledge and understanding, and I am curious on other peoples thoughts and experiences.
So last night I was watching this show on the National Geographic channel, it was called Email Order Bride. It showed a few men who used International Marriage Brokers in order to find a wife from another country (in this case, Russia). One man waited for 3 hours at the air port terminal for his bride to be, I thought for sure he had been scammed, but 3 hours later she came walking in. The two would later get married.
So i am sure you all are aware of what a mail order bride is, anyway, there are a few services where men can meet women from other countries and marry them?
When watching this, I have to say I am a little uneasy with any kind of transaction involving people. When the term Mail order bride comes up, in mind, it has a lot of negative thoughts. I think of slavery, sex slavery, and the selling of human flesh. Right or wrong, those are the thoughts that pop up into my head when I hear the term. Maybe that shows a little bit about my intelligence, I don't know.
I am always interested in getting to know other people from other countries and cultures, but when you order a person on the internet that basically is there so that you can start a family with is a little bit iffy for me. At what point does it become wrong? If it were something like a dating site I could really understand that.
According to the program one of the sites worked like a dating site, and the men took trips over to the country and got to know the women. That sounds a tad bit like a dating site I suppose.
There was a story on this program about a guy, he went to another country and bought a wife. In his home videos they should, to me, he seemed to treat her like a pet. He commented on how pretty and young she was (she was 18). You could tell that the young woman was not attracted to the guy, every time he turned to kiss her she would pretty much just turn away to avoid it. The story went on to take a more tragic turn, and they found the woman's body in the woods. The guy murdered her, and his reason was "She said I was too fat, and did not want to have sex with me". So that is one story on the negative side, the state of Washington would make a state Law to help prevent this in the future.
So I think the way I feel is, getting to know someone from another country is great, but I am not sure about this whole idea. I just don't know a lot about it.
So I thought I would see if anyone else happened to see the show, and if anyone else had any thoughts or comments. Anyone been part of an international marriage brokering? Maybe someone has a story about this?
I seek knowledge and understanding, and I am curious on other peoples thoughts and experiences.
