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    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: 'Somewhere online I'd read about an agency that would post my profile at every matchmaking service in the former Soviet Union. The prospect of marryin... more »
    The Queen of No: I read this in Glamour and had the same "uneasy" feeling regarding Steve. I just couldn't figure out why he was looking for a much younger foreign wif... more »
    bigduke: So just to be clear. Is it always wrong in every circumstance for an older man to marry a "much younger woman"? Where is the line? 30 years? 20? 10? 5... more »
    WhineAndCheese: Someone I work with a woman whose marriage was arranged. And I just can't wrap my head around it. They were married in India and then came to the Stat... more »
    Macloserboy: Sorry, but Steve is full of shit. A man with his money and lifestyle has his choice of women in a city like NY. He could have even gotten younger wo... more »
    Sputnik_Sweetheart: Frankly, this girl is lucky. There are many, many women in the Ukraine who sign up to be mail order brides, a maids, etc. in a rich country, only to ... more »
    PilgrimSoul: Wasn't it Dworkin who said something like "The conflict between prostitutes and wives is age old, each being reassured that whatever she may be, she i... more »
    Jamie Peck: Who the hell cares how people meet each other or why he prefers younger women? People like what they like for deeply ingrained reasons, and you can on... more »
    nyc-caribbean-ragazza: I was going to send in this story as a tip. Something about it made me uneasy. Maybe it's because I'm older and lived in L.A. where many men I know w... more »
    gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: Is it traffiking if she is the one putting herself up for sale? It's not like her parents sold her off - she made the choice to place herself on the a... more »
    sympathyforthebasementcat: Alert to Jez commenters and posters: idyllic means rural, wooded. You mean ideal. I know I should email Sadie, but I keep seeing this in comments too,... more »
    suck_it_monkeys: I recently did freelance work for a business exec who has a mail order bride from Russia. He is in his late 50s, she is perhaps 25 at the oldest. I at... more »
    Trulymadlyme: "much younger foreign wife" He didn't say this. He said something about the prospect of marrying a foreigner from an online match making service but... more »
    andBegorrah: It's really too bad that there are no other online resources whatsoever for single men looking for a romantic partner. None. At all. Anywhere. more »
    Rare Affinity: Last week there was an article about how UK men were being fleeced by Ukranians when the British men went hunting for a much younger wife with traditi... more »
    clevernamehere: Mail order brides were really common in the American West at one point because so many more young men went West than young women or families. Those me... more »
    tscheese: But did he use his Diner's Club card!? I WANT TO KNOW more »
    tomatoheart: I have a friend who married an "internet bride." He met her through a service. After some email communication, he went over and met her and spent ab... more »
    PreposterousHypothesis: My question is: if he wanted some kind of real, egalitarian relationship, why didn't he fly over to visit her? Wouldn't a longer non-marriage type rel... more »
    Abra: A friend/ex of mine recently married a girl from Paraguay after meeting online and courting for only a few months. I'm almost convinced it was through... more »
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    Mail-Order Bride Finds Love; Hopefully No Others Read This

    In Glamour, a popular fashion blogger admits to being a mail-order bride. Why does a feel-good story leave us feeling so uneasy? More »