Men often make the following common mistakes when looking for a wife in Russia:

1. Men often judge russian women by photos where they appear as models from fashion magazines covers. Of course, it seems interesting but only 20% of russian women receive 80% of letters. Such russian women are not more interesting than others. They are not perfect Russian bridges. They simply have better photos.

Men often ignore results of psychological compatibility tests. They forget that they will live with the Russian bride but not with a photo. Of course, they won’t like it if their beautiful wife will be annoying them, refuse to share bed etc.

Lately, I had a conversation with a Spanish man who said that he had found a couple of amazingly looking Russian women on the Internet, but when they met they appeared to be just simple girls, nothing like those long-legged model ladies.

He was having a walk in St. Petersburg streets and saw so many beautiful Russian women out there. The girls were taking their time, they talked to friends, laughed so much. Why has he met plain and ordinary girls who seemed so beautiful on the photos but looked tired and completely dull? Of course, it can happen! Girls often exhaust themselves with work (for instance a girl needs to take care of children and pay for rent which is so expensive in St. Petersburg). Such girls do not look their best. It is impossible to imagine how she might look rested and when she does not need to go to work. All the girls he met were working hard and he saw them after full working day. One lady even went to date after a night shift. He also saw russian women on holidays or female students with boyfriends who took care of them. It was quite a difference.

2. The second mistake is related to the first one. Men who are looking for Russian brides want to meet good looking models so that all their friends envy them. But at the same time they want to live with kind and faithful girls. But almost is all cases girls who look like models do not want true relationships. They want to be admired.

You can almost never meet russian women who combine beauty of a models and faithfulness of a housewife. We have a joke about it:

Two men are talking to one another. One man was asking is the other one was ever married. The other man said he had never married. “Why?” asked the man. “Because I was looking for the perfect woman,” he replied. “So, you never found her?” “I did. But it turned out I was not a perfect man for her.”

It is a sad joke, but I know some men who have been looking for perfect russian girls for 10 years and they are still looking for them on internet sites.

3. Choice is the next mistake. Some men just can’t stop. They meet someone, everything is OK, but they keep searching for other russian women. They are obsessed with an idea that there might be a better russian woman.

4. Another mistake is that some men do not want to upload their photos on the website or post terrible photos. Of course, it is interesting for russian women to read about men’s hobbies and interests but photos are all important for them. Russian women do not like men’s photos where they are looking like men-models. They want to see men smiling, see their eyes.

5. Be active. 50% of men register to website and are simply waiting for Russian brides to write them. Men who are actively searching and writing to russian girls have more chances to get response. Many russian women do not want to initiate communication, so men have to make the first step.

6. Many men want to have enough evidence to have a confirmation that the russian girl wants to communicate. They send some small presents, postcards and other signs of attention. Very soon, Russian brides get tired of it and refuse to resume communication.

7. Do not wait too long! Some men hesitate to come to Russia, and russian women lose interest. Be active and if you think that it is time to come to Russia and meet the girl, then do so!