“Mail Order Brides” for American Guys
Three different takes on the moves of American men to find “foreign brides” via the Internet or “international matchmaking companies”: The most positive by Craig Harris of The Arizona Republic (focusing on the Phoenix-based A Foreign Affair), a decidedly more mixed take by Erwin Lemuel Oliva for INQ7.com about Philippine matchmaking, and then a poorly written review by Gina Cadavid of a “mockudrama” called “Mail Order Wife” that nonetheless got my attention. (I went looking for what others had to say about “Mail Order Wife” and got links to 41 links for other articles and reviews at RottenTomatoes.com.)
I’ve written about before about this—not new, for sure—phenomenon. I was even sent a book by the author about his own experiences. I’ve conveniently forgotten both the book name and his. He fit right in with what Texas attorney Lisa Schwankrug described: “Many of the men who use such services have become disillusioned with American women, believing they are too career-oriented and not as submissive as foreign women.” The author (I do remember his first name: Sebastian) interviewed scads of women all over everywhere, eventually decided that a Chinese woman less than half his age and size was Ms. Right. Well, okay.
Sounds like “Mail Order Wife” examines the nasty underside. Has anybody seen it? Give us a first-hand review. I’ll have to wait until I am in the same place more than a week at a time (I’m going back and forth between Mississippi and Tallahassee for the next few months) before I renew our Netflix membership so that I can see it, too. The reviews are so mixed that I hope I can manage to sit through it….
From Your Romance Coach, Kathryn Lord
your so lost ... you poor thing… why are you so bitter if only you understood man in the least bit maybe you could understand I been married to a lady many years from the philippine and we are very happy. we are not crazy or strange. we are just man and wife under gods love. Stop putting man down for looking out side the USA for love. t their nothing wrong with that. your attempt to make this look dirty and sick is sad. you seem so bitter and upset. you need to sit down and talk to a girl from a nother country that married an american man at least once before you say such things. you need to know how she see it and what in her mind.
You now very little about the subject from a true man or from a woman from another country view on life in general. I travel quit a bit to other country. Trust me second hand information is no good you must be at least open minded before you and attept to understand. by the way my wife 28- I am 32. try again with more research ....
Posted by ourfamily on 02/14 at 12:14 PM