Elnara from Yalta, Ukraine

One BIG mistake that guys start making when they start seeking a russian babe is they forget who they are. It's easy to understand why, and I've lost my head once or twice myself. When you start emailing these beautiful women, and they start emailing you back, it's alot for your average guy to process.

Let's be honest here, on domestic dating sites these gorgeous women would be so overloaded with chat requests and admirer emails chances are they wouldn't even have the chance to get to your email, let alone give you the time of day to get to know who you are and what you are about.

These women come from a very different social environment. Things to know:

In countries of the former soviet union women outnumber men 4 to 1.

Because of the stiff competition this environment creates the "standard" of beauty for women living in these countries is much higher than what we see here in our own. A woman that would take your breath away on the streets of, say Charlotte, North Carolina might not even be a head turner in Belarus, Crimea, or Moscow.

In addition, Western men are foreign to them and are viewed as mysterious, romanic, family oriented, and faithful. These are all things in your favor that get your foot in the door- but don't make these common mistakes:

Don't let all the attention go to your head. Congrats, you've got her attention, talk down to her or act like she's the lucky one to be talking to you and you're done. Getting lots of attention from beautiful russian ladies can make your head swell real fast, but first impressions are everything. Act like you're god's gift and you'll find the attention that fed your ego so much before waining FAST.

Russian women aren't desperate. The chances for her to find happiness in her home country are stacked against her so she's looking for love online. This isn't the 80's, the cold war is over and she's not after a "green card".

Most Russian and Ukrainian women don't have home computers. Chances are the woman you are emailing or chatting with had to travel 45 mintutes to 2 hours to get to an agency or internet cafe to get online to read your email and respond to you. Treat her time as if it's as valuable (if not more so) as yours. Don't send her one line email responses and make the most of the time you have with her if you happen to be online together. Impress her by understanding this and go a step further by tring to set up chat "dates" when you know you can both be online at the same time.



Beautiful Jewel of the Black Sea Elnara from Yalta, Ukraine