Russian Wife: Your Greatest Blessing or Your Biggest Mistake? (Paperback)

by William Rossedahl (Author), Julia Rossedahl (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Xulon Press (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931232881
• ISBN-13: 978-1931232883
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #635,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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48 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Your best approach, March 4, 2006

By	F. rice "frank" (Nr Paris, France) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been married to a Russian lady for three years.
All of them happy years. (I am over 60 and she is just hitting 30).
She is just redoing her molecular biology master (her Russian degree is not valid in the west).

Despite the inarticulacy of all of the above posters, I am going to attempt to help.

Choose an educated lady - it will make all the difference.

Be clean all the time.
Be polite all the time.
Be courteous all the time.
Be VERY forgiving all the time (be ABSOLUTELY forgiving the first 2 years).

If at all possible, give her some outside the home goals in life.
Do try to avoid speaking American.
Most of the ladies will speak better ENGLISH than your American.

Do NOT consider that they are less educated than you are - rather, consider that they are more educated than you.

Be very supportive and use positive criticism
(avoid criticism if it is not accompanied by positive suggestion at the same time).

Russian ladies can be very, very sexy and mature very early in life for many westerners.
All Russians receive an internal passport at the age of 16,
they are very cultivated from their education system and they are considered adult at that time -
more than a few westerners are not adult at 30... so before you criticise THEM, look at your own act.

Share pleasure, don't make them domestic slaves and you will benefit enormously from it.
Ask their opinions on things they discover, you will get an education from listening to their thoughts.
Consider asking them about things where you are weak - it will give
you both an opportunity to discuss things on a 'togetherness level'.

Lastly, they are ladies, not 'wimmin', nor any other priggish epithet you may share with your drinking friends.

Treat them as such and you will enrich your life, increase your satisfaction
and have a friend at home for life, without wishing to look for an adventure outside.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, March 17, 2002

By A Customer

I bought this book hoping to read how an American man & his Russian wife meet, feel in love and their life together in the USA. I also wanted to read how a Russia woman adjusted to American life. Unfortuantely, this book discussed none of those topics. The book is small, only 5 chapters & 106 pages long. The first three chapters cover items found on any RW romance website: 1) Russian Wife: Myths & Truths, 2) Internet Dating Agencies - Are They Secure Enough?, 3) What Kind of Women Consider International Marriage. Chapter 5 seemed misplaced... it discussed Mr. & Mrs. Rosssedahl's views on relationships & Christianity. Chapter 4 dealt with Russian culture - this was the only interesting section of the book. However chapter 4 (25 pages) does not justify buying this book...

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative Christian book, March 23, 2002

By	"bookworm774" (USA) - See all my reviews

This book is written from a Christian perspective, which makes it unique. While non-believers may consider that a disadvantage, I would still recommend this book if you're interested in the subject. It provides many helpful insights you won't find in the Internet, at least I can say I couldn't. I've seen some of those online Russian romance discussions, they are full of all kinds of examples and stories, often very controversial, and usually you will hear only one of the two sides involved - either an American man or a Russian woman sharing his/her experience and asking questions. You can probably learn something from reading those endless posts, but I think that this thoughtful analysis done by a Russian-American couple is much better, and it will save you a lot of time.