I first came across the whole idea of dating a Russian woman by accident. I got an email from out of the blue from ICQ, which asked if I wanted to post my picture and bio on their website. I was not dating anyone at the time and went ahead and sent the info to them on a lark.

Within a short period of time, I received an email from a woman named Larisa, from Ukraine, who spoke pretty good English. We corresponded back and forth for a few months. She asked me to meet her in Austria. I agreed.

I set up a ten-day trip for the two of us through Austria. At the end of a couple of days, it was obvious to me that we were not compatible. We still had eight more days of our trip together. I sucked it up, and in spite of our incompatibility, I managed to enjoy myself.

However, I resolved that I would no longer waste the time and expense of a major trip on one person I had never met. I vowed that on my next trip, I would visit a number of women so I would not relive the experience of budgeting a lot of time and money for a woman who turns out to be incompatible with me.

From my experience with Larisa, I concluded that I would be able to tell within a matter of a few days, if there was anything that was going to happen between another woman and I. I could tell if I liked her. I could tell if she liked me. I would experience her different moods. She would find out if she liked being with me.

If one or another situation was less than perfect, I knew that at least I would be moving on in a matter of days. Also, I could compare my experiences with each woman that I had met.