Russian Women Prefer Older Husbands

More myths and truths about Russian women of the former Soviet Union:

1. Russian women prefer older husbands.
2. You can easily find a young beautiful Russian woman who will be happy to marry you. 
3. Men, who are looking for Russian wives, are unattractive, old and desperate losers.

Russian women prefer older husbands

Contrary to popular belief, most men who are looking for Russian wives, are in their 30's or 40's, are good looking and have successful careers.

I* had a chance to check it on my own experience. The percentage of men older than 50 years was about 5% of the men who tried to contact me, with about the same number of guys who were under 30 years old (I forgot to specify age limit in my application to agencies - a usual mistake of female applicants). This proportion corresponds a normal client structure of any personals or dating agency.

Men looking for Russian wives are losers

Although Russian ladies usually get married to considerably older Western men, it does not mean that they do prefer older husbands. They just don't mind the age difference as much as western women do! Normally in Russia a woman will marry a man of the same age or 5 to 10 years older.

The reason why women still go for older foreign men is that if a woman has ventured to look for a foreign match, she wants to make sure she will have a stable life and security. When marrying a man who is older than herself, she feels more secure than if he was of the same age, even though they would have the same financial security.

In Russia it is not uncommon when men divorce after 30 and find younger wives - and this is the last thing that a woman wants to happen to her in a strange country. These Russian women want to make sure that their marriage to a foreign man will be stable.

You can easily find a young beautiful Russian woman

It is true that one can get married to a Russian lady much younger than oneself, such as 20-30 years younger. It's another story what he can expect of such a marriage. Those marriages are not as stable as the ones where age difference is 5-15 years. If one gets married to a girl 30 years younger than himself, he must understand a potential danger of this union as well as the real reasons pushing a young woman towards this decision.

Even if, in the beginning, a woman has proper intentions to stay with her older husband for the rest of her life, she may change her attitude with time. It's normal for Russian women to sacrifice themselves for families and children, but one will adapt to the Western life style quickly, and she could start feeling miserable. She'll want to go to a disco, party, skiing, diving etc - and her older husband won't be able to go out as much as she wants. Once she goes out on her own, divorce is around the corner.

Certainly, any personal situation is unique. Marriages between older men and young women always took place in real life, with many of them being stable and happy.

If you are confident about yourself and your fiancée' s feelings and intentions, nothing should stop you.

"Still better regret about the things done than about a missed opportunity."

An added note from Dennis to Elena's observations:

My sweet Nadia and I are 20 years apart. I was truelly looking no more than 15 years and more like 10 years apart - the woman being younger of course! If you are like me, when I was very young, older women apealled to me. As life continued, young women and even girls appeal to my libido! But trying to be realistic when I was online searching, all the domestic women younger than me were few and far between. When I tried the international scene, so many young women were interested in me! I was flabergasted to say the least!

I had women 30 years younger than me - INTERESTED in me! It was fun, but at the same time I wanted to be realistic. Because some of the international dating agencies have women in groups of age from 35 to 45 I ended up talking to these younger women. I had to say "NO" to more than you can imagine.

Finally I met my Nadia, who was 20 years younger than me.

Today? We are so in love and appreciate each other that I hope that each and everyone who is looking for true love finds their match.

*Above was written by Elena Petrova