I am gradually getting over Miss Wu. Sadly my Hubei thread overheated so I have to finish the story here instead.
I've actually made contact with our former translator. I am satisfied I wasn't being scammed by Miss Wu. However I sure as hell was being mislead. I don't know if Miss Wu was being naive, or whether I was yet another victim of that curious Chinese trait of not telling us about really important things, like whether they actually love us or just consider us good friends!
Anyway, the Miss Wu story is now closed. We seemed a great couple, but something was wrong. Apparently her mother didn't like me. I don't know what I did wrong, I guess it was probably just subtle cultural differences that no Western man is going to pick up on on a first ever trip to China.
Miss Wu is back on blossoms and I have no idea who she's looking for - she's certainly spending most of her day on it though. I think she's one of those women with a totally unrealistic expectation of men. My sister knows many of those! I just hope she doesn't have to find out the hard way that most men on dating sites are timewasters.
I don't really want to talk about the past any more. I am now talking to new ladies!
I have found a nice Sichuan lady - she has studied abroad and lives away from home so she should be a lot more independent. My sister has told me to make sure her parents are healthy!
My former translator has also given me a P number of a Guangdong lady who might be interested in me. I overlooked her before, but she is both educated and beautiful. Wow. I don't know why I need to write that though as all the chnlove ladies are beautiful!
I have looked at other sites, but the chnlove ladies seem so much more beautiful than anywhere else.
As to me, I'm off to stay in a recession hit salaryman hotel in Tokyo for most of April. Both of my new online ventures are now making decent money, so I'll have time out there to think of some more ideas.
I thought about going to Thailand but it's too hot in April, and I couldn't get a China visa in time, so Shanghai was off the itinery. So I will have to make do with having to visit Kamakura again in a train full of school girls in sailor uniforms, and spotting Japanese women wearing stockings and garters when they go shopping :huh:.