Hi
Thats a great idea.
I plan to go to hangzhou in october and would welcome some idea of the overall costs.
Well of course true love is priceless :heart: + :heart: = , but i thought maybe this would be a handy thread especially for newbies .
We all know our journey is going to be expensive so maybe we could help each other by prewarning others about the cost of things and maybe how to save a little cash
I'm going to keep a tally on things and post on this thread and see how the costs mount up as i prepare to see ' my girl ' and what happens after that , i hope it is of interest and benefit to any newbies reading this.
Costs to me so far
Chinalove EMFs - think im lucky here only spent about £30 , now my girl and me email each other and a friend translates for us
Flowers to China - there is already a post on here about different florist services , I sent a dozen roses to my girl , next day delivery £20
UK Visa to enter China £115 inc all fees
Return Flights from London to Guangzhou (August) £450
so £715 so far .. and theres going to be a lot more .. I'll keep you posted and let you know when i need a second job !!
Ok so how about a hypothetical flipside to all this, dating a local girl/woman.
lets say 2 dates a week one a dinner and movie one a night on the town.
Dinner for two at a reasonable restaurant $80.00, plust the show with refreshments $40.00 total evening $120.00
Night on the town say dinner theatre followed by a nice dance club.
Dinner theatre tickets $100.00
Dance club a guess since I havent in years 60.00
total one week expense $360.00
Now obviously there are going to be times where dates are in home or walks or drives or other "freebie" so lets say an average of $500.00 per month.
Now add in gifts for birthday christmas valentines just because, etc,perhaps babysitting fees if either or both have kids, weekend camping trips/getaways etc and the costs spiral.
Now lets look at the positves of our new found way to do things. We are dating some of the most beautiful faithfull caring women on the planet = priceless.
We get to travel to an exotic destination to be with said most beautiful woman.
We can eventually email webcam telephone chat to our hearts content for minimum cost after initial set up.
Once married we find ourselves hitched to the most romantic sexy beautiful well organized keeper of our health and heart and soul, that most other people can only dream of.
Now the negatives of doing it the old way:
We get to deal with the western female attitude and way of doing things.
We get the entire previous lifes baggage to tote around.
She isnt necessarily concerned with her own health and heart and mind after marriage let alone yours.
The financial costs are gonna kill you come divorce time
Generally speaking and this totally depends on the age and mindset of herself romance sex beauty and frugality just caught the fast train outa your life.
So in summation we the few, the proud, the Brotherhood , have managed to let ourselves into quite possibly the best remaining years of our or anyone elses life.
We will hopefully all marry one of these stunningly beautiful angels from the east and be pampered and catered to and forced to live healthy so we can live longer.
Possible the best sex we have ever had in our lives( just speculation depending on your past history).
And of course total and everlasting love honour respect and devotion for life from said angel.
And what really does it cost us? All they want from us is to be treated with love honour and respect, to provide a safe home for the family and stable finances.
Personally I pick the Eastern Angel over the Western Harpy hands down and twice on Sunday.
Yea I know mr romantic again hehe but hey thats who I am.
Regards all
Brian Mc
PS just so you guys know I spent 20 years with my ex and most of the above is not true for her so your mileage may vary. The only things missing from that marriage was the love and affection and at the end the sex, but that was just my life. I am a very romantic guy and I cannot and will not live without love and affection both given and received in my life.