Well if you are a certain Russian author named Mrs. Elena Davydova then the answer is a pretty solid yes.
It seems that Mrs. Davydova has a great deal of general respect for our limey compatriots in jolly ol’ England.
But truth be told..
I think this article could have easily held true for any number of Western Men who naturally have a great deal of appreciation for a traditional Russian Lady.
The article itself was an interesting read.
But if I didn’t know any better..
I would say that the Brits have an even more interesting fixation on Russian Women.
But then again who wouldn’t?
Why older British men make ideal husbands for Russian beautiesby former female Playboy executive“Elena Davydova argues that British men make much better husbands than Russians, who can be still living with their mothers up to the age of 55″By WILL STEWARTBritish men of a certain age make ideal husbands for younger, glamorous Russian women – even if they do have some strange habits, according to a new best-selling book in Moscow.The vote of confidence comes from author Elena Davydova, once an executive with Russian Playboy, who said she was so happy with her English husband that it made up for living in the ‘godforsaken town’ of Swanage in Dorset, where she now has a home.Comparing British and Russian men, she said her compatriots trail by a score of five to one.‘They won’t touch you when they pass by, or slam the door in front of you, or let a woman to carry a heavy bag,’ she said.The author said unlike the British, Russian men ‘slouch on the sofa when the wife is sweeping the floor’.And in another endorsement, Davydova said: ‘Men here in Britain do not think it is beneath their dignity to wash the dishes or use the vacuum cleaner.‘And I know several families where the husbands always cook because their wives either do not have time for it or simply don’t like doing it.’She said in Russia it was not uncommon for men aged 48 to 55 to still be supported by their mothers.‘This is just impossible in England,’ Davydova said.Unlike in Russia, ‘it’s quite rare when a healthy and rich Englishman leaves his old wife – and takes on a new young one’, she said.And Davydova is impressed by those men who wed women with three or four children from a previous marriage – ‘and do not mind this’.They are also ‘polite with the servants and cleaners – they will never abuse these people’, while seeing it as ‘beneath their dignity’ to complain about food or poor service in a restaurant.But there are downsides about British men, starting with how they blow their noses.‘They gather as much air in their lungs as possible and do it loudly enough to wake the dead.’Another grumble is her husband’s refusal to buy a dishwasher, seeing ‘no shame’ in washing up himself.She said they can also be snooty and standoffish. Her husband James told her not to mention to his friends that she once worked at a Moscow hotel.He told her: ‘It’s not at all seen as prestigious here. We are in a different circle of people where wage earners are not valued highly.’An oddity is that you forget to put out the rubbish, it takes a week until the binmen come again, she complained.Once at a small theatre she asked to see the menu for interval drinks. Her husband ‘had to apologise and explained I am a foreigner. It turned out that there is a menu but needless to say no-one ever looks at it – they just order a glass of wine or a pint.‘Surprisingly, the show was magnificent – a mixture of ballet, yoga and Capoeira. I watched it holding my breath, and only stopped to kick James when he was falling asleep.‘As we walked back home, I thought that was not all that bad here and I can even get used to it if this godforsaken town hosts such brilliant performances.’Despite this, the British are philistines, she concludes.‘I once had to pinch myself when I found myself explaining the details of Romeo and Juliet to an Englishman – me a Russian. And he listened – with interest.’Davydova said she felt comfortable in England. ‘It’s a tolerant society, easy to become part of it, if you respect and accept its laws, customs and peculiarities.’The author gives little away in her book called English Wedding about her husband, but marriage records show she wed James Robert Beresford Harwood in 2005, when she was 42 and he was 68.When they first met in Spain he thought all Russian women were like James Bond enemy Rosa Klebb, the SMERSH assassin with the blade in her stiletto, she said.After meeting her ‘dazzling’ girlfriends in Moscow, ‘his favourite theory now is that the Iron Curtain was specially arranged to hide Russian beauties from Western men’.(read original article here)
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I stumbled on this blog and was absolutely floored that there is light at the end of the tunnel for me and my peers. Haha, the British gent learned of it in his sixites, so I guess at my mid thirties its not too bad for me to learn of this wonderful get-of-this prison hell hole of western dating.
Hm.
Godforsaken town of Swanage? I visited it last year, it’s in such a beautiful beautiful area, no idea what this lady is on about.
And everyone knows the ins and outs of Romeo and Juliet, I can only suppose the man in question was being polite and listening to her take on it.
Apart from that, interesting to hear about how British men are viewed! We do have some lovely ones here.
It would be nice to believe such flattery about British men. Unfortunately, living in Russia for three years has produced more of a cynical ‘why can’t we make such good husbands as Russians?’ attitude. It’s true that the English aren’t the noble force for good that we once were. I think that Russian women should not discriminate so much against the British, and learn to accept that we can make fine husbands too, despite huge differences in values and upbringing.
Let’s just hope those Russian women don’t get TOO westernized by living in England.
Well Stuart, you do make one valid point–a lot chavs do make poor husband material, and I grant you it does seem to help when the husband has a billion dollars or so lying around . . . but it seems to me a lot of really earnest quietly devout and moral middle aged Brits simply are not attracted to loud mouthy pint gulping amoral women. Hmmm . . . I wonder what makes that so? And guess what, good Russian men are married to great Russian women. I am not greedy, I am not asking for a great Russian woman nor even aspire for a good Russian woman–I am only asking to find a decent Russian woman–who in my view is still a hundred times better than a crazed out feminist American female who views martial relations between husband and wife as a form of male oppression.
I have seen several examples of successful marriages between North American men and Russian women, and a few less successful examples.
Women from Moscow or St. Petersburg can be as bad or worse as women from London or New York. Women in the provinces are more traditional and less likely to be scheming to divorce you as soon as she wins her legal residency.
Al Fin:How are the women of Ukraine,Belarus and Poland?
I knew that specially in Moscow,is not the best city to find traditional women.Too western,with degradation.They have excesive interest in western things because it was “criminal”in the soviet union era.
If you really think that Russian women are more pure and traditional than their Western counterparts you are wrong – there really isn’t that much difference. Actually, Rus women have, in my experience, more experience in love, sex and relationships than Western women of the same age. They are often tougher than Western women because they have been through more.
Well maybe somewhere in the provinces you can find some traditional girl – but you can find simple country people in every country if that is what you are after
Lukas, I understand that you may have a certain set of life experiences or events that have led you to shape your opinion.
However let me just say simply that from my own set of life experiences and that of many other on this site..
You are quite wrong to try to invalidate what is quite real.. quite traditional.. quite loving.. and very beautiful.. in our own life space.
I challenge you to change your perspective in order to at the very least open the door in your own life to this potential.
Peace.. GL
Honestly, Lukas? As someone who has dated bad men before, I realized it had more to do with me than them. Maybe you’re just picking all the wrong women? I’ve met slutty Russian women before, but I wouldn’t insult an entire group of women based on a few bad ones. Us nice, traditional, and family-oriented women are out there. Unfortunately those women (including myself) are masked by the loud, flashy, obnoxious women. As rw_man says, don’t close yourself off!
well it did make interesting reading , and I am about to marry a Russian lady , we have lived together here in England for about three months while she was on holiday and get on very well together, I do not know if it makes any difference because she was not from a dating site.
The most problem we are having is getting the marriage Visa the British Embassy in Moscow is being very pedantic and in my opinion asking for proof of things that are really of no importance , and yet will let Pakistanis in to england by the thousands , with very litte problems …WHY ….
one might ask there what is really necessary to get that visa. listen carefully to the direction the conversation takes, even if it seems not related to the visa whatsoever.
Friend of mine had a similar problem with getting a long term residency visa in Panama. So, she asked what it would take to get the visa processed. Everything needed. The embassy girl started talking about how she loved a particular type of vodka. My friend got a bottle of vodka, and took it to her the next day. Bang bang bang, paperwork signed and stamped, and everything was done.
I’m not saying that would be the case there, but it’s quite possible, as people that work in embassies in Russia are said to be quite corruptible…
Why don’t you 2 marry in Russia?
LOL, John, good luck!
Russian girls are about the same as everyone else, with their varied flaws and personalities. But we do in general prefer a carefree lifestyle. Living in UK for nearly 10 years, i’ve noticed the Brits are very law obedient and closed up in themselves. This is not the case in Russia as it’s less controled by the goverment and police, especially in small towns.
The point is, russians don’t quite fit into UK’s society as the lives they led in Russia were different, and unless you find a Russian girl who will do anything you tell her (very unlikely), the relationship will fall apart overtime. I’ve seen this myself, as my russian friends were getting into relationships with british guys, and it lasted very briefly as their values were way too different! British guys, as i observed, are unconfident about making the first move which for a girl is very important. They also don’t seem to take their responsibilities seriously and complain about such things as paying for a coffee out of their own budget, while for russians it seems normal for guys to treat a girl in aim to show their appreciation and caring. But it’s all down to how everyone is brought up, so i can’t really compalin further.
I’m sure it still works for many, but i still think relationships go smoother for people with same nationalities.