When I was in High School I think I probably had the biggest crush in the Entire Universe for a girl named Kate Shanons.
Kate was magnificent..
She was quiet and soft spoken.
She was also kind and willing to give a guy like me the time of day.
And this is why I probably fell in love with her..
As fate would have it.. She was also easily the most Beautiful Girl I had ever seen during my 4 years in High School.. if not during my ENTIRE LIFE..
All 15 years of it that is..
If her long curly brunette hair, cobalt blue eyes and petite 5 foot 5 frame didn’t kill you..
Then her elegant and sympathetic smile would..
Right around this time Hollywood released “The Blue Lagoon” with Brooke Shields playing the part of a teenage beauty who was stranded on a remote South Pacific island with only another teenage boy to keep her “company”.
Now as much as I dreamed about being stranded on a deserted island in similar circumstances with Kate Shannons that wish simply wasn’t going to come true.
Because Unfortunately I don’t think I was the only young man in that High School who felt that way.
As a matter of fact there was a good chance that every testosterone carrier in that entire school must have had the same damn dream..
Well the laws of nature cannot be denied.. and once it took hold of Kate.. a beautiful woman with a gentle disposition quickly became the most popular girl in school..
One day she was the shy girl of my dreams.. and the next day she was the Junior Year princess on the Homecoming Queen’s court..
And then with one more year following that she became the Homecoming Queen herself..
She was paraded around the football field in a classic 60′s Mustang with a bouquet of roses in one hand while the other was in the air doing the all too familiar beauty queen wrist wave..
Kate was certainly shy no more..
It was around this time that I finally began to think that maybe my 4 long years of eternal love and devotion to Kate were probably not going to get noticed… at least not in the way I had hoped for..
So it was with this experience that I faced my first hard reality about truly Beautiful Women..
They are exceptionally rare and hard as hell to get close to and at some point in our lives all of us Men gain a real understanding of what it means to wish upon a distant star..
Because unfortunately we realize.. “That Star ain’t coming down to Earth just for you buddy..”
So at the “mature” age of 18 I began to openly wonder where in this galaxy could a large number of those stars be found.. and oh by the way where the hell was the nearest Astronaut Training Center?
Thus began the seeds of a life long adventure that has lasted to this day.
So as we travel through Hyperspace and arrive at this point in the Space Time Continuum.
I find myself visiting a buddy of mine who is teaching at a local university here in Siberia..
We casually sit down to catch up with each other in his classroom before his students arrive.
The bell rings.. and your standard procession of young beautiful Russian Girls files in while chit chatting and giggling with their normal level of energy that just brings a certain smile to your face..
(Truly one of the greatest sounds in life to be heard for sure..)
As the girls get seated my buddy introduces me as a guest English speaker and starts to tell the class about my background before I launch into my presentation about what North America is like..
5 minutes into my chat there’s a knock on the door and a late comer shows up and gently apologizes for her tardiness.
Whatever I was supposed to be talking about was instantly forgotten..
Because the girl who had just entered the room was not just a mere clone of the girl that I had literally worshiped nearly 25 years ago.
This girl was an ageless Quantum level copy right down to the hair style and the matching clothes that she wore..
Kate Shanons was back again standing before me in the flesh..
“Somebody please slap me.. I must be dreaming again!”
After an awkward silence with equally awkward stares from the class I regained my train of thought and continued on with my talk..
As I was addressing the class and answering their questions a funny realization began to dawn on me..
The “Kate Shanons” who was sitting in the back row listening intently to me..
Was just an AVERAGE looking girl in comparison to the rest of the young ladies in this room!
But that didn’t take anything away from this moment with “Kate”.
So while I was still fielding questions from the class a split moment of clarity we all get sometimes suddenly hits me and a little voice inside said…
Dude.. You’ve done it..
You’ve finally arrived in a place where you’ve come full circle with the beauty you’ve been searching for.
It’s no longer a dream.. it’s no longer a fantasy.. and it’s certainly no longer unattainable..
It’s here and now..
And by the way.. Kate Shanons is checking you out Man!
4 years of dreaming about one girl in High School and over 20 years of exploration for another..
And I’m surfing on a wave in the Sea of Tranquility surrounded by cosmic mermaids who are giving me their full undivided enthusiasm and attention..
Now of course a big part of me realized this earlier when I first arrived here several years ago..
But for some strange reason while I had almost completely forgotten about who Kate Shanons was during this period of time..
I now believe a part of me still needed to “see” her again in order to hold that one last puzzle piece in my hand..
And to firmly press it into the gap to finally complete the picture..
Sea of Tranquility indeed..
Before I knew it the bell had rung and the girls gave me a heart warming thanks for my time and started filing out to catch their next class.
My buddy and I resumed our conversation and started walking out a few minutes later as well..
“Kate” was hanging out in the hallway with some of her friends..
And just as I’m about to pass her she turns to me with an elegant and sympathetic smile and softly says…
“Excuse me.. but can I ask you something?”
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You can’t leave us hanging on a thread like that! What did she ask and what was your reaction to her wanting to ask you something?
Your story reminds me of this tall, gorgeous, blonde, 22-year-old gymnast at my university. How about if I send you her picture so you can tell me if I can find a clone of her in Russia?
Personally I’m having no trouble filling in the blanks and writing the rest of the story in my mind!
Maybe that’s the point – write your own happy ending, then make it happen!!
Starfleet Academy, here I come!
And you just reminded me of the lyrics to the original Star Trek theme song (yes, it actually had lyrics):
Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand’ring in star-flight
I know
He’ll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.
Yes, I do see the point of leaving the story there, but you can’t tell me you’re not curious to know what was said!
ok, maybe a little.
But I bet he’s gonna be a gentleman about it no matter how much we beg.
Great Story! My crush was a (hot) bookworm named Tara. I was the nerd and she became the beauty queen. Brains and beauty never looked so good. Never saw her again and I prefer it that way. She will always be the bookish girl in the library with a warm smile and a killer bod.
I went to the military and left behind my high school love. The distance brought us separate paths. Many many many years later I found her again. I felt the feelings old surface, but reality sobered me that she was on her third marriage already. Red Flag.
I do have some standards.
this stuff is kind of creepy, the more “Siberia” blogs I see, the more they seem about meeting young Siberian girls, who probably are quite aloof of what Westerners like and maybe (just maybe) are easy to pressure/coerce into a romantic relationship via the American rhetoric of persuasion that you all seem to be railing against. hey, I dont care if you think Siberian girls are pretty, I’m sure they are, but dont try and prop up your erotic desires (maybe this applies to even wierder blogs like Luke Skywalker’s and GL’s, because looking again this one seems a little more honest in its aims) on stuff like fighting cultural marxism and other made up stuff like that.
Hero,
Email me the photo and I’ll tell you my impressions.
Craig,
I had no idea there was lyrics to the Star Trek theme song.. I must have channeled into the composer or something cause those lyrics are wild.. GL
Shaun,
Sorry man can’t get into kiss and tell. But you can certainly fill in the blanks
kzarz and Ceiver,
Interesting contrasts between you two. One of you never see’s your girl again and the other does with two very different results.
Now I know why those High School member websites are so popular but I’m sure they are quite disappointing for most.
Da Whale-Boy,
I’m sorry man but you are the one who is “creepy” if you come on board and want to slam the root function that all Men have and that is to have a happy wife and family.
Your rant reminds me of some twisted punk rock songs I used to hear way back when that were all about how screwed up families were and why they should be ditched. Funny at the time when I heard them.. sad now when I reflect on the guys behind those songs.
They were all teenagers trying to “rebel”.. and that is what you are reminding me of..
hey I think wives and families are great – seeing all these pictures of Siberian girls and the comments of random people saying stuff like “oh give me that one, I’m going crazy” sounds a bizzare, it looks like some porn ring or something. Maybe thats just how things appear on the internet.
I dont know where you’re getting the punk rock ref. from, I dont think my post was reminiscent of that kind of song at all, but I dont know the genre that well. I just wandered over here from Siberianow’s site and was surprised at what I found – his site is getting psychotic now.
I also cant see the rationale behind going to Siberia to find a girlfriend/wife when there are plenty of good women in America, that sounds like a rebellion.
DA-WHALE BOY – {blows water out of spout}
Another example of some yahoo stumbling in here with nothing but preconceived notions, a reading disability, and a heapin’ helpin’ of pure ignorance.
Whale boy – they’re not much saying “give me that one” but more or less “I want happiness”. It’s the same as saying “I could eat a horse!” You couldn’t, and you probably wouldn’t want to try in one sitting, but it expresses how you feel.
There are a few good women left in America, but it’s like saying would you rather go buy from the pumpkin patch that only grows a few a year, or the one that grows hundreds upon thousands of all shapes sizes, but general tastiness? I’m sorry if my comments also sound creepy!
Da Whale boy,
I recommend that you spend some time reading this site along with the comments then. You will fine general excitement, surprise and humor with the various gentlemen here who are seeing real photos of real women here in siberia. But along with that the vast majority of the comments here are also very introspective and respectful.
Many of the girls who have their photos here read this blog and they are pleasantly surprised by the attention they are receiving internationally by this blog.
So the last thing I would do is to act insulted in the name of some P.C. if they themselves aren’t insulted and quietly proud that they are getting the recognition they do.
.. and if you think there’s something wrong about some guys sitting around talking and saying, “That babe is HOT!” ..
then you better check down below.
GL, I guess you have to have real nerd cred to know about those lyrics.
Actually, I found them in an old book from the 70s, “The Making of Star Trek”, and I was just as surprised. I’m still trying to figure out exactly how they match up the the music.
I’m still looking for my old sweetheart. I know she is out there. Or perhaps here? Who can tell. But actually, after all the years, I think I’ll look for an individual Lady with her own identity and style. After past errors, I need to revamp the old ideals.
Canajun
canajun,
Like all, I’m looking for a new sweetheart. Even the older FSU women look fantastic. They’ve got a sensual, sexual mature look in thier eye that can melt the heart.
Looks like the whale just got beached.
To DA-WHALE BOY
Seems like all the restaurants I go to all I see are whale women. fugly/ditzy whale women.
Walk in with my FSU lady, who works out several times a week, eats only healthy, and can carry an intelligent conversation, and all the sight of the whale women fades away. I am capitavate with the beauty and mind of a young Russian woman. She is also very humble and modest, genuine.
A lot of the bombthrowers GL and Kara have been getting lately are coming straight from my leftist college.
They are young men and women who have fallen under the spell of the marxism and feminism which are taught at our college.
–Luke
Bah dont fall for Whaleboy’s troll….he is either a mangina or a feminists looking to bring you guys down….ignore him or delete his posts and continue with what you are doing….I read this blog every day as it gives me the motivation necessary to go beyond basic subsistence, and restores my faith that women can be good people too.
amazing article. Is a Russian Visa had to obtain?
sorry hard* to obtain
fountain – it’s usually easy. What country are you from?
Well gents… My dream has become a reality. I popped the question to my Russian Princess about three weeks ago – to which she excitedly said YES!!
I found this blog about a year ago. I was absolutely thrilled that GL was spreading the word about a topic that is very dear to me. My original letter can be found in THIS post.
I have without a doubt been living the best days of my life, and now I have an entire lifetime of this to look forward to.
To all of GL’s readers who are contemplating happiness, family, and love – I am beyond confident that a Russian Woman will mutually foster the successful partnership that is needed for a legacy of bliss.
Rock & Roll,
WK
Will-Meister..
May I have the honor of being the first to congratulate you and your lovely finance’ on this incredible news.
I’m incredibly stoked for you buddy!
May this union serve as one huge catalyst for many other such as yours..
Cheers! GL
I am not the type of person who is ‘tolerant’ to feminists and/or manginas. I advocate outright banishment.
In many of my debates, I have realized that it is rare that you can change someone’s mind with logic. Just about the only thing you can do is educate someone who has already reached the same conclusion as you have on some subconscious level.
So trying to straighten out a feminist is an exercise in futility. This person has to wake him/herself up. And if it is a woman, which I suspect it could be, there is simply no changing her mind.
I could see this being an FSU woman raised in America (or Canada, UK) from a pre-teen age. Or it’s just some typical mangina.
“it is rare that you can change someone’s mind with logic. Just about the only thing you can do is educate someone who has already reached the same conclusion as you have on some subconscious level.”
Lenin (any relation?
): I agree with that 100%. That’s the real heart of the matter. Not to save lost souls, but to rescue those on the edge of the abyss, and lend a hand to those trying to crawl back out of it.
It’s not really a tolerance issue Lenin as opposed to me deciding not to jump on teenagers or kids who have unfortunately been fed a bunch of propaganda.. Adults are different especially if they come here being rude.. so obviously that’s fair game. Im sure you get the point.
GL
You’re a wise man, Lenin. I agree that you can’t save people who don’t want to be saved.
I do not want to be “saved” from my wonderful Russian wife, and my greatly enriched life. lol
Hey, can some one tell me how to get those emoticons into a message?
Hero – just type a smiley and it will be automatically converted to picture form. Run your mouse over one (and pause) and it will tell you what the typed characters are for that particular image.
Thanks Shaun!
No worries.
Also check this out:
http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/06/04/what-smilies-can-i-use/
Hey guys, I’ve been thinking that perhaps we should put the word “bombthrower” on Urban Dictionary.
Wouldn’t that be cool, because what if it catches on and becomes a common word that is used all across the internet.
–Luke Skywalker
Luke,
That word is not a good one to use because of the continuing terrorist threats which are real. It just raises red flags. I just don’t think it is necessary.
Da-Whale Boy Says “there are plenty of good women in America”
AAAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!!!
WK, congratulations, as one who is happily married to a beautiful Russian woman, you will be a better man, happier, and content.
RW – This Kate from High School, what does she look like now?
I have no idea what the Kate that I knew from High School looks like presently now that she would be in her 40′s by now.
I would prefer just sticking to the memory that I have too..
Oh boy, I’ve got to try some of those:
Aren’t you impressed by my maturity?
Kate was American, G-money is still obsessing over her. There is a song from the Musical “Cats” called “Memories” that comes to mind, I forget the lyrics. Yeah siberianow lets make “bombthrowers” an entry in the urban dictionary, that would be really cool, i bet maybe 4 people would find that interesting. Your site was cool when you wrote stuff about Siberian wilderness and mountains rather than BS politicking with losers from your school.
to Da-Whale Boy,
I wouldn’t say GL was obsessing. To have fond memories of people and good events in life is what life is all about. It shows the man has heart and interest. Sometimes we have to reach higher for the golden ring. Sometimes we have to go to a foreign land.
As for the lyrics to “Memories” my memory is lacking also. I use google.
As for the Siberianow writings on wilderness and mountains, we will see his journal improve when he gets there and experiences his life adventure which is more then most men will attempt to do.
Congratulations to Will and Katia! Best wishes to the two of you!
GL, you always have an interesting story.
) Don’t we all have a “Kate” or two in our past, guys? I sure do.
I think what’s important about those memories is what they tell us about ourselves. They tell us what qualities we find attractive in a woman. Knowing that makes our search for Miss Right a bit easier.
So, I’ll raise a toast to past memories…and dreams of the future!
Hi JM thanks for the warm comments and welcome aboard to..
I’m glad you could relate to this post. Life is strange and can bring up significant insights at any time..
Especially when you visit a place like this..
Cheers GL
I’ve posted here a couple of times before under the name “John”, but it seems there are other Johns posting too. So I went with inititals this time.
Thank you all for the kind words! I’ll keep you posted on the plans as they are made…
Cheers!
WK
Hello rw_man,
I am one of those men who were brave enough to venture to the Ukraine to find my beauty. In a previous letter, I reported that I would be leaving on February 8 to accompany her back to the states. Well I am happy to report, she is now here in California with me and doing great. I absolutely love the stares from men and the glares from women we get in public because people are constantly wondering where my exotic blue-eyed beauty is from. I have even noticed men purposefully trailing behind their woman just so they can take a peek at my Ukrainian babe. It’s hilarious and it’s great!!!!!! It is so wonderful to be with a woman who is mature beyond her years and actually cares about the way she looks in public. We are getting married this weekend and I only have one thing to say to the men who are not brave enough to travel to Russia/FSU: YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING!!!!!
P.S. If you are interested, I would be happy to send you a picture of me and my sexy Ukrainian wife.
Mr JoeO,
BIG Congratulations on finally getting the Princess that you’ve always wanted in your life.
Frankly too many guys just wish to sit and dream about this but you’ve actually had the balls to go out and do this. And for that you deserve big kudos.
I wish you could spread the word to every Man who is dropping dead over the sight of your lovely wife about what he can achieve if he just opens his eyes.
But then again I’m sure your wife is doing a great job of that
In anycase I hope you can do whatever you can to spread the “Gospel” to the many quality guys that exist around you who are also looking for real and lasting love. I truly believe that we can do a great deal to change society for the better by doing so.
Oh and of course I would love to see a photo so email it on over
Cheers Mate!
GL
Mr. JoeO, do you mind if GL forwards that photo to me?
MrJoeO,
Congratulations 100 fold.
Not to put a damper on things but please use this time to really get to know your fiance.
You have 3 months (90 days) according to the fiance visa. She has to get acclimated to the culture, the surroundings and your lifestyle.
I have heard some stories where the fiance leaves the States even though she truly loves the man due to homesickness and not being able to adapt. If the above does not apply to you then again, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
MrJoeO,
I sincerely wish you and your bride to be a wonderful life together. Congratulations.
Is there another instalment of this?
Maybe there is .. ?
http://russianwomentruth.com/2007/02/24/dreams-do-come-true
I don’t normally watch shows like this, but when my siter told me that she had heard that there was a Russian girl on America’s Next Top Model, I downloaded an episode to watch. I have only watched about 10 minutes of the first episode, but in that time, I found it interesting to hear her say that she thought that she had the best chance of winning because she was very pretty, and the other girls there acted and looked very masculine.
Just thought I’d let you guys know that.
MrJoeO, My heartiest congratulations. May you have a long, happy life together with your girl.