# Why Australian women make bad wives, and only Russian women are suitable **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915 "2005-03-04T16:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/21 "2005-03-05T12:17:08Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > So, what’s the deal with these women anyway (slight hijack here). Who are they? Why are they willing to leave home/friends/family for random husbands overseas. Russia et al are certainly not horrible places to be. What gives? You may find the following thread enlightening, and even if not, you may find it darkly amusing: “Mail Order Bride and Sour Honey” > **[Mail order bride & sour honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=212249)** > > So I’m a dumbass: There’s this Nice Young Man\*\*\[sup\]TM\*\*\[/sup\] (Let’s call him Bubba)in my community that makes his living off of bees. That’s right, he’s a professional beekeeper. Now in the beekeeping business, income is seasonal and prices can... ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/22 "2005-03-05T14:48:26Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > It strikes me that any man who buys a mail order bride is BEGGING to be disappointed- bEcause he’s assuming the women he gets will be docile, servile, unambitious, undemanding, and willing to accept whatever her husband cares to give her. > > But really, if a Russian woman were content to live in squalor with a drunken abusive husband, well, she could have THAT back in Russia! > > If she wants to get out of Russia and get to Australia (or England or America or wherever), that means she has ambitions and desires of her own, for a better life. Which implies she’s NOT going to be the doormat her new “lord and master” hopes she’ll be! Yes–which she will promptly pursue _after_ she gets whatever piece of paper she needs in order to stay in the country forever. Until then, she will be, how did you put it, _docile, servile, unambitious, undemanding, and willing to accept whatever her husband cares to give her_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/23 "2005-03-05T15:23:58Z")
> [@Girl From Mars](#): > > G’day there handsome… > (Always wanted me a Greencard…) 😃 What a coincidence! I’ve always wanted to go to Australia! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/24 "2005-03-06T08:09:34Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > What a coincidence! I’ve always wanted to go to Australia! 😃 I bet you’ve changed your mind, now you’ve discovered what horrible women we Aussies are. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/25 "2005-03-06T08:43:25Z")
I’ve actually heard rather good things about Aussie women. Some of the stuff on that guy’s site actually makes sense. I’d rather date a woman who likes to think than one who likes to watch TV. But having her constantly lower her expectations? How will she know when I need a good asskicking? Besides, won’t following this guys rules require ceasing to think? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/26 "2005-03-06T10:59:14Z")
> [@](#): > > “Husbands shouldn’t tell wives what to do” > Better: “Sometimes we all need guidance” > > A group of Australian women were discussing a certain TV show, which happens to be not worth watching. I said to them, “Now ladies, do your husbands really let you watch that show?” > > They turned to me in amazement, and one of them said, “Why would we consult our husbands on what we watch – do you think that we’re children who need to be supervised?” > > I did not answer that woman, as clearly we were from two different planets. From that site. Yep, I’d say that the author and that woman were from two different planets…or two different eras. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/27 "2005-03-06T11:48:16Z")
> [@http://www.womenrussia.com/austwives.htm](#): > > No woman likes to be smacked, yelled at, cheated on, or neglected. How many women want to be married to a man who doesn’t make much money or drinks too much? > > But a marriage of any length is going to involve both parties getting some of what they don’t want, so what to do? YIKES! :eek: Why not just put up a blinky icon saying “Drunken wife beaters, apply here!”? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/28 "2005-03-06T16:45:50Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > I bet you’ve changed your mind, now you’ve discovered what horrible women we Aussies are. :eek: Not a bit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915/29 "2005-03-06T23:03:14Z")
See, I always knew there was a reason that I’m single. Now I find out that it’s because I’d make such a bad wife… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-australian-women-make-bad-wives-and-only-russian-women-are-suitable/292915.md?page=1)