My friend Raoul is a highly intelligent, cultured man with a background in theater and radio who recently suffered a marriage breakdown. He called me up to ask me about whether it was safe to pay for ...

Finding a bride isn't as hard as it may seem. With an internet connection -- and a healthy checking account -- you can pick yourself a spouse from any number of nations. But is it really love? Type ...

For her part, Clarke insisted that the mail-order bride in the show would be a “fully realized” and “strong activated character.” The show, after all, was inspired by her own childhood, which she ...

When a series of Filipina women began to initiate contact on my Friendster account a few years ago, it became all too clear that social networking was not immune from the traditional power dynamics ...

This piece was written in collaboration with Dr. Alicia del Prado - psychologist, professor, and co-chair of the Asian American Psychological Association's Division on Filipino Americans. Two days ago ...

The term “Mail Order Bride” originated on the American frontier in the 19th century. At that time, the number of men on the frontier far outnumbered the number of available women, and lonely farmers ...

On the Web site for Encounters International, a matchmaking service, the romance between Nataliya and James was portrayed as the perfect mail-order bride love story. When they met in 1998, Nataliya ...