I read a web release today about russian brides. I actually have a funny story about mail order brides (words you just don't hear very often).

My best friend's mom is from an Eastern European country. She setup an arranged marriage with a guy from the UK who lived in Canada, because she wanted citizenship. They were supposed to be married, and divorce later. Neither one spoke a word of the other one's language.

They sat around the house, trying to figure out how to communicate with each other, and one night they shared a bottle of wine. Somewhere during the evening, he looked at her and said, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She still didn't understand a word of English, but she knew what he meant. That night they conceived my friend, and nine months later, they named her after a shipwreck. ROFLMAO!! They were married 'til death parted them.

I LOVE that story. I think it is one of the best stories in existence. It's sweet, it's funny, there's a little suspense whether she'll make it out of the country or not. It could have turned out very different, but as it was, it is the perfect story.