My Mail Order Bride (Dating Documentary) - Real Stories

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the Internet has changed the way we look for life the way we date and even the people we marry an estimated 9 million Brits are currently looking for their perfect partner online and where the search for love was once confined to our own backyard the world is now our oyster if there is no bride in your village there is internet British man of all ages are spending big packing up and heading abroad in ever-increasing numbers I want to find a wife to marry virtual strangers are you married though you often don't even speak the same language more and more businessmen and women are now looking to earn a slice of this 1 billion pound pie she's absolutely stunning absolutely stunning absolutely stunning but can you really put a price on yeah please I can't do it please [Music] over the last 10 years the mail-order bride industry has exploded quadrupling in size shirts will it close will it not close and I suppose once this is locked it feels more real than having divorced five years ago 46 year-old exotic animal specialist Chris is packing up and heading out to Thailand hoping to find himself a new wife omen of him impressed myself for now a few years ago I've had you can't even say the words flings is not their outward have tried Chris lives with his daughter ten year old Holly who has high standards when it comes to potential stepmoms so that young lady there yeah big boom oh my god chris is signed up to a week-long romance tour she hopes that she takes drugs these types of tours can cost in excess of 2,000 pounds what do you think people will say about what you're doing you're desperate you're you you're paying all this money to go to this country to meet somebody why can't you do me I can do he but I've chosen to do something else Wow I like the clothes it's just the shirt what makes him won't like her you know what anger does so does the shaky thing no offense now Chris is flying six and a half thousand miles across the world on the hunt for his perfect partner but Thailand's not the only place to find a foreign bride [Music] Ukraine is known as the bride basket of Europe with the continents highest ratio of women to men nice buy you tickets to Kiev that are before women per man so you can get your tickets quickly before they good ones are taken despite the country's current troubles the mail-order bride industry is still driving something 45 year old marriage agency owner Natalie has been cashing in on for the last 17 years it's the easiest time to find a bride because if there is no bride in your village there is Internet call for it through her website Natalie connects Ukrainian women to Western men looking for a foreign bride so this is the search page so h height weight as well i call her choosing a car it makes it simpler because if we know what we're looking for then it's easier to find are these women not just after money every woman who wants to marry if she is in her you know sober mind and if she has common sense around her will not be considering marrying a man who is poor ugly and sick these days it's not just older men who are looking abroad for a wife 26 year old Welshman mike has recently signed up to Natalie's agency and is fine to Ukraine tomorrow I've tried dating in the UK and not had much luck so just got to the point where I kind of thought maybe I'm just going about it wrong Mike works in a local call center and has invested all his savings into finding a bride so in total it'll probably cost me about 2,200 2,300 pounds it's something you need to be confident you want to be financially committing something so far big nope they say there's no price on love but there is a monkey on my shoulder saying this might not work and you're gonna make an idiot of yourself and when you're on these sites does it feel a bit like shopping it does feel a little bit like shopping it kind it does feel a little bit super thin superficial times and are you quite experienced with women depends what contact you're putting talking to them possibly a bits hole intimate relations possibly not with Mike's lack of dating experience I can you hear me okay he is banking on Natalie's expert coaching which comes as part of the package deal so nice talking to you and eight let's go quickly the checklist of things you should have you should bring yeah you look a bit nervous yeah please make sure you bring enough dress up shirts some nice chocolates like the diverse style but you can bring like the silver necklace okay because in whole culture even hand comes and bring something in his hand he is showing the right attitude easy to shake okay mike has been skyping many potential brides but there's one in particular that has caught his eye what started I probably definitely say I'm fighting way above my weight level if it was boxing come what is she looks like I can find a picture of her Mike is about to be thrown in at the deep end despite having never met before Tatiana has invited him to stay at her apartment when he arrives in Ukraine I was just expecting to go over there meteors for coffee for a first date but here it is I'm meeting me in the airport it's just like whoa Mike will now spend every penny he has traveling to care in the hope that Tatiana is the one but will is 2,000 pound gamble pay off after weeks of searching the internet 26 year old Welshman mike has packed up and flown 2,000 miles to Ukraine to find a wife been up since 3 a.m. so really tired yeah I'm excited but really tired at the same time any nurse yeah a couple of other flies he's been welcomed by a potential bride 27 year old travel agent Tatyana how are you feeling though a little bit nervous but it's okay so I feel good yes life is good and I feel good we have arrived their meetings been negotiated by a marriage agency although they've been speaking on skype for six weeks this is the first time they've ever met [Music] yeah [Music] despite being total strangers tatiana has invited mike to stay at her apartment for the next few nights to test out life as man and wife come in things like home yes the experience so far is almost too much for novice data Mike who will be staying in Tatyana's spare room how you feeling just happy to finally meet a for-real it's really overwhelming and it's just wow it's really nice are you happy ah yes you don't see Mike when I'll spend the next few days deciding if Tatiana could be the one you're kind of not wanting to believe it's real until everything's all kind of settle down still feels like anything could happen when it comes to international dating love knows no boundaries single dad Chris has flown through seven time zones to join his romance tour in Bangkok when he bid on your own a long time archive he's you're always looking and then you've got the saying he always come to you when you're not looking and I've been through that period and that Danann but you see what happens this time the tour is managed by American company a Foreign Affair therefore a fee of two thousand pounds say they will introduce you to more beautiful potential brides in seven days then you could meet in an entire lifetime the man in charge of the Bangkok division is 51 year old Brit Leonard Stokes the tour starts here Chris our last man is just arrived from England we're a full-service marriage agency or facilitating the meeting of single guys and single ladies a small walking tour tonight I've one of the trendiest rates in Bangkok tomorrow night the eight men on the tour will go to an event called a social where it will be only them and 100 potential Thai brides these guys the big WOW moment tomorrow when they walk in the room and there's 80 to 100 gold well it still sir it is like being 5 years old and going to bed on Christmas Eve but when you get there and you're AC presents you've got to unwrap the right one and enjoy that you see iterations about 14 later the next day a tour manager Leonard takes Chris through the catalog of presents he could unwrap at this evening social event there are over 1,000 women on the books ask me what you like her name is sky she's absolutely stunning she's absolutely stunning absolutely stunning absolutely stunning that is a typical glamorous Thai lady god what a beautiful girl very pretty to avoid confusion the women are not referred to you by their name but by their number its Leonard's job to make sure that each one of the men finds their perfect tile ad the beautiful people expert cooks the perfect housewives of which for some men is is an absolute dream most Thai women are probably like what our mums and Grenn's were like when they were about 25 something you might want to make yeah what would you say to the critics you might look at this and say oh is like ordering from a catalogue very simple if you go out to buy a suit or a dress the dress doesn't get the choice of whether it wants to be owned by you sometimes it is like being in a candy store you can spend all your time looking for that perfect piece of candy when there are so so so many very very very nicely pieces of candy around you one girl who has already started a relationship with a British man is 29 year old Apple they met at a friend's party and have maintained their relationship online ever since yeah yeah she lives with her mum and 12 year old son in rural Thailand the region has the highest concentration of people living in poverty with almost 20% surviving on less than one pound today many girls from the area want to find a foreign husband an apple is no different [Laughter] fair foreign man is called Sam and she's planning to move to the UK to live with him connected to can confirm her young way Neela nothing in local chop-chop latina coq au vin lack black laughing you got like my kid learn Thomas I feel an apple son hang hang is from a previous relationship with a Thai man that broke up soon after he was born she is hoping that a foreign husband will be a safer bet like Fanta martini comment Joshua Emily on phone hi Ron congratu Joshua Lin hi in Japanese Thai women often expect their foreign boyfriends to send them money to support their family Sam sends Apple 200 pounds a month which goes a long way in Thailand [Music] Apple's decision to move to the UK has come at a cost visa restrictions mean she has to leave her son in Thailand for the first year and the loss of the entire unit there come on ya think oh my writing me may I call you can be on any button lovable PyCon now British boyfriend Sam has flown out for an important date with Apple having visited her in Thailand six times so far today is their wedding day this is basically a toy registry office it's a bit different to others but more like you're doing your tax return estimate then absolutely getting married nervous the whole process in all cost over two thousand pound the man keeping the process on track is 48 year old British expat Darrin who deals with over fifty type Ritesh weddings every week so tell me what's so appealing about these Thai women that these guys are going to so much expense okay here we are we're saying we're who say what when they got off the plane in Bangkok the brains disappeared from here and they go somewhere else [Music] tie ladies are very beautiful very slim very dark-skinned the culture is to take care of the man [Music] [Music] no blacking seemed a bit very official but sold on now Sam must now leave his new wife and go back to the UK for six months while they wait for Apple's visa to come through in Ukraine 26 year old Welshman mike is on the hunt for a wife yesterday he met potential bride Tatiana for the first time and spent the night in her spare room my friends have family think I'm nuts without a doubt it's one of our best friends like literally just do something normal once and do you think people think that you're trying to buy a girlfriend you can't really buy someone I mean they're not slaves [Music] today he is picking Tatiana up from work to take her out on their first proper date despite some communication problems [Music] the language of love crosses all boundaries [Music] I think that's pretty safe to say I'm certain about you so we get ill and it's Oh Oh sounds nice the marriage agency advises against couple sleeping together too soon but after dinner Mike broke the rules we managed to keep things on a friend basis or his things got a little bit more intimate things okay so I take it she wasn't sleeping on the couch last night no I went for a shower well she went for a shower first I went for shower and yeah so where you gonna get out of what you're gonna do I think can I go see the wise matriarch and go proclaim my sins so to speak and just get some advice sometimes it's best just say my hand was in the cookie jar the wise matriarch in question is marriage agency owner Natalie you may not be too happy about last night's exploits doing doing good yes well yes they me and Tanya got back and the whole friendship zone didn't become a friendship zone oh oh yes Oh despite sleeping with Tatiana Mike has decided he wants to meet other potential Brides I don't want her to think that I'm not interested I've just things happen as like I need time to process everything that's happened I'm not hearing what I really want to hear what's wrong was heard that you aren't ready to forget everyone I just take her and run away it's everything is happening so quickly mm-hmm and it's no time to process everything that's happening certain that Mike was sold on Tatyana Natalie is shocked that he wants to see other women stupid Mike he should take Tanja and run away with her and not to look back and thank angels and God that everything is happening there hammering on the other hand I really understand him he doesn't have any experience he doesn't understand what's really happening to him you know he hasn't met enough bad girls really I need to fix it I need to give him some vitamins I know reoccurring no we are talking Mike is now worried he's ruined his chance to have his cake and eat it before weeds have started the whole sexual relation was it would have been fine if I'd saw some other people because that's what they expect to happen coming from another country it's a no-brainer but once you've kind of committed sexually someone then you're shutting the door for all other avenues I've kind of shot myself in the foot a good style to help him decide tomorrow Natalie will throw him to the wolves in a speed-dating session with three other prospective brides [Music] 46 year-old divorcee Chris is on an organized romance tour in Thailand tonight he will attend the highlight of the schedule the social event is the first time chris has been on the pool in 20 years and tonight he will have over 100 women to contend with at the local nightclub [Music] fortunately for Chris tour manager Leonard is on hand to ease him into the process what is up a Foreign Affair has been turning a healthy profit for the last 18 years and the social is their biggest selling point but what might be if I be feeling when they walk into that room total euphoria they're probably feeling an awful lot better now than they were two hours ago two hours ago they were like nervous pups let's be frank which guy would not want to be in a room with 100 beautiful eligible women the ladies are attracted to the event by the chance of meeting of western men and ultimately marrying one guys at this party doing that attractive No what do you think if the men here tonight are they attractive do you think that they're attractive as the night comes to an end Chris his hooked up with lucky number nine zero seven five three nab children no you have no children I'm your like children you like children well that's good she's also known as Biman AB daughter ten year and some news 14 year 10 and 14 years yeah [Music] the lady bayamón and that before she's really really nice she's already made plans ever want to for tomorrow she made plans for next week and six months time even with the social a resounding success Chris must now prepare to go on his first date in nearly 18 years more and more British men and now logging on in the hope of finding love overseas [Music] in Bangkok 46 year-old divorcee Chris is about to go on his first date in a very long time well are being split up nearly 5 years we were together 13 years so 18 years 19 years and went on a date I makes me feel really old all I know is I've met a genuine nice person and if something develops it develops hello okay hello despite only meeting Biman once before [Music] and Chris's lack of dating experience this is my favorite Bangkok River romance appears to be blossoming [Music] No [Music] even the language barrier and an age gap of a decade can't stop things heating up for the new lovebirds what good will mean I like you you know they like very happy very happy yeah I like you very much when his big his looks easier I lie on this man and since a man the date has been a success and all the excitement leaves Chris struggling for words but why I'd like to say it's fucking brilliant but I don't want to be seen saying that no it's been I couldn't ask for anything better because I've never had the sworn apartment brilliant the children or anything I'll do it for laughing now how you feeling Chris buckling ahead get it having won the heart of the woman of his dreams he still has to win over her family tomorrow he will visit a senior family member to seek permission to date Biman again 400 miles away twenty-nine-year-old Apple is about to move to Wakefield joining the 25,000 other Thai Brides living in the UK with their British husbands it only Thai food because when I eat a flower food make me get fun easy [Music] javacard well no man Kanaka Akademi know in Hawaii I can cook it go away Fiona in long now man Hawaii you hang me that it would be an entire year before Apple will see her mum and son again one whole year before you come back yes you won't miss here [Music] [Music] well hello I'm Dave [Music] rocks that my good buddy Apple will now travel 6,000 miles across the world to start a new life in Wakefield British husband Sam is preparing their new home for her arrival he's been working extra shifts as a postman to support her when she gets to the UK when did you must be example just on phone text messaging to not see any person it's frustrating but because of things like smartphones it's easy to stay in contact did you ever worry that Apple's only after money at the first yeah he's here the horror stories but after time you build a relationship and then you know each other inside - no just confluence is a Minnie Mouse what moved in - well it will be our house when the Pope comes in this is a living room anybody coming listen my bedroom I don't think it'd be like as messy as this one she easy looks like she let me be like that and I think she will do jobs out alpha because the basement for us to do as well because they seem women in it not being sexist but women like doing well and man on back in when the door still our brother like I was working since deciding to try out other prospective brides 26 year old wife hunter Mike has moved out of Tatiana's and is now renting an apartment and she's interesting fashion and design over the next couple of days Mike will meet several other viable candidates to prepare he is doing his homework home hobbies and interests just in case I'm struggling for things to say to avoid any debtor are you checking out some of the pictures as well yeah check out some of the pictures as well with women outnumbering men by 4 to 1 the ladies of Ukraine are gagging to meet their perfect man nice to meet you hi nice to finally meet you [Music] the novice day to Mike meeting so many women is an unfamiliar experience yes I like thank you very much and he's going to have to do it in a foreign language [Music] oh if question is too clumsy everything retires you have amazing eyes yeah classy wait for me where important that men must have leaked him because my hand very big size do you like rain yes yes it was a lot of fun would you like some money for taxi yeah the women have only had a short time to get to know mine and while some are impressed with what they've seen Alok nice I like your hairstyle others aren't so easy to please is my good-looking not I don't like his rose face he is a bastard child like I don't like Mike Mike must now decide whether to commit to Tatiana or continue to play the field [Music] in Bangkok things aren't going so well for single dare Chris he is discovered that love in a foreign country can be complicated and expensive after only one date and eager to take his relationship with Biman further he has been to see her sister and they've asked him for money what number you go home right so fellow tour member and love seeker Maurice is lending a sympathetic ear yes she then proceeded to get a calculator piece of paper and a pen mmm workout how many days that were left I was still in Thailand yeah she said well we'll say call it two thousand a day right so two thousand a day she said you pay bomb on salary but bouncing up no money anyway so you'll have to pay for everything on top of everything else I didn't even say goodbye and I just walked out basically that's exactly what's human trafficking at their new no it's fucking disgusting yeah yeah what's what's how do you feel about Baymont now what uh-uh no no no no I'm not going to cry no I know I'm just I've done enough for that shit yeah [Music] unable and unwilling to pay money to buy men's family Kris has decided the best thing to do is to end their relationship [Music] please don't [Music] No oh no I told you before you know I'm serious I know looking for a good man follow you no lie no game not play game I'm serious yeah what'd I say yes my life not missing it - Artie there's me I am sorry sorry I cannot stay I'll never forget [Music] never forget we've already taken them peace of mind or roughing you know that but I cannot give him all you need and you need you family and I can't replace your family please Pam oh don't do this please let go let go please don't do it please [Music] six months after getting married Sam is finally collecting his wife Apple from the airport to begin a new life together in Wakefield all right ready to go no Sam is invested every penny he has to get Apple over to the UK what about working a lot of money big expense we're going back and forth there for eight to eight to nine hours does it feel like it's all been worth it now it's been worth it but now uncle counts model is it or no [Music] after being separated from his love for months Sam can barely contain his excitement welcome to England something like that yes I see look towards having a woman's touch around the place doing jars yeah do you like em you go muffled yes yeah I just hear you do you not have please it let me know the bedroom this bag no because I'm gonna move that into a small bedroom well now I feel covered that one that one's yours oh dang despite having been married for half a year Apple has never met her mother-in-law what she will be good lady enough ha ha do you think she will like you yes yeah to chew me you cannot clean easy [Music] did you manage to bring most of you clothes and things that you want for Thai food what did you think when some first told you about Apple you know having a tiger Brown was a surprise to you well it was a little bit of a surprise I just wanted some to be happy and I've known some talk about different girlfriends and I knew this one was different I could just tell having passed the mother-in-law test with flying colors Apple is hopeful that she will be better off in the UK yes my husband Terry came do you plan to work in the UK I have two will forget of money for my mum and my baby is for my future - and is it better money in the UK when you work than it is in Thailand yeah Metta money in here in here one hour for you can't get to sleep pal but in Highland one day you get sick pal very different Mike's two thousand pound bride hunting expedition is now at an end he and Tatyana have decided against seeing each other again a Mike has realized that he doesn't have to settle for the first girl that comes along doing better if I'm just settling Patania then is that really fair on her just settling isn't it better for me to find someone that I'm truly 100% happy with and go from that maybe I'm being picky but I'm doing what I want to do I think as long as I'm doing what I want to do I'm happy that's all that matters [Music] from this week if so many women have been so interested me then why not in the future thousands could be interesting so tell me how's it been money well spent yeah I can get any kinda jump I've spent the week with quite a few beautiful women even live with one but love isn't as simple as just getting to know someone and immediately it's gonna take a bit of time [Music] it's been eight months since Chris went on an organized romance tour in Bangkok he just didn't work out at all for the reasons that the request for money from the word go sitting in an office with the calculator and a piece of paper just so you could take her out and socialize whether that's that's not what a relationships about apparently my mom didn't know anything about that side of it but then you get to hear that she's in a relationship she was in a relationship and now she's expecting a baby I was a Dover which annoys me because I was lied to unknown to Chris firemen was already seeing another forum man while they were dating undeterred and still seeking love Chris thinks he may have already found his perfect tile ad there's the mystery woman a question that's 101 he spelled one and she is number one Chris met one when he went to stay with friends in patio after leaving Bangkok I bumped into one by oxi at the Marquee and we went for a coffee and then we were out for a meal and we got home she likes me I like her so she's single I'm single and dim who knows nobody does really yet do you think that one could be the one you'd like to think so but you never know we live in hope [Music] you

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Length: 47min 3sec (2823 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 23 2019

Reddit Comments

ugh creepy european guy looking at thai women online and flying over there to find himself one -__- probably feeding their human trafficking industry

👍︎︎ 32 👤︎︎ u/missbrightside08 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

"She looks like she takes drugs."

"Oh, right..."

👍︎︎ 12 👤︎︎ u/farrahsoldnose 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

Ewwww.....his eyes are open.....do open eye kissers creep anyone else out? And if you like or do open eye kissing....why? Genuinely curious

👍︎︎ 19 👤︎︎ u/boxerbabe18 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

This thread will blow up in...47 minutes.

👍︎︎ 7 👤︎︎ u/farrahsoldnose 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

Oh boy, that Welshman has got a first taste of that Loser Back Home effect and now thinks he’s hot shit. Good luck to your bank account buddy. The first English dude seems nice, at least the lady he’s interested in now looks about his age. The other guy with the Thai lady called Apple looks like he’s the older brother of his mum. Seriously, mum looks fabulous.

👍︎︎ 5 👤︎︎ u/tlakingtoad 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

I subscribed to this on YouTube. Can't wait to watch this one.

👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/Malibubetch 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

I just watched this last week! Very interesting

👍︎︎ 2 👤︎︎ u/christaliseddd 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

The Thai lady named Apple in this documentary is very kind I think she’s genuine

👍︎︎ 2 👤︎︎ u/p_e_a_c_h_p_i_e23 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

What on earth is a marriage broker?! Isn't that just a pimp/madame no less? :|

👍︎︎ 2 👤︎︎ u/ThanksGosling 📅︎︎ Apr 05 2019 🗫︎ replies