Mail order brides (and more rarely, grooms)

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Yes it is different. I think there are parallels in the sense that it is an arrangement for betterment of circumstances though.

Wait; I forgot about this guy:

I love Sean Bean! Did you know he's afraid of flying/helicopters to the extent that he basically climbed mountains to some filming sets for Lord of the Rings in his Boromir gear/costume to avoid having to get there by helicopter? I just thought that was hilarious and adorable when I heard that. He would get up early and get his gear on and climb up there so he would be ready when the rest of the cast and crew got there by helicopter.

Do you remember the Sharpe series? Such a cutie.

Vaguely--my mom used to watch it on A&E back in the day. He was very cute back then, but I think I actually prefer him older. I think he's aged really well and at the same time some lines and wrinkles and world-weariness lend character to a man's appearance in a way that I find appealing. Perhaps that's just a natural consequence of my own aging, but I've noticed as I get older that the age range of men I find attractive gets older too.

So you may like this one ? :

This could be simply that I seem to have a natural aversion to anything that is excessively popular--but I kind of think that Bradley Cooper is overrated as an actor and he doesn't really do much for me. I mean, he's obviously easy on the eyes, but I don't find him particularly captivating onscreen. For me it is more about a person's presence than just their appearance. For example, there is a UK actor that I really like named Sean Harris who I find completely magnetic and captivating and can't take my eyes off him when he is onscreen in pretty much anything I've seen him in because of this intense, fascinating presence he has that I can't quite put my finger on the cause of. (I first saw him as Cesare's friend and personal assassin in The Borgias.) He's maybe not movie-star "hot" by most people's standards--he actually has a rather gaunt, almost severe look to him-- but I think he's an incredible actor and will watch anything he's in because of that magnetic presence he has. And I would totally bang him--talent is sexy! Bradley Cooper, not so much--though I'm sure he's a decent fellow and all.

Basically, it takes more than just a pretty face to impress me--though a pretty face doesn't hurt...

I'm much more attracted to personality than appearance. I know that sounds like bullshyt, but it's true. I've seen Norman Reedus do interviews, and I don't find him attractive. Daryl Dixon, on the other hand, is crazy hot. Likewise I have no interest in Peter Dinklage, but Tyrion Lannister is a whole 'nother story.

My dad did something like that, but online for Thai women. It seems a couple of the women did seem to have been coerced into doing it and begged him not to turn them down when he toured around Thailand to meet him. One of whom was only a year older than me!

In the end, he decided to date a lovely lady (around his age) who is financially independent and owns her own land. I'm glad he didn't choose to date someone who was coerced.

I don't agree with the practice in general. I think he chose to look abroad because he's not the most socially able person (three separate women he dated told him they thought he had Aspergers, something he disagreed with). I do think he hides behind the language barrier.

I'm glad it worked out for them but in general... I don't like it. I guess he didn't buy her, though. So it's more like a cross-national dating website which still reeks of objectification to me.