Hallo Chris, hypergamy is not a (bitter) theory of mine, it´s a fact (look it up at wikipedia). Don´t blame me for that. Also, I am not looking for a relationship (here) anymore, I do have one. No, I am not trying to exploit any women. Generally it´s vice versa (that´s what hypergamy is all about). Women don´t constantly leave me (I had left the last one after 8 years). Also, I think women from former Soviet Union States are very nice and decent people. I nerver said they were poor or I was rich. I was just asking a question, if a man should choose a woman from a poorer country, if she chose him. The process of choosing a man is a rational process by women. As he meets all of her standards concerning wealth, social status and body-physique, she will call it "falling in love". Why should men not be equally entitled to choose rationally on women and think about their intentions and if they are really capable of long-term-partnership? You´re making this a moral question with double standard: as women judge on men´s qualities rationally, it´s love, but as men do the same, they are pessimistic and have bitter theories.