So I know this show is about international couples but what is up with every American on the show always assuming the foreigner is using them? I don’t think there’s has been a genuine rich American in this show. This economy is horrible so what exactly are they using them for?

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    10 months ago

    waddumean? Gino is Michigan rich. He’s got a Ford Explorer with no missing hubcaps. A house with an attached garage. And did you see the interior of his home. It screams elegance! This guy is loadedd

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    I think in some cases it’s clear that’s what happening when you see Danielle/Mohammed, Yve/Mohamed, Nicole/Azan, David/Lana, Yohan/Danielle, etc.

    There are certainly cases that I think are more that the relationship grew more organically. Kobe/Emily, Benjamin/Akinyi, Kara/Guillermo, Debbie/Nazi Santa are more genuine seeming couples.

    To answer your question, I think in some cases it’s just manufactured drama for the show and a recurring theme. In some cases, the American is def being played. In some cases, the relationship is transactional.

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    French here - Well most of the cast outside the Americans come from struggling or 3rd world country like 80%: Morocco we all know that all these maghreb people want to immigrate to the Us it is well known as a billboard (!!!) Same for all scammers from African countries… Hello Niger (!!!) Philippino… South East Asia…Ukrainian or Russian where 80% of them are gold diggers. Again there MIGHT be exception like Korea which is a rich Americanized country, France, where even « low class » has a very high life level and is not desperate to immigrate to the states…… Same with Holland, the Dutsch girl for sure had real feeling for him as she didn’t waste time once she found out he was a jerk, to be happy and back to Amsterdam and not caring about staying in the US. Same with british, it’s probably a real relationship as Brit’s could care less about immigrating and they have specific visa to come to the states if they wanted it.

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      ‘’ find someone else and have a wayyyyyyy better life than in their original country ‘’

      That’s what most americans can’t understand, they think life in the US is no different than the 3rd world countries so they can’t understand how a guy can use an american for a visa lol

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    This is a good post. My husband is younger than me and from another country but he was already in the US when we met. When he proposed to me of course ppl were like “he just wants to be with you for the American advantage” etc. Turns out his family is incredibly wealthy in their country and when I went to visit them I was insanely humbled. I am the poor one in the relationship. People have such misconceptions about non Americans marrying Americans! It’s not always poor person needs american to survive. Sophie certainly doesn’t! Jasmine either. Or Andrei or a number of others I can’t recall off the top of my head lol

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    I would use an American, if it meant my ticket out! Living in the U.S. and getting that Green Card! I’ve only seen one woman who was successful in business and educated–and she married her equal, then moved to the US. I believe she was from Mexico. Nice couple in their 40s-50s.This couple was on years ago; have forgotten their names.

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    Because Americans think they are the only “free country” on the planet and everyone is just dying to move to a country full of guns and overturned rights for women. That’s all I can think of, there’s many countries I’d move to before the USA.

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    10 months ago

    When you consider that a person on welfare in the US is better off than most people in some countries, it’s understandable how some people jump to that conclusion.

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    Have you watched the UK version of the show??

    Their attitudes were the same.

    But yes the show does include people who are ignorant/ridiculous on purpose to get views, many a Americans don’t feel that way.

    But there are ignorant dummies in every country, lucky for us 🙃

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    Look at Pedro, all we need is to get here legally to make something out of nothing. I was born in California and last year went to 2 of my nieces weddings, both getting married to Americans all we need is the papers, we’ll work hard to become something once we’re on this side, so yes, foreigners do use Americans to get to the United States to be able to work and make more money. Even me born in California I was raised with a really strong work ethic. literally feel like an impose because I don’t have a college degree yet. I’m up here with the big boys and they’re white collars. Making big boy money. Pedro literally has a better car Then Chantel. is making good real estate money all in exchange to be married to her for a couple years won money from the house won money from the settlement.

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    I think most americans don’t know but there is so much difference between US middle class and 3rd world middle class. And do you really think young and beautiful man or woman would marry old and ugly american for other than getting greencard?

    Ignorant americans think they are suffering in the US but you wouldn’t survive a month in those 3rd world countries