poem
Mail Order Bride
He thought she was a jewel so he bought her a rich setting,
but when it came to housework and cooking and begetting
or doing much of anything except asking for dough,
she didn’t have much value. It turned out she was for show.
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/11/19/rdp-monday-jewel/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
This happened to a friend of ours, but he actually went to Russia, met the girl and her parents, was convinced that she was “a jewel,” and married her there, in order for her to get an American visa. Two years later, she got her green card and filed for divorce.
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I imagine that has happened more than once.
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Oh, I’ve heard quite a few stories, but this one was close to home, as it happened to a friend.
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