No, it used to be a meme when it was just lame old dudes going for 18 year old sluts they couldnt organically attract without money, using skeezy mail order websites as an intermediary. That was like a self-selection process for low quality divorced men and gold diggers.
Now the demographics are shifting. Now that young men are pursuing women in the same ballpark of attractiveness in real life it has become a viable strategy.
The combination of foreign women increasingly learning english because it is the dominant international language + the internet making it far easier for people to connect without sleazy brokers, means it is very easy now.
It is still uncommon in the US, but it is very common in Asia. It is super common and mainstreamed in Singapore and Hong Kong, and has been growing in Japan.
No, it used to be a meme when it was just lame old dudes going for 18 year old sluts they couldnt organically attract without money, using skeezy mail order websites as an intermediary. That was like a self-selection process for low quality divorced men and gold diggers.
Now the demographics are shifting. Now that young men are pursuing women in the same ballpark of attractiveness in real life it has become a viable strategy.
As a result we get the passport bros thing.
The combination of foreign women increasingly learning english because it is the dominant international language + the internet making it far easier for people to connect without sleazy brokers, means it is very easy now.
It is still uncommon in the US, but it is very common in Asia. It is super common and mainstreamed in Singapore and Hong Kong, and has been growing in Japan.