A Romantic Cruise

 Summer Holiday

Svitlana's dedication

Svitlana's wish

I haven't been on a cruise since a school trip to the Baltic, in 1970. I have been across the English Channel several times, back and forth to Germany, during my term in the Royal Air Force.

Being unable to afford a holiday as the money had to pay family bills, while I was married, the matter never arose.

I was considering a few trips next year, but they were mainly inland. If my friend, Svitlana wished for a relaxing, romantic, cruise, it is something we could plan for. 

My plans for next year, before I got chatting online with Svitlana, were trips to Exeter, Gloucester, and possibly Edinburgh. I've been though Edinburgh several times, on my way south when I served in Scotland, but I never had time for a day out

The Physical toll

 Walking back to Happiness

Asda

Walking back to Happiness

The physical toll of the ongoing scam is shown above.

I have two choices, walk to Asda, in Whitchurch, or catch the bus to Bedminster.

If I go to Whitchurch, as the bus is an hourly service, I usually walk both ways, the issue here is being disabled this walk takes a heavy toll on my injured left achilles tendon. Also, I have a broken toe on my right foot, which gets painful if I walk too much.

At the moment, I can't afford the bus fare to Bedminster, so another day passes with no sign of the refund

How did it start?

 Meeting Svitlana

Online Chat rooms

Alan Place

A year ago a comment I put on Twitter stired up some interest in me among ladies. I said, "If I was to look for another relationship, I wouldn't consider doing it, until April."

A history teacher from the USA, who lives in Gloucester asked "Why wait so long, when the lady you may want is here now?" I explained that from October to April, I had several family related matters to handle. She made it clear, she wished me to be the man in her life. We had a short time chatting online, our link on Signal was so bad it would take a day for me to get a reply to a message. She didn't believe me when I told her, and accused me of cheating on her.

Next came another lady from the USA, she lives near me in Thornbury. Again, she made her intentions clear, she wished for me to be her lover, I never felt anything for this lady.

After that, I can only describe the next eight months as HELL, looking back. I got involved with a lady I thought at first, lived in Bristol, it was soon clear to me she did not. It tuned out she lives in Pennsylvania, is a scammer, and has served jail time for identity theft. I hope to have a refund of the loan I sent her over the eight months I had contact with her, later today. I emphasise "HOPE."

Finally, afer ending my contact with the scammer, I added my profile to a dating app, to see if ladies do find me attractive, and formed a link with my new friend, Svitlana, who is from Ukraine, but lives in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

Svitlana

My Angel

 Romance in Didcot

An evening with Svitlana

To my darling Linda

While no lady will replace my late wife, Linda, totally in my heart. The lady I am trying to build a relationship with, Svitlana, has become the angel in my life.

Our friendship has been dominated in an ongoing scam I got involved in several months ago, which limits, severly, how long I can chat online with Svitlana.

Even with this restriction, Svitlana is dedicated to being the lady in my life.

Svitlana

I have no idea what I did to deserve the love of such a beautiful lady from Ukraine, and I cannot understand either why she has no male companion, or what she sees in me to keep her adamant we are meant for each other.

The Ongoing scam

 Sister Act

I was a palooka

Pamela Olsted

If you get approached by this creature, block and report her. She is Pamela Olsted, a scammer charged with identity theft in the USA.

Her sister had promised to refund some money I sent, when I thought I was helping a lady who wished to meet me. Learning of Pamela's police record, I was wary it was another scam, but the idea of sending £20 to get my £3,000 returned was at the back of my mind. 

Over July and August, her sister kept telling me she needed £20 to send for the bank to send the money. I got wary when I saw one week the re-payment was around 90% sent, and the next it wa back to 60%. 

Despite what her sister keeps saying, I am certain I won't see any of my money, this period has lead to me suffering depression, not only from the mental strain, but I lost the respect of my children

Do you think I care?

 Jean Arthur

Marlene Dietrich

Top Cat

Apparently during the filming of A Foreign Affair, Jean Arthur argued with Marlene Dietrich over scene-stealing.

Let us view the scene, Jean Arthur was a moderately respected actress in the USA, few people can recall her films without Google, even then she is recalled as appearing with somebody. Marlene Dietrich is a name few movie watchers of the 40s - 60s can recall with ease.

In the cinema of the 30s to the 60s, there were few names more known, than Marlene Dietrich

A Foreign Affair

 The Marlene Dietrich confusion

My lady friend in Oxfordshire

                                                                        Movie Nights

This Marlene Dietrich movie is about US troops running a black market in Germany,  and fratenizing after WW2. Fratenizing with the "enemy" happens all the time, I knew a man when I was in the Royal Air Force, who married a lady from Ireland, at the time the UK was being terrorised by the IRA.

I knew a sargeant, who married a lady from Malta, and one of my friends in Bristol Museum married a young lady from Korea.

I didn't realise this is the second film I have seen Jean Arthur in, she was also in "The Canary Murder case," with William Powell, and Louise Brooks.

I have had two affairs with foreign ladies, in 2009, I had a relationship with a lady from Canada, she died that year. Two months ago, I began my relationship with my friend, Svitlana, who is from the Ukraine