There's no telling what a pair of attractive single love-seekers might do in a darkened room when they're left to their own devices.

Unless you're filming them with night vision technology, that is.

The new Foxtel love quest show Dating In The Dark gives viewers the inside scoop on what goes on between two people when they let their barriers down - the good, the bad and the eyeball licking. (Yes, that's right. Eyeball licking).

Host Laura Dundovic explains the premise of the show is to remove people's looks from the equation as a group of three men and three women who have been profiled to have similar interests and attitudes start dating in a pitch black room.

"It take the whole looks thing out of dating, for the most part," the 2008 Miss Australia tells AAP on set at Whale Beach, on Sydney's northern beaches.

"Attraction is not so much about looks as it's about chemistry - that might be someone's charisma or the energy they give off, not necessarily about how they look.

"What makes it different to other dating shows is that you're able to absolutely isolate personality."

Let’s face it; if you’re looking for advice on marriage, you could spend DAYS researching on the internet without even scratching the surface of all the marriage advice that’s out there.

But the sad fact is, that’s what most people in your situation do…they RESEARCH…but never ACT on the concepts and ideas they learn about because they come up with “excuses” for why THEIR situation is DIFFERENT.

Well let me tell you….your situation is NOT different. And as EXTREME as MY marriage was…my “situation” was NOT different either…

I originally wanted to write a story about how mentally resilient Russian Women can be but instead I ended up writing about what many of these ladies go through on a daily basis.   I think this post is equally effective in illustrating my original point about their general fortitude.  The following scenario in itself is fictional but every element is completely grounded in everyday reality here.  Click the various links below to see more images.

Did you know that only 34% of Russian families own cars and the rest rely on various forms of public transportation to get around?

Now at first glance this may not seem so bad but when you combine this with extreme weather and a lack of modern infrastructure for the vast majority of the country outside of Moscow, a whole different set of visuals comes to mind.

I’m always amazed at the beautiful Russian Women you can find just simply by walking around the immediate area you are in.

One day you might be in a train station just watching all the pretty ladies walk by or the next day while stepping into a salon to get your hair cut you just might run into a stunning receptionist like the lovely Natasha here.

You might find her smile to be intoxicating and her demeanor to be enchantingly friendly and for those reason alone curiosity gets the best of you and a conversation is started.

We all know that the traditional way of meeting girls is to sign up with one of the many agencies that you see on-line. Some are legitimate and some are outright frauds. I would make sure you get some references from people that you can talk to directly if you decide to deal with them. What I would personally recommend is another tact all together. But first let me give you some background.

When you go through an agency everyone has this major expectation of getting married right away. Now here’s a shocking revelation for you.. In Russia or any other FSU country that is not considered normal.

The vast majority of Russian Girls are just like any other girl in that they want to date and have a normal courtship with as much time as possible before they make a life long commitment.

I was reading a comment about American Women that really brought out a much bigger picture that I wanted to share with you. Most American women to me are far uglier inside than they ever could be on the outside. I have met a few that certainly were not lookers in the classical sense,...

One of the most important aspects of travel anywhere your ability to develop what I have repeatedly called your "social network".

Now the tour on his own is always a pleasure ..

But the cost of creating important contacts and friendships from other parts of the world will always survive the concentration of attention is paid to any pictures you may from time to time look at.

Opportunity to meet and make friends everywhere have varying degrees of difficulties due to differences in culture, language and surroundings. And the visit to Russia or former Soviet Union, certainly qualifies as more than the "interesting" side of this issue.

And this is why so many agencies and tour groups are available there.

I love to play chess.

And somehow the thought beautiful 23 year old raven haired Russian Grandmaster named Alexandra "Sasha" Kosteniuk kicking my ass all over the board has a strange appeal to me.

Or, in other words ..

This Girl turns me on.

Cargo men dream to find a loving woman from Russia and Ukraine, but grew up to be victims of fraud - the people who start a virtual or real relations to suck your dollars. Final research shows that Web-eighty of profiles submitted by attractive Ukrainian brides dating services online subscription, in whole or in part false. In the end, not all of them are scams. Many real-world brides but they show no real information about them: they cheat about their age, marriage, targeting, they add pictures which are so altered that you do not recognize the woman in real life. 

There are steps to protect yourself:

1. Attempts to avoid big dating sites Female subscription via the Internet. The reason is simple: when a woman fill out the form on the website there is no sure information entered reflects reality. You will see a picture of the great Ukrainian woman with a perfect body, study, honest, loyal, a good dinner ready, and others but you'll know if eventually a crook hiding behind.

 2. Find qualified local companies Marriage, Ukrainian Brides in which personnaly subscribe to the company's offices. Thus, you have to one hundred guarantee that every Russian and Ukrainian brides listed in the catalog marriage agency does exist, very last shot, and really honest.

9 May Victory Day in Russia.

And from a historical perspective does not mean anything to them, the victory over Nazi Germany in World War 2.

I've always been fascinated by the role that Russian women are in this epochal conflict. I've always heard different stories about the heroism and endurance they have demonstrated not only in supporting roles, but in actual combat.

When I think about that world, as now, it's hard for me to imagine what these women went through to defend their country. Because of this conflict, where more than 20 million Soviets were victims .. spared nothing and nothing was left of the table in the theater of operations.