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  • @LAGallerina
    @LAGallerina 4 роки тому +504

    15 seconds on Google and I literally found three entry-level marketing positions posted this week in Fresno... But sister is going to move to Los Angeles with no experience...

    • @AMK544
      @AMK544 4 роки тому +43

      I just moved to LA with 3 years of experience and it still took MONTHS to find my job! It’s a GREAT job now but I postponed moving by over a year so I could find the job before moving. I really hope this girl makes a wise decision.

    • @stephmitch8023
      @stephmitch8023 4 роки тому +19

      But .... make up!!

    • @shadowsearcy
      @shadowsearcy 4 роки тому +8

      and knowing virtually no one!

    • @dalesamples
      @dalesamples 4 роки тому

      @@AMK544 spoiler: I'm sure she doesn't.

    • @choreomaniac
      @choreomaniac 4 роки тому +10

      And she has free housing and family support in Fresno

  • @angelaonthego
    @angelaonthego 4 роки тому +1074

    Afraid to move to an unknown city by herself but not afraid to move to unknown city with an unknown man.

    • @pimaggot
      @pimaggot 4 роки тому +45

      Especially a Russian man. There are more women than men in Russia and their women are way better than us women. Red flags abound!

    • @poojaa5921
      @poojaa5921 4 роки тому +1

      Very good point!

    • @killerdeviant
      @killerdeviant 4 роки тому +33

      She knows him. He has an online profile that’s completely factual.

    • @twincherry4958
      @twincherry4958 4 роки тому +8

      @@pimaggot Exactly... no reason he will leave Russia and the women for an American. Come on. Exactly why Russians think American's are stupid. Go visit him in Russia even then you can't uncover it all.

    •  4 роки тому +2

      @@pimaggot because they are desperate to leave their country. Desperate people do Desperate things and anything- Russian women/ foreign woman are in survival mode to have a better life.

  • @catherinemueller7968
    @catherinemueller7968 4 роки тому +577

    I grew up in LA and I never understood why people flock there. It's expensive, the people are rude, and everything is fake.
    I bet half the people on skid row had the same dreams.

    • @notanomad9320
      @notanomad9320 4 роки тому +50

      I'd pay big money not to move to LA.

    • @pistachiosandpopcorn7146
      @pistachiosandpopcorn7146 4 роки тому +16

      Well I used to wanna be an actor. Make fun if you want but now as I've gotten older..and I never moved to LA but I have visited...I figured out that I love the South (especially with this election going on..I would be a total outcast in another part of the country) and I love to live like 30 minutes from a big city but live in the countriyish area...not too country but small enough town where people are rioting in the streets I guess.

    • @pistachiosandpopcorn7146
      @pistachiosandpopcorn7146 4 роки тому +22

      Are NOT rioting I mean lolol

    • @catherinemueller7968
      @catherinemueller7968 4 роки тому +31

      I think the scariest part is that many human trafficking survivor stories start like this.

    • @pistachiosandpopcorn7146
      @pistachiosandpopcorn7146 4 роки тому +14

      Oh and I learned I don't want anywhere near 90% of the celebrities..they make me sick.

  • @AIrn6087
    @AIrn6087 4 роки тому +76

    Her calling into this show has probably saved her life

  • @KaloBtzzk
    @KaloBtzzk 4 роки тому +386

    6 years later. "My Russian husband became a US citizen and divorced me, leaving me with tons of debt & 2 kids. Now I'm back living with my family in Fresno ".

    • @calebmallen
      @calebmallen 4 роки тому +26

      Yeah, if she's lucky.

    • @KaloBtzzk
      @KaloBtzzk 4 роки тому +14

      @@calebmallen yup, best case scenario

    • @simplechatelaine
      @simplechatelaine 4 роки тому +14

      He won’t wait that long and the damage he leaves in his wake long after he’s gone will continue to haunt her because if he’s not a citizen when he leaves her she’ll still be responsible for everything he does in this country. It’s no different than being responsible for anything a minor child does except he’s no child and has no incentive to do the right thing once here.

    • @catherinemueller7968
      @catherinemueller7968 4 роки тому +1

      😂

    • @davidjimenez7719
      @davidjimenez7719 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂

  • @theresanathanmartin3474
    @theresanathanmartin3474 4 роки тому +88

    Huge Kudos Dave! I'm a former Law Enforcememt Officer and Military Vet and we are on the same page about this scenerio. Red Flags all over place for this young girl. Hope she steps back and takes a mature look at this because it is scary and very dangerous.

  • @loserplanet
    @loserplanet 4 роки тому +369

    GIRL IS CHOOSING THE WRONG TIME TO MOVE TO LA. PEOPLE ARE FLEEEEEEEEING

    • @flipmaya
      @flipmaya 4 роки тому +8

      Ehhh... not really. People in SF are moving to LA because it’s cheaper. And by that I mean, SF is $2000-$3000 a month for a one bedroom while LA is $1500-2000. Anyone poorer that could afford to move is leaving.
      Edited for clarity.

    • @KaylaMarie_
      @KaylaMarie_ 4 роки тому +3

      @@flipmaya it's only 1500 for a one bedroom in la? Cheaper than where I'm from. (Northern VA)

    • @flipmaya
      @flipmaya 4 роки тому +3

      @@KaylaMarie_ that’s on the cheap end. A modern studio in a new building could reach $3k

    • @SC-gp7kt
      @SC-gp7kt 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah she really doesn't pay attention.

    • @fragile00
      @fragile00 4 роки тому

      @@KaylaMarie_ plenty of one bedrooms in fairfax for $1500, what do you mean?

  • @yolandacontreras3730
    @yolandacontreras3730 4 роки тому +94

    When DR says “if you were my daughter...” I pay extra attention!

  • @jeanlenor1858
    @jeanlenor1858 4 роки тому +165

    How does someone as naive as this little girl even survive in LA? Im scared for her.

    • @letmecatchyouslippin2425
      @letmecatchyouslippin2425 4 роки тому +15

      Step 1: move to LA
      Step 2: party
      Step 3: move back home and act like a big shot.

    • @MsJoyce31202
      @MsJoyce31202 4 роки тому +3

      @@letmecatchyouslippin2425 🤭

    • @DemonTime08
      @DemonTime08 3 роки тому

      She won't especially if this dude is on some bad stuff he probably convinced her of all this they make you uproot yourself and move away from people close to you then you go missing it's true man that trafficking thing and he could just be trying to get citizenship and then move on

    • @ClaytonBridges
      @ClaytonBridges 2 роки тому

      isnt LA basically filled with naive people?

  • @jamesgalagarza2676
    @jamesgalagarza2676 4 роки тому +311

    I wish some of these people with horrible ideas call back later to explain how it happened

    • @LaDeeDah
      @LaDeeDah 4 роки тому +7

      Seriously me too lok

    • @jimmyboy1582
      @jimmyboy1582 4 роки тому +21

      “So he left me and I can’t afford the home and the truck we bought. Also he took the truck and everything is under my name.”

    • @seth3355
      @seth3355 4 роки тому +9

      "Dave Ramsey - Where are they now"

  • @Zatoichinisanyon
    @Zatoichinisanyon 4 роки тому +166

    As questionable as her decision making skills are, she made a very good decision by calling in. Let's hope she listens.

  • @MyUsernameIsNotClever
    @MyUsernameIsNotClever 4 роки тому +87

    As someone who worked at Target for exactly 3 years and 1 day, I can tell you first hand that they WILL give you a $50,000+ a year management job just for having a college degree. So she definitely was not applying herself and didn't care to.. Target does a lot of business with high end retailers and designers so that would be a perfect segway into the line of work she wants to get into.

    • @tsat1246
      @tsat1246 3 роки тому +2

      I love 🎯
      They love my wallet.
      I can't afford to get a job there. But it works be great for her, even as a cashier, customer service, stocking, etc...

    • @kanky743
      @kanky743 3 роки тому +5

      And there's marketing jobs at Target too

  • @foreverblessed6443
    @foreverblessed6443 3 роки тому +37

    As an immigrant to America, I wouldn't help a help a man get his papers. I've heard horror stories and that's a risk I'm not willing to take.

  • @buibuibuirockineverywhere8701
    @buibuibuirockineverywhere8701 4 роки тому +354

    She makes $20k a year, has an oversees bf from Russia that is planning on moving here, both want to move to Los Angelos together, with 0 marketing experience hoping to get into her dream job.... smh. Sounds like this is not gonna end well.

    • @Arizona_lilly
      @Arizona_lilly 4 роки тому +16

      She doesnt even make enough to sponsor him its 28k for 1 and 34k for 2 peoole like girl and kid.

    • @midlifecrisis7888
      @midlifecrisis7888 4 роки тому +12

      Shes getting scammed, this person (he or she) will ask for money then never hear from them again.

    • @TaylorEmmersen
      @TaylorEmmersen 4 роки тому

      @@midlifecrisis7888 hmm not true, been with him for 3 years and he’s established in his career over there. Nice try being concerned for me though

    • @AMK544
      @AMK544 4 роки тому +22

      @@TaylorEmmersen the length of time you’ve been with him is irrelevant. You need to establish your own life. You are showing extremely codependent tendencies living with mom and dad and then spending NO time to establish yourself and your career before running away with a dude. Idc if he’s from Russia or down the street, either way you need to establish yourself with out mom, dad, or boyfriend.

    • @ethannaka1822
      @ethannaka1822 4 роки тому +1

      @Stephen Willis Stotch 😂😂

  • @MaMa-jh6bb
    @MaMa-jh6bb 4 роки тому +199

    I really hope she listens. Be self sufficient. Do not depend on anyone.

  • @natedog1619
    @natedog1619 4 роки тому +19

    I love Dave’s no-BS attitude. He tells it like it is no matter who is on the line.

  • @pgbollwerk
    @pgbollwerk 4 роки тому +73

    She should stay in Fresno with her parents and get SOME experience doing ANY kind of marketing, before moving to LA with a "boyfriend" you've never met in person.

    • @flblackbutterfly1
      @flblackbutterfly1 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly. But the boyfriend should move to Fresno.

    • @lauriepowell3959
      @lauriepowell3959 4 роки тому +1

      @@flblackbutterfly1 But BF should not move in with her family-unless they want to “sponsor” him. 🚩

    • @flblackbutterfly1
      @flblackbutterfly1 4 роки тому +1

      @@lauriepowell3959 I didn’t say anything about him living with her or her family. But guess he needs some place to go. Lol

  • @intuitive_duck
    @intuitive_duck 4 роки тому +21

    "90 Day Fiancée" & possible true crime story vibes from this one!

  • @anonrebel777
    @anonrebel777 4 роки тому +367

    If the girl who called in reads this : hun, I AM AN EX RUSSIAN. I currently live in the UK (normally) but am temporarily in Russia. Let me say this. This is said out of love, and deep compassion. I am 25, finished a degree in marketing. Also feeling that uncertainty, I understand why latching on to the idea of LA and love is the most comforting thing. But as a RUSSIAN, I am saying to you, BEWARE. Russians, are notorious for using ANY MEANS NESSESARY to LEAVE RUSSIA AND MOVE. Russian men, and charming, and handsome, and clever, and calculative. It is VERY likely, this isn’t as beautiful as it seems. Long story short, hi. If you want to just chat to someone about this I’m honestly here, and I could evaluate this from a Russian expat perspective. If you don’t, let me say this, if they are from ANYWHERE BUT MOSCOW, it is VERY untrustworthy. The REGIONS and MOSCOW are two different versions of Russia. The REGIONS will do anything to leave the regions, and tldr caution is what if advise

    • @anonrebel777
      @anonrebel777 4 роки тому +17

      St Petersburg is iffy. It’s what we call a major city yes but not the same level as Moscow is. But anything that isn’t Moscow or St Petersburg is considered “regions” (even if it is a million city). Plainly put, regions,are a whole different level of needy for other options. OF COURSE, this is a MASSIVE generalisation, you cant boil down someone’s core personality based on a city, but it is perhaps that one extra percent you may want to be aware of

    • @wuahwuahwhore
      @wuahwuahwhore 4 роки тому +10

      Is Russia that bad?

    • @christeee
      @christeee 4 роки тому +14

      My hubby is from Germany but he's Russian descent. Everytime he sees a Russian guy or girl trying to immigrate here he laughs because he's know they're trying to escape. They try to do that in Germany too.

    • @anonrebel777
      @anonrebel777 4 роки тому +12

      @@christeee yep, germany is in the top places people want to leave to. it goes US, UK, Germany, France

    • @qian4413
      @qian4413 4 роки тому +3

      Поворот сюжета - он происходит из русской семьи нуворишей, которая богаче Дэйва Рэмси. Хаха.

  • @patty109109
    @patty109109 4 роки тому +160

    Very hard to legally immigrate to the USA to “work at LAX”.

    • @allnaturalbrown
      @allnaturalbrown 4 роки тому +41

      Yeh, when she said he wants to the work at the airport, my spidey sense went off!!

    • @simplechatelaine
      @simplechatelaine 4 роки тому +20

      What’s an immigrant with a visa going to be allowed to do at the airport? Imagine what credentials you gotta have to work there after 9/11!

    • @phatcrayonz
      @phatcrayonz 4 роки тому

      Yup.

    • @NeccoWecco
      @NeccoWecco 4 роки тому +3

      @@simplechatelaine have you been to the airports lately? None.

    • @PInk77W1
      @PInk77W1 4 роки тому

      LAX employs 450,000 people.
      Maybe he has some kind of expertise in
      Aviation field.

  • @Chouette1982
    @Chouette1982 4 роки тому +58

    Californian who lives abroad - my British husband and I have investigated relocating our family back to the US for years and know that - there is ZERO possibility that some guy from Russia can show up in America right now and be able to get any kind of a job. If you come to the US with a specialised skillset you can possibly get sponsored by a company that wants you so much they are willing to go through all the paperwork and hassle and expense of hiring this person, but they need to be able to prove that the job could not be done by a legal American. In the BEST of situations - it will take 18-24 months for a SPOUSE to get a Green Card and be able to work in the US. And as far as Los Angeles goes, people are leaving in DROVES because they can't find reasonable priced housing. Working people in LA are living in their cars because they can't afford rent. This woman needs a wakeup call. How did she get through University? She needs to get a job - any job and start paying back those student loans because the interest Doesn't stop accumulating just because you aren't being asked to make payments. The majority of people graduating now can't earn enough to ever pay back their student loans and it becomes a millstone around their necks, and the necks of anyone stupid enough to be a co-signer for student loans - for the rest of their lives. In order for this guy to get into America from Russia, he will have to be sponsored in order to stay on anything other than a tourist visa. And if he has a tourist visa he will not be allowed to work. The only people that would hire and illegal from Russia are doing illegal and dangerous things - and that's somebody you don't want to be anywhere around. This girl needs a very strong talking to. It's not hard to verify anything I've said about visas and working conditions and living conditions in LA etc. It's not the same world it was in the 1980's when many of us travelled and worked all over the world. Working laws and visas are much harder to get now than they ever have been.

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 4 роки тому +3

      Everything you said is correct, but I think spouses get a temporary green card allowing them to work, followed by the permanent green card 1-2 years later. If I'm not mistaken, the foreign spouse can actually apply for citizenship after 3 years.

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices 4 роки тому

      Thank you for information. Trying to marry a "import model" myself.

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 4 роки тому

      @@waterheaterservices where's she from.

    • @Justsayingthat
      @Justsayingthat 4 роки тому +1

      I can verify that this is true. I work in HR and it is one slow process

    • @simplechatelaine
      @simplechatelaine 4 роки тому +4

      @@GUITARTIME2024 And every step of the way costs money. That dream of hers already has so much money tied up in it they’ll have to do illegal or immoral things to be able to come up with that kind of money. I don’t see any other way. And LAX? Why on Earth would you want to work at an airport of all places?! Seems fishy to me.

  • @tea_fran
    @tea_fran 4 роки тому +35

    RE The Marketing Career:
    As someone that works in design and majored in in college, you're probably NOT going to get the perfect job or the specific industry you're looking for. Doesn't mean it can't happen, but the problem of limiting your marketing expertise right out of college to cosmetics/luxury retail would cripple your career takeoff. My first job in my career was designing apartment community websites.
    Use your first marketing gig as a stepping stone, because I can assure you that it's way better and easier to work in marketing in some other industry and gaining experience until you find a cometic/luxury retail marketing job, than making $20k at Target with no marketing experience.

    • @tea_fran
      @tea_fran 4 роки тому +4

      Also, it's a pandemic. Pretty much any company that's doing business correctly has a majority of their employees working remotely. Look up remote gigs, but don't limit yourself to fkn cosmetics and luxury retail.

  • @iamzachtalent
    @iamzachtalent 4 роки тому +41

    3:50 "I don't feel comfortable handling rent by myself"
    Dave's partner: *TERRIFIED *GLANCE AT DAVE

  • @untouchable360x
    @untouchable360x 4 роки тому +385

    She’s been watching too many Disney movies.

  • @xillian344
    @xillian344 4 роки тому +80

    Sounds like the "stranded lover" romance scam. My guess is he will start asking for "travel money" real soon. "Oh baby, I really want to be with you - if only I had $5,000."

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices 4 роки тому +8

      You know it. My brother got played like a well tuned piano by a Russian lady.

    • @ChadKirk
      @ChadKirk 4 роки тому +6

      My grandma has given tens of thousands of dollars to multiple different catfish scammers that say that they are rich and want to take her to travel the world.... but he needs $1200 to get out prison in Turkey because he works offshore and there was a passport misunderstanding.

    • @jovitarich7078
      @jovitarich7078 3 роки тому

      @@ChadKirk . Oh my world, that’s what these guys used to say to me..my response: “call me when you have money to send me because I am totally broke” and I would blocked them.

  • @evazquez595
    @evazquez595 4 роки тому +33

    She’s in for a rude awakening if she comes to LA. The housing situation here is out of control.

  • @RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia
    @RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia 4 роки тому +146

    I love that Dave used the word “fantasy” lol so many people who live in LA moved there under a fantasy with no talent thinking the city will make them successful. This is 2020. You don’t need to live in places like that anymore, especially for marketing. Build yourself up locally, then regionally, then nationally, then internationally. Not everyone can get passed all those levels. That’s how it works.

    • @winstonsmith6204
      @winstonsmith6204 4 роки тому +4

      I remember watching I Love Lucy episodes. . .even she was delusional about Hollywood.

    • @bangladeshirealtor
      @bangladeshirealtor 4 роки тому +1

      Yet .....a majority of big influencers and marketing folks live in LA . There is a reason for it , there are more opportunities to expand into other industries there .
      It’s not a great fit for most , but along with NY it’s the most lucrative part of the country .

    • @RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia
      @RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia 4 роки тому +6

      @@razojacqueline you don’t start in high-end. You work your way up. That’s the point. That’s like saying “you just graduated film school yesterday, direct this 200mil feature film for us please” lol you gotta make student films and short films first. You don’t just go from 0-100, which is her plan. High risk with relative reward to the local or regional market. There’s also other cities than LA.. ever hear of the internet? Most marketing people I know work from home.

    • @RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia
      @RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia 4 роки тому +4

      @@bangladeshirealtor Funny... I thought the global market was bigger than NY or LA 🧐 weird how a career from home, online opens up even more possibilities than limiting yourself to one expensive city. Most marketing people I know, who work for BIG clients, work from home or own their own marketing company. Also, her chances of just graduating and working in high-end marketing are slim to none, no matter what city she lives in. You gotta start smaller. If you’re good, and a big city is your goal, it’ll eventually happen. Just don’t dive into the ocean without knowing how to swim for a man you’ve never met lol

    • @bangladeshirealtor
      @bangladeshirealtor 4 роки тому

      @@RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia I don’t disagree with you , I was just stating the reality . A lot of opportunities exists in those 2 cities . This caller is strictly looking at domestic opportunities, and so is her significant other . So anything international is an irrelevant point lol . You are stating the obvious there .
      You don’t necessarily have to start in a small city . She more so has to have roommates after getting an entry level opportunity in LA until her BF can get a work visa and help contribute on housing where they can split rent .
      I actually listened to the call rather than make assumptions. There are lifestyle desires and factors in play as well.

  • @CritterCamSoCal
    @CritterCamSoCal 4 роки тому +49

    She’s right about Fresno nowheresVille. The Russian boyfriend ain’t getting a job at LAX airport he’s not a citizen or permanent green card holder and Air travel is way down so they aren’t hiring Good advice Dave ..!

    • @lorenzosanchez1926
      @lorenzosanchez1926 3 роки тому +2

      I mean Fresno is on the come up. She has to use the proximity principle to talk to people in her desired field

  • @TheTbabylati
    @TheTbabylati 4 роки тому +39

    She’s clueless. She doesn’t have a plan, she had a dream she can’t afford and don’t exist.

  • @greglees4011
    @greglees4011 4 роки тому +725

    How many people think the Russian boyfriend is also a part-time Nigerian prince?

    • @ryana7457
      @ryana7457 4 роки тому +18

      God I never thought I needed to read this. Made my week

    • @gusmueller4413
      @gusmueller4413 4 роки тому +19

      Dave needs to update his jargon. Russia is not a communist country. There is a lot wrong with it, but communism is no longer the problem.

    • @ranip7644
      @ranip7644 4 роки тому

      Yep.

    • @roxanatodor4789
      @roxanatodor4789 4 роки тому +2

      😂😂

    • @ONSTAGEMUSICPODCAST
      @ONSTAGEMUSICPODCAST 4 роки тому +3

      It’s Putin, I imagine

  • @TheEllaTB
    @TheEllaTB 4 роки тому +8

    Dave, thank you for the work you do against human trafficking

  • @Gus_Chiggins
    @Gus_Chiggins 4 роки тому +271

    My boyfriend? Oh he’s is in Russia right now...

    • @ramonuy5567
      @ramonuy5567 4 роки тому +23

      some people are just STupid !!!!

    • @erinnkemp
      @erinnkemp 4 роки тому +14

      Fresno for you.

    • @catherinemueller7968
      @catherinemueller7968 4 роки тому +3

      LOL. ❤

    • @robertdepesci3418
      @robertdepesci3418 4 роки тому +12

      she's from california.. she deserves a little wake up call lol

    • @carolea7158
      @carolea7158 4 роки тому +9

      I mean my thought is - unless she knows him from like school, where she actually knows him - it doesn't make any sense to attach yourself to someone who is currently in Russia & you're trying to make plans *in the middle of a pandemic*. Now if they know each other it may be a different story.

  • @mind.health7834
    @mind.health7834 4 роки тому +14

    Best case scenario, two young people in love with no jobs in a very expensive city. He has no credit, she gets in debt all during the pandemic. Then the only option is to return home with her parents because she is all his support system.

  • @samzz6847
    @samzz6847 4 роки тому +242

    Lol she's still gonna do it

    • @thomasthumim7630
      @thomasthumim7630 4 роки тому +15

      She is in l😭ve

    • @dennisreynolds6915
      @dennisreynolds6915 4 роки тому +3

      @@thomasthumim7630 Dumbazzzzzzzes!!!! she will find out

    • @solidice242
      @solidice242 4 роки тому +6

      She sounds very young and naive. I met my husband online we were both 21. 14years later we are still together and he moved to my country. Not everyone on the internet is out to scam you but you have to have enough common sense to pay attention to the signs that things may not be what they say it is.

    • @samzz6847
      @samzz6847 4 роки тому

      @@solidice242 facts

    • @bigpeterc626
      @bigpeterc626 4 роки тому

      Of course. She'll learn the hard way.

  • @raallen1468
    @raallen1468 4 роки тому +45

    I'd like to hear from her in a year. 🙄
    She's NOT listening to any advice.

  • @DivineSight88
    @DivineSight88 4 роки тому +28

    The arms being crossed when she said there are no cosmetics or retail marketing in Fresno. Classic 😆

    • @abark
      @abark 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah so the only other alternative is working at Target.

    • @xyzsame4081
      @xyzsame4081 4 роки тому +2

      As long as she considers the high minded plans in the far away city with the far away boyfriend - she can excape the reality that it might be hard to get even any ! marketing job in Fresno. The common sense thing would be to get a job in marketing no matter how lowly. Or to work as a freelancer. Even an internship would be better (for 2 months or so). At best that is some psychological issue, where she does not dare to spread her wings. (I am all for her staying with the parents, but at least in the work field she could start growing up). Insteads she pursues TWO unrealistic scenarios (well three).
      Good job in a specific niche of her profession (and she does not bother to get any related experience).
      The far away "boyfriend".
      Making it in the VERY expensive city that spits out (ambitious) people with a plan.
      She is either very naive or has psychological issues that make her falling for delusions.

    • @luvtheLordJesus
      @luvtheLordJesus 4 роки тому +1

      Thèse cities have one million people who are more ambitious already there, so it is incredibly difficult to get established. Throwing away security to be with someone that you do not know in person is so risky. This girl is scaring me with her plan. She sounds like she is chasing a nightmare that she might regret ten years from now. I hope I am wrong.

  • @ktsterlin9304
    @ktsterlin9304 4 роки тому +93

    My only thing is she never said she hasn’t met him. However, all the points I agree with. Don’t move with the boyfriend, get yourself some confidence then live your life.

    • @olivias2836
      @olivias2836 4 роки тому +16

      Agreed. She didn’t relationship in detail. What if she is of Russian decent and used to live there herself? Or he could have been a foreign student at her college here in the US. Not saying these are the likely scenarios but she didn’t elaborate so not sure why they are following the narrative that this guy is a catfish.

    • @alynnspencer
      @alynnspencer 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah I’m pretty disappointed to see everyone make that assumption

    • @wizzer0077
      @wizzer0077 4 роки тому +5

      And she didn’t say she was helping him immigrate- but I think it’s her naïveté about the rest of her “plan” that gives the sense that she may be gullible enough to get catfished.

    • @qian4413
      @qian4413 4 роки тому +3

      @@olivias2836 Maybe his family is well off and he already has relatives living in LA. There are a lot of nouveau riche in Russia, some are wealthier than Dave Ramsey :), hence the “living together in LA and working in luxury retail marketing” fantasy. But the LAX job sounds weird, and in any case she doesn’t seem mature enough for a long-term relationship.

    • @Natalia-fi3lo
      @Natalia-fi3lo 4 роки тому

      @@qian4413 I must say it was a big disappointment to see Dave jumping into assumptions without asking further questions.

  • @angelaonthego
    @angelaonthego 4 роки тому +33

    More red flags than a soviet parade.

    • @cashkitty3472
      @cashkitty3472 3 роки тому

      Yeah Russia have changed there flag now but agree

  • @reaalitykinggs
    @reaalitykinggs 4 роки тому +22

    “You are going to get SLAYED”

  • @lloydalexander8415
    @lloydalexander8415 4 роки тому +11

    He hung up on her so smooth! 🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣

  • @jbandt
    @jbandt 4 роки тому +17

    As a fellow Fresnan, I'd agree that there aren't many marketing type jobs here. However, this girl definitely needs a better plan that focuses on her and not a relationship.

    • @xyzsame4081
      @xyzsame4081 4 роки тому +1

      She could do some low level marketing as a free lancer. Making offers to small businesses. Shooting videos, writing better copy for their websites, organizing social media / FB ad campaigns for her. (if she works on a success related base she could sell that even now. She controlls the metrics and details of such a campaign, she would learn a LOT how to tweak such campaigns.
      and it is knowledge that makes you independent (you can make a living being self employed, you can make extra money, you can work outside the expensive areas).
      Being good in online marketing is a skill that she can sell as free lancer to smaller companies OR it can land her job opportunities. It also shows a potential high end employer that she is resourceful, determined, can execute a plan. Carving out a niche as free lancer is harder than working as employee, and recruiters KNOW that.
      Might not make a lot of money, but she is making contacts. with some luck a business contact in Fresno knows someone in L.A. S.F. or N.Y.
      It would look good on her resume. She would learn about marketing herself. And freelancers work from home anyway. She could contact freelancers and offer to help. If _that_ works out, she has a foot in the door to become a freelancer herself, and she LEARNS a lot of things.
      In marketing you have to be resourceful. She isn't. At all. So either she does not (yet) have what it takes - or there are some serious psychological issues, that hinder her to spread her wings at least in the career. There is no shame in not being a super ambitious, driven person - but then you should not "dream" of moving to L.A. where they are just waiting to provide you with your dream job.
      The times where you got a degree and then the secure jobs line up are over, marketing graduates are a dime a dozen.
      In L.A. - and in a high end (prestigious) niche ??? She is going to have a lot of very passionate, driven, ambitious, determined, resourceful, smart competition. (Methinks she hopes she will find a job where she can FALL AGAIN into a structure like College was a structure, or living with her parents was a structure. Not gonna happen in this era, and definitely NOT in L.A. in a high end field.)
      Not many opportunities in Fresno. She could try to CARVE out her niche. And she is a fish in a _smaller_ pond. if she - for now - goes for the less attractive jobs or gigs she at least gets experience. And trains her frustration tolerance / resilience (that will come in handy if she ever moves to L.A.). Luckily she can live with parents for cheap.

  • @arisewitharika
    @arisewitharika 3 роки тому +2

    I'm in Fresno. I understand her desire to get out but don't be stupid! She needs to get it together and make wiser choices. Dave's advice was on point.

  • @matts4294
    @matts4294 4 роки тому +14

    The moment this boyfriend asks for money to pay for the flight to the States, you can be pretty sure it's a scam. Chances are you will never hear from him again. There are a lot of cases out there with that tragic storyline.

    • @ASHERUISE
      @ASHERUISE 4 роки тому

      I mean, he's gonna need a lot more than just a flight to the States in order to get a visa/green card, but I agree don't give him any money.

  • @jamescadzow9545
    @jamescadzow9545 4 роки тому +33

    If your always co-dependent on situations outside of yourself you will always live in Fear.

    • @zeldarhoda8101
      @zeldarhoda8101 4 роки тому +1

      Wow! Such a powerful statement. Thanks for sharing. People need to hear this more often

    • @simplygina7703
      @simplygina7703 4 роки тому +6

      Agreed. I was very codependent in relationships so I decided to stay single and move out on my own even though I was scared. Best decision I’ve ever made.

  • @rickazca774
    @rickazca774 4 роки тому +24

    Hard to believe that with all the info out there, for years now, that girls still fall for these overseas scams. Also, the fact he "Wants to work at LAX" to me screams smuggler.

    • @sufferable
      @sufferable 3 роки тому +1

      Yes! Absolutely my thought too.

  • @GUITARTIME2024
    @GUITARTIME2024 4 роки тому +99

    Fresno Caller, LA is expensive, has major homeless issues, and currently the pandemic job market is not good. You really dont know what you are doing. And some Russian dude who "wants to work at LAX" sounds shady. (Also, if you marry him, you are on the hook the next 10 years if he leaves you and applies for any U.S. welfare, WIC card, subsidized housing, etc. The Fed govt will sue you for any funds he gets. This doesn't even include how your credit rating can get totally jacked up.). PLEASE get real.

    • @sensiblewheels
      @sensiblewheels 4 роки тому +4

      Wowo, is that true about her being on the hook?

    • @armandol1826
      @armandol1826 4 роки тому

      Santa Monica is the best. Tell me another real estate market that even compares

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 4 роки тому +1

      @@armandol1826 lol. Go on Zillow and look at the prices.

    • @Geevs80
      @Geevs80 4 роки тому

      @@sensiblewheels not that i have ever heard, and I was my wife’s sponsor

    • @NJois3
      @NJois3 4 роки тому

      Anirudh yes! It says it on the sponsor form for permanent residence. You sign saying you understand and consent to this.

  • @YummyFood454
    @YummyFood454 4 роки тому +10

    People do so much for love and it’s so tough. Life is always a chase for some people but easy for others. I wish the best for this women

    • @bonjovirocks24
      @bonjovirocks24 4 роки тому +1

      SlightlyRandom Fantasies aren't love.

    • @xraceboyex
      @xraceboyex 3 роки тому

      Love for people they've never met? 😂 word you're looking for is delusion

  • @tinah6685
    @tinah6685 4 роки тому +5

    I have told my 17 this!! She has got an attitude with me over friends I deemed inappropriate and actions she didn’t care for it. I stated clearly my house my rules if you don’t want to abide to may move out

  • @swim610
    @swim610 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you Dave, If you save this one woman from making this mistake, your whole ministry's mission is met. Thank you for being a papa bear.

  • @blackrican00
    @blackrican00 4 роки тому +30

    Some people need to fall on their faces to learn certain lessons in life.. it’s called growth

  • @carolyoo7452
    @carolyoo7452 4 роки тому +16

    Honestly as a person who works in high end beauty she can literally work from home to do that work. Many beauty companies use freelancers or outsource to different marketing companies. THERE IS A PANDEMIC and people in marketing are working from home. If her job really needs her to move she should; but more often that not a quick zoom call and a bunch of emails later she can work from home. Save money and don't move to LA. Paying a lot of $$$ to live next to a homeless person if you do.

  • @jimh4375
    @jimh4375 3 роки тому +2

    People don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.

  • @rleonekc07
    @rleonekc07 4 роки тому +190

    90 day fiance anyone?

    • @JanineC
      @JanineC 4 роки тому +12

      Exactly, when she said Russian, I thought of Anfisa

    • @koreypaul6698
      @koreypaul6698 4 роки тому +7

      If she was smarter she'd see if they could get on the next season so she can actually make money...

    • @redvelvetcakeYUM
      @redvelvetcakeYUM 4 роки тому +3

      I foresee another Andrei 🇲🇩 in this woman’s future. Just without Libby’s money father to hussle him out off.

    • @zsam8095
      @zsam8095 4 роки тому

      Yes!!!

    • @susank.4945
      @susank.4945 3 роки тому

      LOL posted that before I saw this!

  • @semilladearandano
    @semilladearandano 3 роки тому +1

    Wowza Dave. You've earned my respect on a whole new level. I work on the topic and this has human trafficking red flags all over. Thank you thank you for saving this girl's life. I hope she listens to you and stays safe. 🙏🏽

  • @juggernautAA12
    @juggernautAA12 4 роки тому +7

    Far too often you see people move somewhere like LA and NYC to chase some dream and get mad at the world when it doesn't work out.

  • @abbasjoy4785
    @abbasjoy4785 3 роки тому +1

    " Chasing a dream is not a..." Weeeeeeeee!!."😂😂😂😂😂😂. I love these people

  • @amandadean3948
    @amandadean3948 4 роки тому +95

    She lives in California and can’t find any “local “ Russians? 🤷🏼‍♀️Just saying...

    • @ayo_k32
      @ayo_k32 4 роки тому +4

      There's plenty of Russians here lol we also have Ukrainians Romanians and Moldovans

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices 4 роки тому +4

      I walk past thousands of Filipinas in California on my way to Philippines to marry. 😆

    • @redvelvetcakeYUM
      @redvelvetcakeYUM 4 роки тому +9

      At this point her and her boyfriend should apply to be on “90 Day Fiancé” 😂

    • @ayo_k32
      @ayo_k32 4 роки тому

      @@redvelvetcakeYUM LOL, what a disaster

    • @simplechatelaine
      @simplechatelaine 4 роки тому

      @@redvelvetcakeYUM 😂😂

  • @chriscampbell2679
    @chriscampbell2679 3 роки тому +2

    Bless her sweet heart so young an naive. 😔

  • @Elizabeth-yg2mg
    @Elizabeth-yg2mg 4 роки тому +7

    Good advice to establish herself instead of holding back for a relationship. Especially one that may not be real....

  • @jesusa.velazquez5305
    @jesusa.velazquez5305 4 роки тому +31

    The one time someone from my city calls into Dave’s show and we get this... way to represent Taylor 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @MinhTran-fs3iy
    @MinhTran-fs3iy 4 роки тому +25

    As an immigrant myself, this scared me as well. I remember when my girlfriend (now wife) told her parents that we were dating, they told her to be careful and make sure that I was dating and tried to marry her for the citizenship. I remembered being quite annoy at that but now, knowing my in laws, I understand why they were worried. There are a lot of bad people out there and usually, they ruin good people reputation, so better "be wise as serpents and innocent as doves"

  • @joelithic
    @joelithic 3 роки тому +1

    I have been to Fresno and it sucks soo much

  • @SpartanHighKing14
    @SpartanHighKing14 4 роки тому +45

    *NIGERIAN PRINCE HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*

  • @reginapustelak5420
    @reginapustelak5420 4 роки тому

    Been watching and listening to many videos. My husband and I have been through FPU and using debt snowball are debt free , except mortgage, having emergency fund etc. THIS message is SO IMPORTANT. God bless you Dave for speaking the truth to this young woman. I am praying she chooses well and stays safe.

  • @Ldm0320
    @Ldm0320 4 роки тому +3

    This call reminds me of a scene from a movie I once saw: A bright-eyed young lady gets off a Greyhound bus in L.A. and asks "Where do I go to become a star?"

  • @BryanTorresdey
    @BryanTorresdey 4 роки тому +2

    Los Angeles has one of the worst job markets for a major city in the world. I lived there for 10 years and as soon as I moved to NY my income and opportunities shot up substantially. Los Angeles is a dead city.

  • @peiyiwang949
    @peiyiwang949 4 роки тому +20

    Can you do follow up on some of the folks you spoke with? I’m wondering how they doing a year or later from now

    • @koreypaul6698
      @koreypaul6698 4 роки тому +3

      Sometimes you call in again but it would be nice if they reach out..Then again, this girl would never pick up a year from now lol

  • @ModernSouthernBelle
    @ModernSouthernBelle 4 роки тому +2

    Don't do it girl!!!! Dave's advice was spot on.

  • @Shane-h4uu
    @Shane-h4uu 4 роки тому +4

    So many ppl grow up being told they can do whatever they want and have their dream job handed over on a platter. At least for me in an engineering degree, the only people who could actually do whatever they wanted were the top 3-4 kids. That's it. Everyone else yeah you could get good money but you'd have to make compromises like working in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes that's what you have to do to eventually get to the dream job but kids now don't understand the process.

  • @elizabethpalu2447
    @elizabethpalu2447 4 роки тому +20

    If it feels weird it's weird!

  • @taylormoak2002
    @taylormoak2002 4 роки тому +4

    People and jobs are fleeing LA right now and this gal is trying to start a life and career there... woof.

  • @anniesshenanigans3815
    @anniesshenanigans3815 4 роки тому +49

    My son got taken by a Russian "girlfriend" he sent her money to come to the states and he was ghosted. I hope she wakes up!!

    • @nataliepodgainova6582
      @nataliepodgainova6582 4 роки тому +2

      He can buy a ticket instead of sending money to her

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices 4 роки тому +1

      Thousands upon thousands of these scammers these days in Russia, China, Philippines, Uganda, Nigeria, etc.

  • @2-old-Forthischet
    @2-old-Forthischet 4 роки тому +10

    This is really Jerry Springer material.
    I know a young girl who has a degree in fashion design (4 year college) in Los Angeles. She found out the reality of this industry. Just this year, she finished her PHD in physical therapy!

    • @jimbragu
      @jimbragu 4 роки тому

      DPT, not PhD. My girlfriend gets hers next year

  • @yonmoore
    @yonmoore 3 роки тому +1

    Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw years ago "a man is not a financial plan". I never did find out if the owner of the car was a feminist or a guy who didn't want to be anyone's sugar daddy.

  • @bostonterriermomakasandy9722
    @bostonterriermomakasandy9722 4 роки тому +8

    You got this one absolutely 100% correct Dave.

  • @chelimartinez9999
    @chelimartinez9999 3 роки тому +1

    Great Advice Dave!!!🙏🙏

  • @olivewoo522
    @olivewoo522 4 роки тому +7

    Wasn’t there a call like this where a girl who never met her fiancé and only saw his mechanic bf in pictures wanted to bring him to America. Papa Dave stepped in to advise her on not to do this.

    • @whippitwill4842
      @whippitwill4842 4 роки тому

      Yeah that was a few months ago I believe lol

    • @bonjovirocks24
      @bonjovirocks24 4 роки тому

      Olive Woo Yep! Sadly these chicks are probably obese which is why they fall for these scams

  • @conservativenellie5876
    @conservativenellie5876 4 роки тому +11

    That young lady must 🛑 ✋ stop/ go back 🛑 I’m an older lady who married a man from Montana who said all the right things even knew the Christian books I read and read them to me..,Left my house 🏡 and all I knew with love and hope in my heart when he came to get me after month’s of talking and shared dreams of ranch life and family ties and church. We married and by Christmas I was newly married homeless and shamed. NEVER trust a situation like this., It will take years to regain your personal and financial life.

  • @cajunkeels
    @cajunkeels 4 роки тому +18

    This reminds me of that call Dave got from that girl who was wanting to marry the guy from the Dominican Republic. Video is titled as “This Call Scares Me” if I remember correctly.

  • @Indianahillclimber
    @Indianahillclimber 4 роки тому +42

    Don't move in with your boyfriend unless you get married first.

    • @Chouette1982
      @Chouette1982 4 роки тому +17

      And don't marry some guy without a job and no prospects of getting one in America!

    • @Indianahillclimber
      @Indianahillclimber 4 роки тому +2

      @@Chouette1982 yes!!

    • @capnskiddies
      @capnskiddies 4 роки тому +1

      You should live with someone before you marry them but after it looks like it's going the marriage route. No good marrying someone to find out they can't wipe their own arse.

    • @annastarr2043
      @annastarr2043 4 роки тому

      You mean "hes going to move in with her"

  • @ii0256742
    @ii0256742 4 роки тому +3

    This is crazy... She's too young to be making this decision... She needs to worry about herself before she worries about anything else. Grow professionally, personally, and financially first WHILE being at your parent's house. She has such a good situation right now and she's going to throw it away... Smh

  • @andreatolentino3209
    @andreatolentino3209 3 роки тому +1

    Omg the first video I see that someone’s calling to Dave from Fresno!

  • @rleonekc07
    @rleonekc07 4 роки тому +133

    Sounds like a typical young person. i wAnT tO LiVe iN lOs AnGeLeS.

    • @blackworldtraveler3711
      @blackworldtraveler3711 4 роки тому +4

      Indeed.
      I know many like this in their 30s and 40s now with a lot of wasted years.

    • @tdmorgenthaler8384
      @tdmorgenthaler8384 4 роки тому

      He said it correctly

    • @jacobriverson3807
      @jacobriverson3807 4 роки тому +5

      @@blackworldtraveler3711 I know so many people who think it’s ok to be renting as they hit 50 in HCOL cities. Retirement will be nearly impossible as rents keep increasing.

    • @Estrogen_intolerant
      @Estrogen_intolerant 4 роки тому +7

      LA is a wasteland now. Why would anyone want to move there?

    • @jacobriverson3807
      @jacobriverson3807 4 роки тому +2

      @@Estrogen_intolerant culture diversity and nightlife are the typical answers.

  • @bangbang2070
    @bangbang2070 4 роки тому

    I’m from Fresno, CA. There are a lot of people like her that Dave described lol. Good luck, I’ll continue listening and work on my baby steps.

  • @benmartinez2226
    @benmartinez2226 4 роки тому +6

    So many people are homeless right now in LA too super risky

  • @richgirl6329
    @richgirl6329 3 роки тому +1

    "NO FREAKIN' PLAN" Screeches Dave so wisely!!!

  • @easternboy33
    @easternboy33 4 роки тому +4

    "I just started watching your channel a few weeks ago" Ahh, your lucky because lifes about to change for the better!

  • @mw6346
    @mw6346 3 роки тому

    I made a similar mistake at her age. Nothing worked out how I thought it would. His advice is totally on point.

  • @bobbon6987
    @bobbon6987 4 роки тому +12

    I bet she highly regrets calling in. I noticed she didn't hang around on the phone.

    • @phaldaz
      @phaldaz 3 роки тому

      Dave muted her quick

  • @angelasepi657
    @angelasepi657 2 роки тому

    Thank you Dave for having the wise words of a dad. As a mom, I would have to agree with you.

  • @willelliott5052
    @willelliott5052 4 роки тому +8

    So sad, she doesn't notice the "abuse me" sign on her forehead.

  • @whatwhat8524
    @whatwhat8524 3 роки тому +2

    You don't move somewhere with no job and think it's going to magically fall from the sky. You send out resumes, go for interviews, and then if you are hired, you move. Agree, with all the comments. LAX isn't hiring someone who isn't a citizen and can't pass a background check. Sad, because you know she's still going to go through with this.

  • @jamalcole1985
    @jamalcole1985 4 роки тому +4

    From knowing people that live in Fresno, the cost of living is cheap and the hourly wage is lower than other major cities

  • @kalauj
    @kalauj 4 роки тому +1

    So thankful you guys have such simple, great advice for accountability. Seriously so many people in the new generation cannot fend for themselves and/or so naive and stupid.

  • @JonnyZye
    @JonnyZye 4 роки тому +5

    This is why there are so many homeless in LA. People from all over move here and have no plan but assume they're going to "make it".
    LA is BRUTAL, don't move here unless you have an impeccable work ethic, business connections, or acclimated friends prepared to help you who already live here.

  • @darlenne7918
    @darlenne7918 3 роки тому

    THANKS FOR SPEAKING UP DAVE

  • @thomasthumim7630
    @thomasthumim7630 4 роки тому +20

    When my brother was 16 yrs old he
    Spend alot of time online on a website called "cool teen chat."
    Eventually he fell in love with a girl around his age.
    She send him a 💍 wedding ring
    A ▶️VCR,
    a 🖥computer monitor (which I still keep as a souvenir).
    He never met her but he romance her really well.
    He sing her songs
    He spend hours on the phone with her until they fall asleep.
    All that romantic stuff.
    they planned to meet but she got into an 🤞🏼accident that threatened her life.
    Long story short she was a faker at that time She was 40+yrs and was married.
    That was almost 20 yrs ago
    She is around 60yrs old now
    😦 she is older than our mom!
    Still I think that relationship that my brother had with that woman was the best that she ever had.

  • @jeanlaubenthal698
    @jeanlaubenthal698 3 роки тому

    Yes ...Get yourself sorted out and on solid footing and you will be ready for a healthy relationship. DO NOT rush marriage or living together ...keep your family close.

  • @naturalbeauty_abena1230
    @naturalbeauty_abena1230 4 роки тому +8

    She can build her career path with Target as a cosmetic marketer in couple of years to gain experience and increase her salary. Pay off the student loans and then transition to high end. Some of these young people don't want to crawl before running. They just want to run and live that Instagram life. Slow down and let that boyfriend sort himself out and also build financially.

  • @jaymierudy1928
    @jaymierudy1928 3 роки тому +1

    Tell it like it is Dad.