Until very recently, mail order grooms were almost non-existent, which by contrast pretty much kills the idea that mail order brides are interested only in green cards. After all, if that's what the women wanted, then why aren't there just as many Chinese and Ukranian mail order grooms seeking in a new life a Western country?

The mail order husband groom industry is still in its developmental stage. Stage One was an increase in the number of foreign women living in the US looking for mail order grooms from the Old Country. Stage Two was unhappy American women, sick of us American men, looking for mail order grooms - but they found little help on the Internet until just the last few years. But now here comes Stage Three – an increase in men from poor countries, especially India, marketing themselves as mail order grooms

It is still far too early to determine exactly what types of men choose to market themselves as mail order grooms. Their profiles naturally tend to stress family values and hard work, and some claim not to be at all concerned about beauty. But just as is the case with mail order brides, it's difficult to imagine the prospect of a green card not figuring in somewhere in the considerations a prospective mail order husband.

It will be interesting to see how the unique dynamics of such relationships work out. First, will a situation where the woman makes more money than the man (in most cases) weaken or strengthen the marriage (or have no effect whatsoever)? Second, will men from male-dominated cultures have trouble getting along with relatively independent-minded American women?