TLC 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days is saying that we will meet David Murphey and Lana. This couple has a very large age gap, about 33 years to be exact, and we haven’t seen them on the show yet, but the March 15th episode will introduce us to them. Not only are they much different when it comes to their ages, but there is quite an intense language barrier too. We have the inside scoop on these two and if David is being catfished.
TLC 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days – Lana Doesn’t Have the Answers
David and Lana have been dating online for over seven years! He has scheduled three trips to go see her and they have all been cancelled for some reason. Lana is from Ukraine and David is pretty obsessed over her. “She’s beautiful, and actually, I think she’s out of my league. The Slavic beauty just dazzles me, I was very interested in the Slavic accent ever since watching Bullwinkle cartoon shows with Boris and Natasha. Hearing Natasha speak, just always did something for me, even when I was 5 years old!” That’s a little creepy.
TLC 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days – David and Lana
So how did these two meet? They met on an international dating site. “I thought she was aggressively interested in me. Over the course of the next month or two, we started chatting more and more. David said that the two of them have spoken online pretty much everyday. They talked to each other on the dating site on the messenger service. He said they have a camera chat, but you can’t actually hear the person, you can just see their face. “Lana and I have never met in person, but over the last seven years, we probably spent 5,000 hours chatting and I don’t feel like I’m talking to someone that’s 30 years younger.”
There are some challenges to their relationship too. For one, Lana speaks very little English. “Our communication has only been through chat on the site, which is translated because she speaks no English. So I pay for the chat by the minute, and it’s very expensive. I’ve had many discussions with her about why we can’t communicate through some other modern communication method, but she will get angry about it. She’s told me she’s very shy and it’s too overwhelming to her. So I do what I have to do to keep Lana happy. I think during the whole time that I’ve been with Lana, I have spent over $100,000 on the website, that’s how much it costs.”
The past few times that David has tried to visit Lana have pretty much blown up in his face. “The first time, she did stand me up. Second time, her brother died. Third time, she had a medical issue. She had to go have surgery and it put her out of commission for three weeks.” David’s friends have told him that he is being scammed and he needs to give up on her. We hope that things are for real with them and he does finally get to meet her. Watch on Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on TLC.
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