Throughout the whole of history, finding an ideal mate has been one of the human race’s most primal priorities, so in order to make it a tad easier for you, here’s a list of the 10 best places for an American to find a wife in the world.

Being an American straight man comes with a huge amount of privileges that are often appealing to foreign women from undeveloped or unfriendly countries. This has made it possible to create a whole industry around the task of finding a wife in some remote part of the world. You might have heard about “mail order brides”, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. People tend to forget that when the wedding’s over a bride becomes a wife, someone you have to live with and be as happily married to as you can. If you think a greencard works as a warranty for that, you are deeply mistaken.

As you click through our list, I will give you a bit of an overview on the history of modern marriage (which I learned from Yesterday and Live Science), and its implications. You might even realize you don’t want to get married at all! Especially considering that being married doesn’t make you any less of a lonely loser, so don’t go thinking a wedding band is going to fix your problem.