[nikkidurkin]

Just telling it like it is. I could have lied, but how does that help anyone?

I'm a firm believer that with gender issues you can either whine about it, or you can find the positives in it. If your whole startup depended on you getting a visa approved, you'd use anything at your disposal to get the job done. If that meant fake crying, then so be it. It worked.

[justathrow2k]

Good old manipulation, making the world go round.

[justathrow2k]

Downvotes? Sheesh, calling a spade a spade, folks. I don't think the OP would even disagree that it was manipulation.