Did you watch the whole thing? There was somewhat of a plot twist in the middle of all that. You have to accept that most daughters will be weirded out by a new step mother some 20-odd years than herself. You also have to accept that a lonely old guy will never get that attention in Canada. It's a new lease of life for him in the Philippines. His daughter was ready to accept the relationship, to her credit. And then Hong Kong happened. Oh dear. Not sure what to think after that. He should have run a mile, probably. Internet stalking reveals the guy died in 2016. In Canada. And not in a relationship with the girl. Cannot find an update on the girl, unfortunately.
For all of us who have been to the Philippines or Asia, we have seen massive age differences often and in many different places. Some work and some don't for whatever length of time and for whatever reason. That story is a car crash, it wasn't the first and it won't be the last, unfortunately. It was ultimately sad but is it fair for anyone to tell another human being what is right and what is wrong? At least Dale had some fun towards the end of his life and Girlie has been on an adventure, albeit not the one she probably wanted. She will probably have a Filipino boyfriend or husband now as the Philippines has changed a lot over the past thirty years and people always need people The documentary certainly seemed to be driven with the mindset of a Westerner rather than an Asian one.
Anyone relate to this... Watch the first minute....packing his suitcase...... The amount of totally random items, clock, kids toys, cake mix?Easy question, anyone relate, I am sure everyone on this forum who has flown into manila, cebu or dabaw can relate
I'll watch the whole thing later on. A number of people on this forum have large age differences - I'm not one of them - but I know enough that it's a sensitive topic for some people.
From the girl's appearance, the way she conducted herself and her spoken English, that scenario didn't even cross my mind. Even my wife was taken aback when it all unravelled. It was a good watch. Always nice to observe a train wreck when you are not the passenger. It shows how internet dating can go awfully tits up in the Philippines. The subject of age difference was handled fairly, IMO. Unfortunately for Old Dale, things didn't turn out to be as simple as that!
No spoiler Jim, if you can watch it, nothing was as it seemed. Sounds like a bad porn movie title The girl, her father, the family, all had a survival plan. Dale, who knows his thought pattern, maybe he was even confused himself, but his daughter became estranged from him, girlie no longer lived with him, it all began to crumble.
Her age of 23 was not the problem. Shame. I quite enjoy watching programmes which deal with international Filipino relationships. There's so much I can relate to and so much where you just despair at the stupidity of others. Believe you me, my own story could quite easily have been turned into a watchable hour long documentary with disgusted people giving their own 0.02c. Shows like this make me thankful that things turned out alright for me.
I think Dale was too emotionally invested that he could not back out. I've read things here and on other sites where a guy is clearly been taken for a fool, but when they have spent £xxx and devoted a year of their life to somebody, they cannot see the wood for the trees. The family was clearly motivated by one thing, but they did seem to care for poor Old Dale. Would they have pushed his wheelchair off the nearest cliff once they got tired of him? I'd give them the benefit of the doubt.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, Dale's wife was killed in a house fire or rather his ex-wife, but for girlie's family that was matandang mayaman madaling mamatay, quite an uncomfortable documentary to watch in retrospect,not often you get a doc-maker screaming abuse at the subject.
Champagne dreams on a beer money budget" in reality close to the mark I guess in some instances. Many moral issues for the daughter! Del seemed oblivious to any moral issues "Right for who, you or me?" Again close No winners many losers and sadness
I think anyone who has spent time kicking about in the PI or the third world in general has knowingly or not met Dale's and Girlie's, there's nowt as queer as folk.
