I really cannot see someone not enjoying themselves in the Philippines, especially when you're going to meet your good lady for the first time, I wish I could do it all over again for the first time. I remember my ex colleagues always talking about the Philippines in a very positive way and thinking I would love to go, my first opportunity to work there was over twenty or so years back where I worked in CDO for a couple of months or so and that's where my admiration of Filipinos comes from. I remember talking to a Filipina waitress in the hotel I was stopping and she was in a LDR with an English chap and they kept in touch by letter only (no internet available then) and it amused the hell out of me, not knowing of course that I would be in a LDR myself many years later. Just goes to show, you never know what is waiting for you around the corner
I agree with you timmer but just few days back a American guy told my brother that he lost everything coz he trusted a Filipina. I’m not saying all Filipina are bad as my OH is a lovely person. But need to be careful
As long as a little common sense and caution is applied then you can cut the chances of that happening considerably. Trust has to earned
Only the other day a Filipina sent me a personal message saying she thought she was being scammed by a British chap, I quickly established that the British chap was in fact Nigerian, like I said, caution and common sense has a big part to play in LDRs.
Common sense and a little vigilance goes a long way. It's not just in the Philippines, but anywhere you go. I have a friend Nick, a Greek-Aussie (well, they're all Nicks.) from Woolongong, who owns a company that sells construction/heavy machines and equipment. Anyway, he went to the Philippines for business, a vacation, and to find a wife. He found a very beautiful woman 'Krissy'. With her looks, she could be an actress. Now the two problems were: they met at Gapo at the Red Light District, and she has a six year old daughter. Two red flags in my books, which I told him about but he wouldn't listen. Which I could understand for a fault since she was really stunning, and he's getting on his years; chubby, and starting to lose his hair. It was like hitting a jackpot at the Lotto for the uninitiated. So after about three weeks of dating, he became so smitten with her. He took me with him for a double date at the Mall of Asia (when it was still relatively new.) I had a chick with me who I couldn't remember. Anyway, it was there that I really realised the game that the woman was playing. She was a 'Bilmoko.' Someone who asks their man to buy this and to buy that, until you become bankrupt. Even her daughter was similar to her mum. She was asking Nick to buy all these expensive toys and clothes. I told Nick about it, but he was so captivated by her. It was like mind-control. Also her daughter being so affectionate, to the point of being creepy made it worse. She was already calling him daddy, and giving him hugs and kisses. My friend Nick had family problems. He was also a bachelor at the age of late 40s. So that action by the daughter was like a drug-- it was something Nick hasn't experienced before but made him so high... so alive. The girl I was with also found the whole act pretentious and called me unto it. There was nothing I could do for my friend. The last straw was in another one of our double dates. It was Nick and Krissy, and me with another girl. We had dinner at Sofitel, and the night was relatively alright. After the dinner, we went to Malate for a cup of coffee. Now comes the part, when we left the cafe. Three kids, beggars went to him. I signaled for the kids to come to me instead, as I had some takeaway pastries and had bit of change. But Nick told me he had it. He gave a thousand pesos to each one of the beggars. Of course, as you might have already anticipated, droves of other kids , about 8 or so came running to us. He took out his bundles of cash, and gave them each a thousand pesos. More came around, I tried to stop him. I told him that it was madness. A thousand pesos was too much. But he was so engrossed in the moment. He had a look of mania in his eyes. And Krissy? She kept on egging him on. She told him, 'Wow, ang bait naman ng asawa ko tsaka ang galante. (My husband is really kind and generous.)' The incident was only stopped when a cop came to us and told us what we were doing was wrong. He even threatened us with detention at the local precinct. I had to give the crocodile a thousand bucks and the pastries just so he'll close his jaws and leave us alone. Anyway, about three months or so after, he proposed to her and they got married even with my vehement objection. Of course, I did not attend the wedding. Our friendship deteriorated at that point, also because of a business deal that went awry. Anyway, two months after I heard he took her back to Australia with him. A year later, I then found out from our mutual friends, about a late but shocking news. Just less than a month after Nick had took Krissy with her to Australia, the woman left him. With all of his jewelries stored at his home, with most of his paintings, with most of his antiques, and went with another man- another Filipino. The total costs were around $2 million AUD. She already had connections in Australia. A very cunning woman.
