I gave up on Blighty and moved here to the Philippines, lock, stock and barrel, 4 years ago. I am married to a fantastic Filipina, Love Mae, who I married in 2005 in the UK (and again in the Philippines in 2006 - if you are going to marry twice, my advice is marry the same bride!) and since a very romantic trip to Bohol, we have been joined by Miley May on the 27th September 2012 who has made us even happier than we already were! My first post here was to find some info about visas for a friend and his Filipina girlfriend but, in the main, I would prefer to think that I am here to help others No man can be married to a Filipina for as long as me without learning a HUGE amount about the entirely alternative existence of being in an English/Filipino relationship. Nothing can prepare you for it, nothing you have ever done is anything like it and nothing can be done about any of the things that you might discover you do not like about it! If you wish to know anything about this very alternative lifestyle, either in the UK or the Philippines or anything about living here in the Philippines, working here, travelling here, moving here or whatever related subjects you can think of, do feel free to ask It certainly is not all good but there is far, far more good than bad! One very important thing a foreigner must have is understanding. Bucket loads of understanding. If you do not have the ability to understand things that make no sense to you, things that need improving, things that need changing, things that are so very different to your experiences in the UK, you are not going to have a good time either with a Filipina or in the Philippines. All you will be doing is pointlessly complaining about those things when it would be far better to understand them and maybe even try to help in some way. I tend not to mince my words but I tend to also distinguish between my opinion and facts. My opinion is simply that, an opinion, and you are welcome to debate whatever the subject is because, at the end of the day, its just something each person believes to be the case. It is not even important if you cannot agree. But regarding facts, there is not really any debate to have. If you wish to debate that 2+2 = anything other than 4, do not expect to have much of an exchange with me as I tend not to bother with those who are simply not intellectually equipped to know when they are wrong. Hopefully my knowledge and experience in a forum of this type will be a help to some. Let's see! ENJOY! Peter
Hi Peter! Your story sounds inspiring. And I'm so sure moving here in the Philippines had many struggles at first, coz of new things and new life for you. Personally, I am glad to hear, that you choosed to settle down here with your family than to stay in your homeland. Maybe you saw a different and fantastic life here or you fell in love at the place as well.
OK then Peter Can we start off simple 10 things in favour and 10 things not in favour - living over there to the UK. and please finish by saying which is the MOST one that sticks out a mile to you. for me its climate, pace of life, manners- in the plus section In the negative - brownouts, sanitary, dogs cheers
Welcome here Peter, sounds like you have a lot you can contribute here, and you make a lot of good points in your opening post. And sorry for the slightly late welcome.
I never understand why people talk about relationships with 'a Filipina' as if they are all the same and are somehow interchangeable. I married my wife because of who she is individually as a person. Any relationship I might have had with someone else from the same country would have been different to this one and not something I would have considered based purely on nationality.
Welcome here, Peter. Great to see you are happily married over there. I am married to a Filipina also but she moved to the UK (she is a British citizen now) and we have two little ones so we preferred to school them in the UK. Do you have health insurance for your family and if so, which one? What type of work do you do in Phils?
