"Tampo" explanation for westerners interested in a Filipina.

The dreaded silence and it's explanation.
Be prepared for this when you meet a Filipina.

yep. the stoney silence which makes you wonder what you said..or not said. done or not done.

we had words about it some months back. facts of UK life for a dependant non-EU immigrant on a 5 year settlement route were explained. did the trick.

This is so true. I'm guilty My hubby would freak a lil and ask me, "Why don't u talk to me?? Now you're giving me silence again?!"

For the men on here who have married a Filipina, we all know about this but it is quite (read very) difficult for men who have just met a Filipina.
Incidently, Filipino men also exhibit tampo when their wives have cheesed them off too. Perhaps men do this less because men are generally less emotional than women.

Dont get much tampo off asawa, think she’s realised it doesn’t have the desired effect. Anyhow no time for tampo, kids make sure of that

Yes menchu_edge, it is very hard for western men to cope with this at the beginning of the relationship.

Kids don't stop it in our house, Paul, but as the years go by the frequency of it occurring is diminishing, thankfully.

I hope the threat doesn't bite you in the bum in the sixth year or later

if it does--it does. ive had 4 wives now--but i honestly feel enough is enough. in the last 5 years ive finally learned to stand on my own 2 feet. and how to use a steam iron.

Indeed but we wouldn’t have it any other way would we Mike. As you know ours are a bit younger so slightly different at the moment. They’re well behaved so mustn’t complain really.

You’re right about tampo though, very disconcerting in the beginning.

Yep, smart looking creases can make a woman go weak at the knees :

Does it spread from mother to offspring?

You're right Paul, meeting a Filipina changed our lives for the better and tampo goes away.......eventually

I'd guess from mother and father. It is a cultural phenomenon.

yeah..i showed the vid to my hubby

Ah that welcome 3 days when their mouth stops moving.