When a foreigner marries a Filipina, he looks after the whole family

Fail the board, review online and retake again

cant retake--lock down.

Still review online, and the board exam examiners are expecting to resume later in the year, I know 3 separate students currently reviewing online, I spoke to one this morning, and speak to all of them at least once a week.

Lockdown doesn't stop online board exam reviews

ive had this conversation with my wife.
ive given up with it now--not really any of my business.

I disagree a lot.

I helped out in the early days, sending money over regularly.
Once I went over and saw that my wife's parents family home was so big and nice when I was working 60-70 hours a week and running myself to death.
I eased off then but not before I paid for her brother's passport so he could go to work in Saudi Arabia.

Westerners always seem to be respected when money goes over there

Odd that innit

This is your perspective and your opinion - the fact is that the dysfunctional family comes with the marriage - the foreigner may help - this will of course depend as you say on the mindset and philosophy of each individual expat .....

Got to be honest though, I have often found the people with the least at times are the most genuine and offer the most, genuinely humbling, I once had a fisherman whose home I visited offer me his dog to eat after I made a joke that backfired I always try to treat people as they treat me, respect earns respect, a lot in the Philippines are decent human beings, I just wish they all had the good fortune to be as lucky as we in the UK are in terms of health care etc.

If you have the paperwork - the documents you can get a deal, but in practice their not worth the paper that they are written on!

The foreigner looks after the whole family ?

Totally disagree, the last time i was in the philippines which was 2019, i stayed at the mother in laws house for about a month, prior to that i had stayed there for about 3/4 months on and off in 2018, during those times i had helped with some renovation costs of the Bedrooms in the family house, i paid for groceries when we went to Maramag, and when it was my wifes cousins 18th we shared the costs of travelling to Ozamiz from Maramag, I was never in all honesty asked to pay for anything except our share of the travel costs to Ozamiz. On my last visit my wife asked me if i could loan Mom i think it was 50,000 Php so that she could lease a rice field. My wife and her sister have recently brought/paid something i forget what, the sister agreed to pay the first 6 months cost my wife paid for the 2nd 6 months the sister in law works just outside Malaybalay. My wife sends money to close relatives only for birthdays, I dont send anything but on my next visit im pretty sure i will pay for some more house renovations, Oh i forgot my wife did send money for them to get a water pump a few months ago which was badly needed as getting water at certain times is not easy. My mother in law is a widow and every day she works the land on her farm, when she is not doing that she makes school uniforms for end/start of term, and when someone dies she usually attends various vigils playing her guitar several times a week, not bad for a 66 year old widow.
Im proud of my Filipino family they dont have a lot but what they do have they have worked hard for, I am only to happy to be able to help them if i can, they have never ever asked me for money even when my late brother in law was having chemo for his cancer treatment, they raised the medical costs which were extensive through there own means, I am lucky to have them not the other way round..

You have a typo - you must have meant to say outLET.......

Look up the meaning of the word outset, then look at the context I used "outset " in you will find it fits well

Well. I'm not an expat.. But if I was, I wouldn't allow myself to be taken advantage of. Your wife should shield you from the family. That's her job - and I definitely feel that if you're setting yourself up to be the new 'head of the family" - and by inference the solver of all financial problems, then you're just setting yourself up for unnecessary trouble and expense. So let's accept that you want the trouble and expense. What could you do? Pay for some education? Come to a formal business arrangement to partially fund a business? Pay him allowance for life? Or. Simpler. Do nothing and let him sort his own sh*t out.

The best gift you can give anyone isn't cash, it's education, give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach a man how to fish.....

Spoke to a family member earlier, couldn't do the board last year as it was cancelled, looking forward to doing it later this year, positive mental attitude, looks at the extra years review favourably, its extra tuition, tests once a month and 5 day a week online review, short term losses for long term gains

I agree and Disagree! The best gift is your time.

50/50 I was on about if someone's in the PI wanting to get an education to get out, education is the cure for poverty.