So many Philipinos

[Caladan 19]

I suspect the large number of Filipina marriage-based immigrants is due to the common language and the country's long history with the U.S.

No comment on the 'sorry American women you suck I need a servant but no offense' type comments. I don't think that's representative of most Filipina-American relationships.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

There seems to be a lot more Philopino immigrants (women) than those from other Asian countries....

Are they more attractive to American mem or what??

Very curious

My Thai wife is worried about me finding a Filipino girl and running off with her. She says they have magic powers

I went to the Philippines and Thailand back while I was in the Navy but returned to Thailand after I got out to visit a friend that retired there. The rest is history.

[RiggerAF 0]

There seems to be a lot more Philopino immigrants (women) than those from other Asian countries....

Are they more attractive to American mem or what??

Very curious

My Thai wife is worried about me finding a Filipino girl and running off with her. She says they have magic powers

I went to the Philippines and Thailand back while I was in the Navy but returned to Thailand after I got out to visit a friend that retired there. The rest is history.

What the heck is that magic power you are talking about?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

There seems to be a lot more Philopino immigrants (women) than those from other Asian countries....

Are they more attractive to American mem or what??

Very curious

My Thai wife is worried about me finding a Filipino girl and running off with her. She says they have magic powers

I went to the Philippines and Thailand back while I was in the Navy but returned to Thailand after I got out to visit a friend that retired there. The rest is history.

What the heck is that magic power you are talking about?

See!!! Stop that!!

[jamrok 0]

No offense to American women but filipinas are much better. They are more honest caring loving than most American women and more intelligent.They sure know how to make lumpia.

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Speaking for myself; I find the filipino women to be warm, sincere, ,loving, DEVOTED and HOT.

I have never met a woman like my fiancee....the difference between her and women that I have

dated/married is night and day. NO, she is not subservient, she is NOT poor, she lives at a higher

standard of living than most middle class Americans, professionally she is a medical executive,

beautiful home with american standard amenities PLUS a tight car to boot. My point is; she is not dying to get here....she is just one GREAT filipina.

[000OOO000 0]

Large supply of single woman, low standard of living, most speak English and government documents are in English, so it's pretty much a perfect storm for finding someone willing to come here. Plus one of the countries with the most visa fraud.

Plus older men can definetly land a wife from there. Usually no questions asked.

[Elle 0]

Large supply of single woman, low standard of living, most speak English and government documents are in English, so it's pretty much a perfect storm for finding someone willing to come here. Plus one of the countries with the most visa fraud.

Plus older men can definetly land a wife from there. Usually no questions asked.

Older men can 'definetly' land a wife there and usually no qs asked? Are you speaking from personal experience?

[Joel Halfwassen 0]

To move the topic a little to the side. This is a comment on non-western women in general. I think that it is just plain hard to find American women who 'fit'. I wish I had a better word then that. I am 31 and middle class. Good job, good education, likes to cook, etc. The women I have dated who are American just haven't clicked for whatever reason. Often they don't want to get married, don't want a family, prefer career above anything else. That last one isn't a bad thing, but the side to that is then they don't want their husband to stay home to raise children. There is an expectaion for an 'equal' in the boardroom as well as the bedroom.

The best words I can find is that I was not fortunate enough to find an American who could find balance between life goals, me, and family. I DID find that in Ukraine. :-)

Joel

Edited November 11, 2006 by Joel Halfwassen

[Alex+R 0]

Joel, I'm not criticizing your POV, but what do you mean about there being an expectation of equality that makes it so they don't want a husband to stay at home? I just didn't quite get that.

[Joel Halfwassen 0]

Jinky's parents recently visited her two sisters who are working abroad in Ireland as RN's - they've been there now about 6 years. Her sister Jennith's fiance who is Irish said one morning as he was ironing his shirt, the father looked at him like he was wearing women's underwear. The father then called out to his wife to come and iron the shirt. Jinky and I just laugh about it. I think all cultures go through their own timeline of progress - Jinky's generation is much less into such rigid roles. What I find a bit ironic is that the Philippines have now had 2 women Presidents and they're democracy is much younger than ours (USA).

Yeah...When were at my wife's parent's house. Her father did the same thing when I was ironing! :-)

Joel

[Sharon 1]

I'll have to ask the hubby when he gets back from his camping trip but I'm certainly not the "traditional" mold of a Filipina wife, I guess as I was raised in Oz.

I don't really cook and one time I did do laundry...I flooded the basement floor lol.

And I'll only vacuum when Sears make a ride-on one jk

Well...hmmm....does your hubby do the vacuuming?

If so then it would appear that you already have the ride-on vacuum.

[Joel Halfwassen 0]

Joel, I'm not criticizing your POV, but what do you mean about there being an expectation of equality that makes it so they don't want a husband to stay at home? I just didn't quite get that.

Yeah...that came out poorly becuase I am finding it hard to put my experiance into words...let me give you an example of one women I dated. She was an exceutive at a local bank. She wouldn't mind having kids, but was instantant that her husband would not be the one to take care of them nor would she be willing to drop her career track. She wanted her husband to be on the same type of high level career track that she was on. As for the kids...well that is what nannies are for. And I didn't find her opinion that uncommon, assuming the woman wanted to have kids at all.

Does that make a little more sense? Maybe what I should take out of this is that I should have stopped dating the bankers and lawyers!

Anyways...*I* want a family. I also want both of us to have a career, but not at the expense of the family. I am willing (and would enjoy) being the one to slow down my career for focus on the kids, but I would like one of use to at least.

Finding someone with that balance was hard for me.

Joel

[heishe 2]

Oo, I love these threads! Tell us again how American women are all fat and self-absorbed!

[Alex+R 0]

Well, I don't know that Joel said that.

And we probably are fatter, but probably not so self-absorbed as all that.

The guys who are happier with subservient chicks have got problems though. If you date a woman who doesn't speak English natively or even well, you are automatically the one in power. If you date a woman half your age, same thing. That's what they like. Barf.

I find those people a little gross, TBTH.

[Elle 0]

I'll have to ask the hubby when he gets back from his camping trip but I'm certainly not the "traditional" mold of a Filipina wife, I guess as I was raised in Oz.

I don't really cook and one time I did do laundry...I flooded the basement floor lol.

And I'll only vacuum when Sears make a ride-on one jk

Well...hmmm....does your hubby do the vacuuming?

If so then it would appear that you already have the ride-on vacuum.

Tis was a joke Hubby & I split the housework fairly even. I like doing dishes, so I do that. When he does the laundry, I fold it. I do the vacuuming, he does the yard work.

He's my ride-on in other ways *ahem*

I just detest the generalization that the Philippines' biggest export is their women, like we have some kind of wife farm where Western men can have a browse & women are easy for the picking. The potrayal of Filipinas as nothing more than a glorified housemaid...just doesn't sit right me.