An Honest Discussion About Fil/Am Relationships

[Jasman0717 8]

I met my wife online by accident. She lived in CDO and my friend I went to visit lived in Iligan so I invited her down for my birthday and low and behold she showed up. I was shocked in more ways than one, she was beautiful. She gets motion sickness so riding that bus 80 kilometers was rough on her. A couple of days later we went to CDO to visit her and the next think you know.....

[STEPHnRIA 2]

Question 1 - for American men: Did you seek out Filipinas through a dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

Question 2 - for the Filipinas: Did you ever place an ad or set up a profile with any international dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

Question 3 - for the American men: What are the differences (including physical) between your Filipina spouse and your ex-wife?

Question 5 - for the Filipinas: What are the differences (including physical, age) between your kano spouse and your last boyfriend or ex-husband?

Honest answers please.

1. No.

2. Yes. I joined www.match.com, just because I wanted to meet friends in my area when I stayed in New York. The best way to go around a new place is with a local. Didn't meet my fiancee thru that though. Instead, I had a stalker.

3. No ex-wife but my Filipina fiancee has a good heart- very loving and fun to be with.

5. My USC fiancee is very responsible and the most secure person Ive ever known. He trusts me 100%. He lets me be me. My ex is the exact opposite.

Edited December 29, 2008 by STEPHnRIA

[sunandmoon 450]

Come on - somebody grow some balls here and honestly say they met their Filipina through a international dating site or marriage broker.

Should I make it a poll so that it's anonymous?

simmer down. your thread has only been posted for an hour.

[bhajishah 4]

Leave the pros and cons aside cookie monster. if they match they match if not. then divorce. as long as no one is overly exploited then its quid pro quo live and let live.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Leave the pros and cons aside cookie monster. if they match they match if not. then divorce. as long as no one is overly exploited then its quid pro quo live and let live.

This is not for ridicule or condemnation using an international dating service or even marriage broker. I am hoping for an open and honest discussion about the attitudes behind what motivated those couples here to do so.

[xylide 2]

Question 1 - for American men: Did you seek out Filipinas through a dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

seeking filipina coz i'm proud to be a part-filipino but didn't ever joined dating sites..

Question 2 - for the Filipinas: Did you ever place an ad or set up a profile with any international dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

hell no!

Question 3 - for the American men: What are the differences (including physical) between your Filipina spouse and your ex-wife?

my wife is almost perfect! my ex-fiance is the exact opposite!

Question 5 - for the Filipinas: What are the differences (including physical, age) between your kano spouse and your last boyfriend or ex-husband?

he's the man! a girl could ever dream of! my family loves him.. my ex?doesn't exist!hehehe

Honest answers please.

Edited December 30, 2008 by xylide

[envy_me 18]

Question 1 - for American men: Did you seek out Filipinas through a dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

- NO..

Question 2 - for the Filipinas: Did you ever place an ad or set up a profile with any international dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

- NO and never, im not into dating sites.. i dint meet my hubby there either..

Question 3 - for the American men: What are the differences (including physical) between your Filipina spouse and your ex-wife?

- i've never been married..

Question 5 - for the Filipinas: What are the differences (including physical, age) between your kano spouse and your last boyfriend or ex-husband?

- never been married.. my ex-bf is a yr younger than me and a filipino while my hubby is 6 yrs older than me and white.. my hubby is all that i want except that he's whiter than me..

[o0pink0o 3]

Question 1 - for American men: Did you seek out Filipinas through a dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

NO!

Question 2 - for the Filipinas: Did you ever place an ad or set up a profile with any international dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

NO WAY! we didn't meet in any dating site. i am not against it but that is just not our (me and hubby) thing though

Question 3 - for the American men: What are the differences (including physical) between your Filipina spouse and your ex-wife?

My ex is white, blonde and has curly hair. My wife has tanned skin, long black hair and HOT!

Question 5 - for the Filipinas: What are the differences (including physical, age) between your kano spouse and your last boyfriend or ex-husband?

my loving husband is white, tall and has blonde hair. He loves and cares about me and my family so much. He is the best gift i ever had and the cutest ever in this world my ex? ummm darn! ,., next question please,., lol!

Honest answers please.

we answered your qs truthfully

[Ban Hammer 12,839]

Come on - somebody grow some balls here and honestly say they met their Filipina through a international dating site or marriage broker.

Should I make it a poll so that it's anonymous?

simmer down. your thread has only been posted for an hour.

if steven wants, it can always be moved to off topic for more lively responses.

[vichygurl 1]

Question 1 - for American men: Did you seek out Filipinas through a dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

Question 2 - for the Filipinas: Did you ever place an ad or set up a profile with any international dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

Question 3 - for the American men: What are the differences (including physical) between your Filipina spouse and your ex-wife?

Question 5 - for the Filipinas: What are the differences (including physical, age) between your kano spouse and your last boyfriend or ex-husband?

Honest answers please.

Question 1 - for American men: Did you seek out Filipinas through a dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

Yes he did! because he is an Asian. After a failed marriage with 3 kids he deserves to be happy. Why not?

Question 2 - for the Filipinas: Did you ever place an ad or set up a profile with any international dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

Yes I did, lets say... after a couple of broken relationship with PINOY why not try to join a dating site? I don't want white though and I just found what I want.

Question 3 - for the American men: What are the differences (including physical) between your Filipina spouse and your ex-wife?

I asked my husband and he just said... beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

Can you tell why?

Question 5 - for the Filipinas: What are the differences (including physical, age) between your kano spouse and your last boyfriend or ex-husband?

He is something huh! that's my man;) My last boyfriend is just boring!

Honest answers please.

That's honestly speaking! I think that's just how magic works,huh! I don't care coz I've never been happy as this!

To add up... he is not RICH! He is just special!

Vida Taylor

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Thanks Vida, for the honest post!

[Señor Bonito 2]

Question 1 - for American men: Did you seek out Filipinas through a dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

Albeit I'm not an American by physical appearance, I feel like one because I have been in America since 1973. Hence, I am responding to this question and my reply is NO. My fiancee and I have known each other for over 35 years and if she were not around, I'd probably did not care about somebody pimping herself in the Internet either!

Question 3 - for the American men: What are the differences (including physical) between your Filipina spouse and your ex-wife?

My fiancee and ex-wife are both of mixed heritage (Filipino/Spanish) and they look and smell the same. How come, you might ask ..... my fiancee is my deceased wife's younger sister.

[sunandmoon 450]

Come on - somebody grow some balls here and honestly say they met their Filipina through a international dating site or marriage broker.

Should I make it a poll so that it's anonymous?

simmer down. your thread has only been posted for an hour.

if steven wants, it can always be moved to off topic for more lively responses.

don't think he's looking for it to be that lively....

Steven, I think we've all been honest with our replies to the questions.

[CaNdiD wiTcH 0]

Question 1 - for American men: Did you seek out Filipinas through a dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

NO!

Question 2 - for the Filipinas: Did you ever place an ad or set up a profile with any international dating agency or marriage broker, and if so, why?

NOT EVER..

Question 3 - for the American men: What are the differences (including physical) between your Filipina spouse and your ex-wife?

I AM HIS FIRST AND ONLY WIFE..

Question 5 - for the Filipinas: What are the differences (including physical, age) between your kano spouse and your last boyfriend or ex-husband?

EX BF IS AN EGOISTIC MONKEY..

[DEDixon 39]

Too funny.... all these people answering with a capital NO so basically yelling NO as if they are saying "OMG, online dating??? me??? never!!!" as if online dating is for the desperate I guess they are thinking.

I met my fiance online, went to the RP to see her 4 times, talked to her twice a day for hours for over a year... blah, blah, blah.

My take these days on spending lots of time together before marriage: All these people who knew each other for years and years before marrying and had kids together after marriage ended up divorced... what does knowing each other for years really do? I no longer think spending years together makes any difference.... Americans, the Brits, Canadians... the industrialized world has proven it makes no difference.