Are Filipinas Vampires?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

We spent the day out at the airport, watching the airshow here in Sonoma County. We just finished dinner, and the wife goes into the bathroom to "freshen up", and I hear a blood curdling scream.

"Honey, what's wrong?"

(more wailing and moaning)

"Baby, what's wrong? You okay?"

(she comes out, naked)

"Look!"

"What?"

"My skin!"

"What's wrong?"

"It got darker! I hate it!" showing a slight tanline one her arms.

"Maybe it will come off in the shower. Maybe it's just dirt."

"Good idea! I will scrub really hard!"

"No, wait, don't do that! It will only last a few weeks, maybe a month at most."

"Noooooooooooo!"

[john & jean 37]

I concur, Jean wears a long sleeve hoodie while mowing. I mean it's only one hundred degrees out. Holding an umbrella in one hand!

always worried about skin color, never mind that americans risk skin cancer and spend thousands trying to be that color.......

[Gumbolette 58]

I would say that it is because ever since we had our first Philippine air , we are already in default setting that Philippine is indeed a hot country that when we get to another place we don't want more heat. So better to just cover up and protect our skin. it's quite ironic though that some filipinas wanted to get whiter, while foreigners esp American women are dying to have a tan skin color.

I love my skin color. A real filipina color.

Edited August 16, 2009 by LÜvtechwifey

[meowmeowmeow 0]

what the heck, is this a complex among filipina women.... ? hope she doesn't find out about that fair and lovely ####### they sell in india....

[darkangel1215 4]

what the heck, is this a complex among filipina women.... ? hope she doesn't find out about that fair and lovely ####### they sell in india....

Well i like my skin.... My hubby like it... Filipina beau ty

[Passing.star 0]

I love Filipina color too it's just right brown but not black! I just don't understand too that my friends were so worried that they were dark when in fact, it really much appreciated here in the US.

[meowmeowmeow 0]

what the heck, is this a complex among filipina women.... ? hope she doesn't find out about that fair and lovely ####### they sell in india....

Well i like my skin.... My hubby like it... Filipina beau ty

i think that caramel tone is awesome...nice sheen etc...pale skin is alright, but a tan...just looks better in so many ways but that's just me!

Edited August 16, 2009 by enraptured

[darkangel1215 4]

WELL... TAN COLOR IS REALLY NICE... THATS WHY AMERICAN LOVE IT...

[Passing.star 0]

Though I won't say white isn't pretty, I still adore white people though. When they go to the Phils it seems that they shine through and seems that they are really attractive and neat too. Could be brown, dark or white doesn't really matter, just love for who you really are!

[meowmeowmeow 0]

probably that stigma about it being more socially acceptable than darker skin....i blame that on european colonialism that set deep roots in the mindsets of their former subjects....

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

WELL... TAN COLOR IS REALLY NICE... THATS WHY AMERICAN LOVE IT...

This one, at least.

[thepizzadude 26]

I don't get it either...Elena wants a long nose and white skin, and all the american women I know want tan skin and a shorter nose....WTH!

[Mae and Jack 0]

probably that stigma about it being more socially acceptable than darker skin....i blame that on european colonialism that set deep roots in the mindsets of their former subjects....

This is an understatement. Filipina's are outwardly prejudiced against other darker skinned Filipinas. The sale of skin whitening soaps and products is a multi-million dollar industry in the Philippines. Many filipinas have a strong fear of their skin getting dark.

[sjr09 155]

I would say that it is because ever since we had our first Philippine air , we are already in default setting that Philippine is indeed a hot country that when we get to another place we don't want more heat. So better to just cover up and protect our skin. it's quite ironic though that some filipinas wanted to get whiter, while foreigners esp American women are dying to have a tan skin color.

I love my skin color. A real filipina color.

I love my wife's skin color tooooo, sarap rrrrrrrrrr lol, and yes a real filipina's color!

[muñequita linda 0]

Some Filipino women just don’t want to get darker any further. Case in point, me. I don’t go out in the sun too much, especially at this time of the year in the desert, when the rays of the sun may fry my skin.