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Hi my wife works and we share the bills and when she goes shopping for clothes or her filipino food she pays for it all.i pay my stepdaughters school and my wife pays all the other bills in the Philippines

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Seems like you guys are against each other. You are married now... for a year. Remember that now that you two are PARTNERS in this life. Sharing one life. So it shouldn't be "####### for tat". If you both are aware of always meeting in the middle, compromising, and helping each other in your LIFE (not lives) then you guys are set for an amazing LIFE/marraige.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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She just bought her own plane ticket for her trip to the Philippines, one way.

Might this not be best?

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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I agree with T-bone. I think she has made a decision.

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I agree with her decision. But she is upset that she had to pay for her ticket. Now I just have to get along with her for the next 4 months. I wanted her to go home sooner than that, but she has a steady amount of work now and doesn't want to give it up.

I do think that once she goes home, she is going to want to come back.

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Didnt you discuss expectations BEFORE she came? My fiance and i have, i think it only makes sense to plan ahead, not complain in arrears.

 

 

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I agree with her decision [...] I just have to get along with her for the next 4 months [...] I wanted her to go home sooner than that

This is a great way to live one's life. This was not a marriage made in heaven.

Why doesn't one of you move out for that time?

The sense of "I'm free!" is relaxing, invigorating, and incomparable.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Didnt you discuss expectations BEFORE she came? My fiance and i have, i think it only makes sense to plan ahead, not complain in arrears.

We discussed everything. I told her exactly what to expect and if she could deal with it. She told me what I wanted to hear. Once she got here, her attitude was different and felt that she had to "change" me.

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If my husband charged me for driving lessons, that conversation will end quick too. Maybe I should charge him for the cooking and cleaning I do around the house. But thank god we're not that petty.

My guess is that she was keeping her money close to her chest because once she goes back home, there's no coming back. She might use that money to start a small business or open a sari-sari store or whatever. She did buy just a one-way ticket, right?

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If you love her come to an understanding, if not cut bait and salvage what you can

If you love her come to an understanding, if not cut bait and salvage what you can

 

 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Well hey, this is the internet age where you can meet someome online, have a fake "dating" and "fiance" period, then get married, and after that actually learn about each other.

It isn't a bad idea to have these threads around because the majority of relationships begin by meeting online and people ignore a lot of the red flags you would see far better if you lived right there to observe their daily behavior, their family and friends, school mates, etc.

Some of the other threads another person posted links to - geez. When you get together it ought to be about the happiest time of your life. Mine works her fanny off for our family and I am very, very grateful for her. She dropped whatever bad habits she had as an immature Filipina teen before we got engaged to marry. Sometimes these teenagers can be a handful for a 50 year old but if they don't behave, just get another one because there are millions to pick from and they make the best wives on the planet.

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Well hey, this is the internet age where you can meet someome online, have a fake "dating" and "fiance" period, then get married, and after that actually learn about each other.

It isn't a bad idea to have these threads around because the majority of relationships begin by meeting online and people ignore a lot of the red flags you would see far better if you lived right there to observe their daily behavior, their family and friends, school mates, etc.

Some of the other threads another person posted links to - geez. When you get together it ought to be about the happiest time of your life. Mine works her fanny off for our family and I am very, very grateful for her. She dropped whatever bad habits she had as an immature Filipina teen before we got engaged to marry. Sometimes these teenagers can be a handful for a 50 year old but if they don't behave, just get another one because there are millions to pick from and they make the best wives on the planet.

This was going good until the end

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If my husband charged me for driving lessons, that conversation will end quick too. Maybe I should charge him for the cooking and cleaning I do around the house. But thank god we're not that petty.

I didn't charge her for driving lessons. We didn't get to that point. What I was referring to is that cars aren't free. Even if a car is paid off, there is gas, registration, insurance and other operating costs. If I added my wife to my insurance policy, the premium will double. There is nothing free in America or anywhere. If someone is in a partnership with another person, the expenses are shared. No necessarily 50/50, but there has to be some contribution.

As far as the cooking/cleaning, did you help pay the immigration expenses? If not, your husband was already charged for them(lol).

Might I politely inquire as to you and your husband's age?

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