Spheres

hahaha
 
Don't buy any fridges or ACs also. I seem to see that one a a lot. 

There was another red flag when mine said she was in the hospital with dengue fever and needed 30k php for treatment. 

Its all about the path one must follow to reach their destination...   

She was very smart. I should have seen some of the red flags along the way like "someone stole my phone" and "I don't have any money for a birthday" and "my father's scooter broke down and he needs it to work". I don't care now because I was patient and found the love of my life now.

I has a similar situation with sending a large some of money for a wedding. At one point I did not hear from her for about 2 weeks. Then I get a message that she was kidnapped and needed a large sum of money for ransom. 🤣  After some investigating online, I told her good luck with all that. 

...and don't build anybody any houses or piggeries on those two trips)

I went thru a 2 year relationship with a girl from Mindanao. I spent around 2 months over 2 trips. We were supposed to get married there. I ended up sending her money for support and finally for a big wedding. One month before the supposed wedding she finally claimed she went for the CENOMAR and said she didn't realize she was married to a Muslim. She said I needed to send her a large sum of money to get it annulled in the Muslim church. The red flags finally hit me in the face! 

What makes the CR-1 shine is not the waiting the extra few months to complete all the processes to get the visa .. of course.  The shine arrives at POE, a green card is ordered as is the SS card, your wife can get employment, get a driver's license, added to your bank accounts easily .. and the list goes on.
 
With a K-1 at POE the agent will note that she has 90 days to get married.  After marriage she will need to complete the Adjustment of Status process (this is taking a year, sometime longer) to receive a green card.    This is just a quick comparison, but you can see the K-1 runs into a wall after POE and everything stops.
 
Balikbayan Box .. a method of shipping things to the Philippines that isn't excessively spendy.     You'll learn all about this soon enough.    
 
 
Too good to be true .. hmm.    Yup .. I know the feeling     That is a good thing if all is real and true with your relationship.

Yes I did video with her mother - and she wants me to meet them quickly after I land.  She said maybe the whole family will greet me at the airport.  This is a good sign then?