How do you see Filipinas who's having an affair with a foreigner?
By zelle_gatoc
@zelle_gatoc (496)
Philippines
April 21, 2007 6:37am CST
I have my own prejudices when it comes to seeing Filipinas going around with their non-Filipino boyfriends. I admit that I was harsh on them until my aunt married an American. By not making a hasty generalization, I've learned to respect their choices in life.
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11 responses
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
21 Apr 07
this is a case-to-case basis. there are filipina ladies who were successful in having relationship with foreigners and at the same time there are also those whose relationship did not last long. yes, you are right that we should learn how to respect whatever decisions they make in life, but we can still share our opinions on them about the advantages and disadvantages (to name a few, culture differences and personal adjustments) of getting into relationship or marriage with foreigners before making the final judgment. we should be aware that there are already many cases of failed marriages and relationships due to some reasons like abuses of their partners that we don't want them to go through it. to cite an example is the status of most entertainers who are married to their Japanese partners but were abandoned upon returning here in our country.
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@zelle_gatoc (496)
• Philippines
21 Apr 07
The example you provided may imply the desperate attempt of some Filipino women to achieve financial stability by any means whatsoever.
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
21 Apr 07
i don't want to offend anyone but i am 100% sure that most filipina women wanted to have foreigner partners because of SECURITY and STABILITY. LOVE? i doubt it. perhaps for sometime, love would have developed.
@cherylmae (173)
• Philippines
22 Apr 07
its really gross.. especially if the american guy is way too old and the filipina is just around her 20's. but oh well, what can we do...
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
22 Apr 07
my boyfriend and i met online a year and a half ago. we did not expect to fall inlove. we had been friends for months... not chatting but emailing each other and sending each other letters through the post office. we tried chatting after some months and after some more months, we fell inlove with each other.
at first, we were too scared to get into such a relationship. we held back our feelings many times and thought about it. we know already the consequences we are going to make. it's gonna be really difficult. but gladly, we did it. and we're soon gonna have our first anniversary.
we met already when he visited my family and i here in the philippines. and he got really close to my parents. and he was amazed about my family. my parents never asked anything financially from him nor asked for "pasalubongs" nor asked for him to shop for them. and my parents treated him so nice, too.
i think it all depends on a filipina's intention onto getting into such a relationship. some are really just up for greener pasteurs and that is sad to know. they marry someone just because of the money and visas. i know.. because i have some friends who did it. and they turned out to be unhappy persons after sometime.
but i respect everyone's choices and reasons. it's up to us actually on how to handle things our own way.
happy myLotting zelle!
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@celinlocario (334)
• Philippines
23 Apr 07
Before, it's unusual to see Filipinas going around with foreigners but nowadays there are many Filipinas married to foreigners and it now becomes common. It's up to them to look for their partners in life, whether Filipinos or foreigners.
@gsgonzalez2007 (1004)
• Philippines
22 Apr 07
There's nothing wrong with Filipinas having an affair with foreigners, as long as they both love each other. After all we are all human, we are all equal in rights to love anybody whom we want to love irregardless of the race.
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@laila675 (528)
• United Arab Emirates
21 Apr 07
Thanks for your respect, as I myself is married to a foreigner and the not the typical American but he's Arabic. It's really hard to please everyone, as they say. But what matters is the true feeling of love, why choose a foreigner not a fellow Filipino. It's the common judgement of "maybe she marry him due to money or the green card or to travel the world or something else". Who cares whoever said it as long as they will not reuined the relationship. Meaning they have to mind there own business.
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@zelle_gatoc (496)
• Philippines
21 Apr 07
That's the spirit!
When my aunt married, I've realized that it really isn't about race. It's just that we make everything an issue of race even if it's not. I guess that's how narrow-minded and near-sighted we can become in a "boundary-minded" society.
@erminiasanjose (1588)
• Philippines
23 Apr 07
Many Filipinos before were looking down upon Filipinas who roam around with their foreigner boyfriends but nowadays, it's the opposite. They look up to them seemingly because they now have money presumably. Well, I don't care so much, provided they love each other, that's up to them.
@asteriskec (1074)
• Philippines
21 Apr 07
I used to have my own prejudices as well and I often thought that these ladies could easily get abused or were just being used by these foreigners. I guess there are cases just like that until now but I also think that there are sincere foreigners out there who just really wish to find happiness in the arms of a Filipina.
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
22 Apr 07
I have no problem with this Filipina marying foreigners, I see alot of them everyday in the mall and just anywhere here and I feel glad for them that they have found the love of their lives and despite differences they seem to look lovely to look at and there cute beautiful children.
@hbaby_mj77 (43)
• Philippines
22 Apr 07
I don't mind at all. I've known filipina women who dated non-filipino men and they came from a decent family. They might not like the idea of dating filipino men anymore, maybe because it didn't work out for them or they prefer and are more attracted to non-filipino guys, not because they are financially stable but because they have a sense of decency, with high morals and have high respects for women like me.=)
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@butterfly39 (3904)
• Philippines
21 Jun 07
There's nothing wrong with it for as long as they love each other then no problem at all.
It's their wise choice and we can't blame them for that.