Quote Originally Posted by pennybarry View Post
I used to be very independent and free. Can go out with friends, family and alone. When I arrived here, it's different. I want to be independent too like taking a bus going to work/ shopping etc. But I can't stand with the cold waiting for the bus and hard for me to be able to drive. So my dad, my husband are always there to drop me and pick me up.
Unlike in the Philippines, there's jeepney, bus, tricycle
You'll be alright then as british wants their wife to be an independent
Exactly like me! Like you, i used to be so independent in manila, i can go anywhere and drive on my own. I would bring my husband and inlaws to nice places around manila and out of town. I felt so secure and confident of myself, then all of a sudden, when i got here, i became the opposite!
I became dependent, clingy, scared and not confident enough and secure of myself, and that is so not me! And i don't like me that way. But good thing i came to my senses now, thanks to this forum. I will need to bring back the old independent me