I need some advice about how I feel

[deeen]

I worked out I spent £2500 total including return flights for 1 for 20 days in Phils (maximum is 21 before needing visa). Mainly 4* with 1 night in the 5* Manila Hotel balanced by a 3* resort, average 2500 peso per night. 4 local flights for 2 of us, a few gifts, plenty of taxis. Food we budgeted 100 peso (£1.50) each for lunch and 500 each for dinner and beer.

You could get basic aircon room with hot shower for half that, if you could find an apartment that could be cheaper again and you could save money on food with the added fun of using local markets if you cooked yourself. Also easier to live cheaply away from the main centres.

[grahamw48]

That seems a realistic budget for 3 weeks Deeen...not scrimping.

I wouldn't bother with apartments for such a short period though.

Hotels give you a lot more flexibility....say for instance some horrible noisy people move into the room next door etc.

[cheekee]

Hrmph, I suddenly feel like a dating agency, but a friend of my other half is really sad, has just finished with her boyfriend and would like someone to talk to.

Not sure if she's a good prospect for anyone, she is certainly a nice pretty lady, but.......well. Not right for me to say anything else.
She's in Phils now, umm drop me a pm if you'd like introducing.

Maybe not a good idea. I don't wish to get involved in someone who has just split up with someone.

[Iani]

^^^^ logical thinking, just thought I'd say

[grahamw48]

Maybe not a good idea. I don't wish to get involved in someone who has just split up with someone.

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I would suggest that it would make life a lot less complicated for you if you were to choose someone who had neither kids nor previous marriages.

Most important to make absolutely certain that this is the case too.

Unfortunately not all of your prospective partners will be truthful at the start of a relationship.

[Iani]

Ahh as a friend of mine once told the story, of how he picked up a lady in a certain nightclub in town, then in the morning, he was woken by kids jumping on him and calling him "dad"

Allegedly anyway

[imagine]

Ahh as a friend of mine once told the story, of how he picked up a lady in a certain nightclub in town, then in the morning, he was woken by kids jumping on him and calling him "dad"

Allegedly anyway

should a worn a condom

[grahamw48]

Ahh as a friend of mine once told the story, of how he picked up a lady in a certain nightclub in town, then in the morning, he was woken by kids jumping on him and calling him "dad"

Allegedly anyway

Yeah....we're divorced now.

[Ako Si Jamie]

Take your pick. OP!

[sars_notd_virus]

Hi.

I just read a post on here for single filipino ladies and it talks about if the man worries about money, then it isnt good news really.

The thing is, I am a nurse living on my own paying my own mortgage and bills and its going to take me a good ten months to save to go and visit the Philippines.

Its also going to take time to save to get married and bring my lady back here.

I would love so much to meet a Filipino girl and bring her here but am I asking too much ? I dont earn a bad salary, but its not at the point where I can just visit so quickly.

I wont be able to say to a girl I can visit in 3-4 months, its going to be ten months. And I know about all of this sending money back to their families but as you all know its not so easy to live comfortably here in the Uk unless you are both working. Will a genuine Filipino girl be flexible in these matters.

Ok how many men on here thought to themselves " oh I think I will have
a filipina" surely having the foresight of this forum you should be
keeping well away from us knowing what problems we can be and are.
Besides if you are worried about the money now then you dont stand a
chance as we also require a steady flow of new shoes , bags and shiny/sparkly things,
Best look towards the new europe/old eastern block countries, they
have some beautiful women there, its closer, no visa fee's and you
get a steady supply of vodka.

[stevewool]

Ok how many men on here thought to themselves " oh I think I will have
a filipina" surely having the foresight of this forum you should be
keeping well away from us knowing what problems we can be and are.
Besides if you are worried about the money now then you dont stand a
chance as we also require a steady flow of new shoes , bags and shiny/sparkly things,
Best look towards the new europe/old eastern block countries, they
have some beautiful women there, its closer, no visa fee's and you
get a steady supply of vodka.

great advice take it, dont tell Emma though

[grahamw48]

Sorry, I seem to have got stuck to, I mean stuck ON this post.

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Take your pick. OP!

[raynaputi]

Ok how many men on here thought to themselves " oh I think I will have
a filipina" surely having the foresight of this forum you should be
keeping well away from us knowing what problems we can be and are.
Besides if you are worried about the money now then you dont stand a
chance as we also require a steady flow of new shoes , bags and shiny/sparkly things,
Best look towards the new europe/old eastern block countries, they
have some beautiful women there, its closer, no visa fee's and you
get a steady supply of vodka.

Hahahahaha...you got me laughing there Mari!

[stevewool]

Sorry, I seem to have got stuck to, I mean stuck ON this post.

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me too , well till i got the fillipina chop on the back on my neck, from Em

[grahamw48]

Behave yourself !

[Iani]

Hmmmm few stunners in that video, but fraid there's a few who are setting off my ladyboy warning system

[London_Manila]

Some of my Filipino friends were saying I needed about £2000 for 2 weeks. I guess I need to research more into visiting, but yes I should get to know someone well first.

I take £2000 in cash for just spending money and i always return with around £1000 and that is for 21 nights

Hotels and flights extra of course

Finding a decent hotel in Manila is not easy and you have to pay around £50 a night for something COCKROACH free clean secure and the linen changed everyday

Its not much fun swatting cockroaches all night long and if you see one cockroach then many more will follow

Cockroaches are not small over there and nothing like the tiny ones you can see in the uk

[CBM]

I assume that Jamie's Zamboanga reference is a suggestion that a Moslem lady might not suit you.

But my other half, who is politically liberal, very mildly Catholic (goes to church half a dozen times a year, if that, but the stepsprog must say his prayers at bedtime, just like mine had to) comes from Zamboanga del Sur. Half her parents' neighbours are Moslem, come to think if it her first childhood sweetheart was Moslem, and there is no trouble at all. The area is the subject of an Embassy travel advisory, though, iirc.

[Angel1403]

Good luck with your search......

If you search online you will have to sort throught the lots of girls just after money

However, you can find a nice girl, they are not all scammers, some are genuine

Re sending money home etc. Its no a requirement......you decide if you want to or not.....My wife never asked for money. Indeed, it never occured to me to even think about sending, as all we chatted about was normal guy/girl romantic stuff, everyday life etc.

The scammers will only chat about money, so its normally easy to spot them lol

Of course I sent my now wife, flowers and money for treats etc but just that, she never asked.

Once she joined me here it was not until she started working that we decided we could afford to send some pesos every month to her mom & immediate family in the house.

However, her mom, dad also work, as do her siblings....otherwise we would send nothing

No way we are working to support anyone being lazy that we know can work....My wife also agrees.

Of course we also send her family money for birthday gifts and Chrismas gifts eg LCD tv, etc. However, dont fall into the trap of thinking you "must" send the family money, thats not the case.

If thats all you girl wants to do, find another

Good luck and I hope you find a nice genuine girl....I know I was lucky as I found one for sure that I love so much.....However, initially, It was money scammers that contacted me at first....but you soon learn

Cheers

Hi.

I just read a post on here for single filipino ladies and it talks about if the man worries about money, then it isnt good news really.

The thing is, I am a nurse living on my own paying my own mortgage and bills and its going to take me a good ten months to save to go and visit the Philippines.

Its also going to take time to save to get married and bring my lady back here.

I would love so much to meet a Filipino girl and bring her here but am I asking too much ? I dont earn a bad salary, but its not at the point where I can just visit so quickly.

I wont be able to say to a girl I can visit in 3-4 months, its going to be ten months. And I know about all of this sending money back to their families but as you all know its not so easy to live comfortably here in the Uk unless you are both working. Will a genuine Filipino girl be flexible in these matters.

I hope this post makes sense.

[grahamw48]

Good post ... have some rep.

[cheekee]

Good post.thank you

[Angel1403]

Thanks

Good post ... have some rep.

[Angel1403]

Thank you

Good post.thank you