Quote Originally Posted by tiger31 View Post
philippino men ya just cannee trust them best stick with us foreigners
Sadly, this is not one of the best aspects of Filipino culture generally. And it is by no means limited to the men. Arguably the women on dating sites are the worst, for example. Lying and cheating just isn't considered that big a deal in PH or not compared with how westerners would regard it as a big deal anyway. It is bad enough between clans in the Philippines (it goes as far as murder!) but as an outsider you're seriously vulnerable. Just look at the last president (and she was female!). The rot starts from the top down, sadly. My wife saw a policeman take a bribe from an illegal taxi driver outside the megamall and it was nothing to her. She was laughing at it, in fact. As I say, just not that big a deal. It also said a lot that the policeman took the bribe so blatantly. Just the way life is there.

Don't get me wrong. There are good 'uns but your best bet is to go and live there or find an OFW in HK/Singapore or some godforsaken part of the Middle East where there isn't an eligible/serious man in sight! Because, trust me, having lived in PH for 2 years, plenty of these girls on the dating sites will have a guy on the go in the Philippines already. It doesn't mean they are scammers. They can be serious and they will marry you and be loving and loyal wives once you get them to the UK but for the periods in between, don't assume they're sitting around waiting on you!