Sometimes the British hubby attempts to help the wife by involving himself in the affairs of the extended family, this is a nice gesture to show he cares, very often the Filipino wife prefers to deal with the family crisis herself, i.e. Munting Hiling, alot of the ladies from the Philippines often are reluctant for their British hubby to have to deal with such matters, whilst they appreciate his support, they will always deal with it themselves.
In such cases, they are in fact protecting the hubby from what is after all a totally different culture, as long as he is himself not "Offline" a Filipino wife who can take care of "Her" obligations with support of the foreigner husband is always a contented wife.
In Filipino culture, the good fortune of one should always be shared with the extended family, the British hubby would always do well to understand that, and if he does, she will always be happy.
