Quote Originally Posted by andypaul View Post
Thats why its important to get away. Is there a resort nearby? Doesn't need to be flash just a simple place im sure will do.

Worth explaining to the Girlfriend this problem as you have, remeber she will not have noticed as its normal, to have a million people come round the house in many households in phill. But make sure you don't seem to offish to the family otherwise..
well i never had a prob with family as such, i try to fit in, but being a shy bloke i dont like butting into conversations, so i got left out a bit. the real prob was meal times. there was 5 of us most every night. the other 4 would be chatting away about daily events, and i'd be just sat eating. i presumed someone would make an effort to include me at some point, but it rarely happened. i mean in the UK a foreign person wouldnt get ignored that way, or i doubt it.
i had a problem with my previous gf family in that they didnt speak such good english, so i didnt like to try to speak to them in english in case i put them in an embarrassing position trying to reply. That caused a prob, and her fmily ended up thinking i was suplado. I still have reluctance to speak english to people im not sure can understand or speak well, as i don't want them to feel as stupid as i feel when i can't reply in visayan. I didnt really get much help this trip to learn any visayan which hasnt helped.