<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ivor&mel @ May 13 2006, 09:45 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
You touched on something that I have wondered about: how universal is "body language"? It's my experience that there are significant differences in interpretation of body signals between East and West. It's not something that I would rely on to judge my chances!
I can only echo Kristleh's advice: talk to her without trying to come on strong... and take your time... Maybe she has no-one else but said that to avoid hurting your feelings? Who knows? Could you not try inviting her out again, but as part of a foursome in a situation where she would feel comfortable and safe?
Ivor and Mel
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There was a time, back when I first started going to the Philippines, when no self respecting girl would go out with a guy without a chaperone coming along. Maybe things have changed for some modernistic Filipinas in the last fifteen years, but maybe not for all.
'S' might well have taken the mention that it was to be a 'two person rendezvous' as meaning it was going to be straight off to the short time room. Who knows?
There are an awful lot of discreet short time hotels in most towns in the Philippines, where couples do go, chaperoneless, specifically for illicit meetings (matings?) with persons they shouldn't really be seen with in public.
Perhaps the girl is not aware that in the UK the custom is not to have a family member or friend tagging along on the first 40 or 50 dates?
