Trust

[London_Manila]

We could live there for 50 years and we will still always be seen as whitey with too much money
I limit my exposure to the locals and I am not keen on making friends there
I feel this is the best way to protect myself and from previous experiences the locals only tried to befriend me for some kind of financial gain
Sad but true

[Ako Si Jamie]

I feel this is the best way to protect myself and from previous experiences the locals only tried to befriend me for some kind of financial gain

Sad but true

People can be like that over here too. It's just the nature of some human beings. They tag along with those who have money with no intentions of building a genuine friendship.

[London_Manila]

People can be like that over here too. It's just the nature of some human beings. They tag along with those who have money with no intentions of building a genuine friendship.

True but I think in the Philippines it happens 99% of the time

[jake]

I limit my exposure to the locals and I am not keen on making friends there

Sounds like you have no intention of integrating with the locals, if you ever live in the Philippines. If a foreigner comes to live in the UK and does the same, you would be one of the first to point this out.

[London_Manila]

Sounds like you have no intention of integrating with the locals, if you ever live in the Philippines. If a foreigner comes to live in the UK and does the same, you would be one of the first to point this out.

Not at all and here in the UK we have many communities who like to hang out with their own kind
Australians in Earls Court and Indians in Southall springs to mind
The ex pat community in Makati will suit me just fine

[Terpe]

Not at all and here in the UK we have many communities who like to hang out with their own kind
Australians in Earls Court and Indians in Southall springs to mind
The ex pat community in Makati will suit me just fine

I do have an understanding why you think the way you do.
Don't entirely agree, but we're all unique individuals with different solutions.

I can't imagine feeling the lack of security you hint at and certainly don't intend to live my life with one eye looking over my shoulder. If I may ask, whereabouts in the Philippines have you stayed?

I make no effort to engage with any ex-pat community here in Davao City.
I have a few 'friends' to chat with now and then, but never socialise.
No offence intended here and maybe it's just my misinterpretation, but the Philippines does seem to attract some strange characters.

One guy who I got fairly close to, well close enough to consider inviting round to my house, recently passed away at 61 years young.
His son came over to the Philippines to organise the neededs.

Turns out his dad had been a chronic alcoholic for 40 years. Divorced 3 times and had squandered away the remains of his personal fortune.
At his funeral were 4 g/f's / partners and a good number of folks all owed significant sums of money.

I have to say he hid his secrets well.
I miss our conversations, I genuinely liked him and will only carry fond memories

[London_Manila]

I do have an understanding why you think the way you do.
Don't entirely agree, but we're all unique individuals with different solutions.

I can't imagine feeling the lack of security you hint at and certainly don't intend to live my life with one eye looking over my shoulder. If I may ask, whereabouts in the Philippines have you stayed?

I make no effort to engage with any ex-pat community here in Davao City.
I have a few 'friends' to chat with now and then, but never socialise.
No offence intended here and maybe it's just my misinterpretation, but the Philippines does seem to attract some strange characters.

One guy who I got fairly close to, well close enough to consider inviting round to my house, recently passed away at 61 years young.
His son came over to the Philippines to organise the neededs.

Turns out his dad had been a chronic alcoholic for 40 years. Divorced 3 times and had squandered away the remains of his personal fortune.
At his funeral were 4 g/f's / partners and a good number of folks all owed significant sums of money.

I have to say he hid his secrets well.
I miss our conversations, I genuinely liked him and will only carry fond memories

My places of visit in the Philippines

Manila
Naga City
Bacalod
Catbalogan
Daram
Ormoc
Tacloban
Iloilo
Boracay
Angeles
Cebu
Bohol
Puerto Galera
Palawan

With all the Killings of foreigners in the Philippines and Koreans seem to the present flavour of the month i never let my guard down and those who forget how dangerous the Philippines actually is do so at their own peril

[Ako Si Jamie]

I do have an understanding why you think the way you do.
Don't entirely agree, but we're all unique individuals with different solutions.

I can't imagine feeling the lack of security you hint at and certainly don't intend to live my life with one eye looking over my shoulder. If I may ask, whereabouts in the Philippines have you stayed?

I make no effort to engage with any ex-pat community here in Davao City.
I have a few 'friends' to chat with now and then, but never socialise.
No offence intended here and maybe it's just my misinterpretation, but the Philippines does seem to attract some strange characters.

One guy who I got fairly close to, well close enough to consider inviting round to my house, recently passed away at 61 years young.
His son came over to the Philippines to organise the neededs.

Turns out his dad had been a chronic alcoholic for 40 years. Divorced 3 times and had squandered away the remains of his personal fortune.
At his funeral were 4 g/f's / partners and a good number of folks all owed significant sums of money.

I have to say he hid his secrets well.
I miss our conversations, I genuinely liked him and will only carry fond memories

I've come across a few people like that. Very likeable and sociable to begin with but in the end their dark side emerges. Sounds like a typical con artist who builds up trust only for the intentions to screw someone over, hence him owing all that money to different people.

[Terpe]

I've come across a few people like that. Very likeable and sociable to begin with but in the end their dark side emerges. Sounds like a typical con artist who builds up trust only for the intentions to screw someone over, hence him owing all that money to different people.

Lots of ex-pats here from Europe just like that.
Had no idea just how many until living here.
Thank goodness they don't live near me as I think they could become a pain.

The Philippines does seem to me to attract such folks for some reason or other

[Ako Si Jamie]

Lots of ex-pats here from Europe just like that.
Had no idea just how many until living here.
Thank goodness they don't live near me as I think they could become a pain.

The Philippines does seem to me to attract such folks for some reason or other

It's not just the Philippines though. The resorts in Spain and seaside towns in England seem to attract plenty of the unsavoury types too.