Do You Want to Find Romance in the  Philippines?

Many of our members are married to or involved in a relationship with Filipinas.  This website has been evolving into a social center that is not a porn site. We are a international introduction service and have been referred to as a mail order bride service. We do not deal in prostitution or the selling of men, women, girls and boys. What you read here and on our website is the insight and experiences of many of our members both pleasurable and some not so. There are many challenges in relationships, challenges like trying to relate to another person's culture and about the family relationships of the Filipinas-Filipinos. We will attempt to cover the pleasures and the challenges, the involvement with a Filipina-Filipino culture at the present time.  It is important to know all this, and of the inherent risks of getting into a long distance relationship. And it is important to understand how valuable it is to first take a trip here, before becoming involved or falling in love. It is very easy to come here and meet wonderful women and men, in person Surely you will find the one who will appreciate you.  And you will know who they really are, not just a person linked to you via keypad - mouse - monitor and phone line.

If you don't know anything about the culture,  you will not know  your Filipina friend though you may swear you do. Take it from the guys who have found out the hard way. You may find a Filipina wife, bride, fiancée or girlfriend, but, as with any relationship, will you be happy together? 

Our website is evolving and we would like to become an even more valuable resource for our visitors.  You can learn about the culture of the Filipina and Filipino, so you can be a better guest, boyfriend or husband. Or just a friend of the Filipino people. 

Why You Will Want to Live, Retire, Travel or Do Business in the Philippines?

The Philippines is the only English speaking country in Asia. Though you will find it easier than you might imagine to learn some of the local languages. It has a culture known for its hospitality,  beautiful beaches and warm and friendly people. You can experience a high quality standard of living for a very low cost. And that means with loyal live-in maids and helpers, cheap taxis, fine rental homes in quality neighborhoods, with rents so low you will have a hard time believing it. And it has a wide range of entertainment from exciting night life to golf, international restaurants to  stunning resorts beyond compare. It also has many intangibles to bring you joy for no money at all.

Why Will You Love the Philippines, the Filipinas, and the Filipinos?

Living, Traveling and Retiring in the Philippines as a foreigner or "ex-pat," is a dream come true for me. Beaches, ocean and mountains are all at my doorstep. The sun almost always shines here, where I live, out of the northern typhoon belt.

Almost all Filipinos and Filipinas adore foreigners, ex-pats who live, retire, or just tourist in 1980, I knew I would be back, but it took ten years. And you too, whether you are living, or retiring in the Philippines or just traveling through this picture-postcard country, can bask in its sunshine and its smiles.

As a man, I love to see the beautiful Filipinas smile. I even enjoy the smile of the men, coming from their hearts. I know many foreign women find the Filipino men polite, romantic and attractive. Many foreign men are attracted to Filipinas and marry them. Some stay here, some take their wives back to their countries.  Some return to the Philippines later, to live or retire. Some only return every  year to visit. Once you have been here, you will come back. The Philippines and the Filipino people are  addictive.

Generosity is part of the culture in the Philippines. Getting to know the Filipino culture will greatly enhance your living or traveling experience. But it is not something you have to do. The Filipino people are very tolerant of foreign culture and customs.  They understand it's hard to adapt to another country right away.  Filipinos have traveled the world as contract workers, and know the problems of acculturation.

The Filipino people make you feel needed and wanted here.  When I lived in the States as a retiree, I felt lost in my own country.  But here I feel wanted and appreciated, not yet put out to pasture.  I can be a provider of help and information, and an asset to this developing country. I'm  not just a barnacle on the bottom of the ship of the United States.  Other foreigners living and retired here share this feeling with me.  I hope you also get to experience the hospitality and the joy of being needed here.  If you find it hard to understand or accept another culture, you will not be happy in any country, certainly not here.  This website and our Yahoo list, Living, Retiring, Traveling and Doing Business in the Philippines, are great places to start learning the Filipino way.