Marrying a Filipino

Filipinos are everywhere,they work in different countries and can easily adapt to other cultures and different environment.

They are easy to get along with,very friendly and hospitable.

These are possibly the reason why almost anywhere you go,you'll see a filipino coupling with a foreign person.

Most of these people who marry filipino men/women are americans.

Westerners consider brown skin beautiful except for the racist ones who are probably insecure of everyone outside their race.

Other than that I find most americans friendly and easy to get along with.

The Philippines is more 'westernized' compared other asian countries because of the colonizers (you will notice this once you visit the Philippines and other asian countries),the reason why filipinos can get along with caucasians better than other asians.

They don't fit in stereotypes for asians. They are very different when it comes to their looks,attitude and culture.

They are open with other cultures and people,one of the reasons why some foreigners prefer living in the Philippines and there are a lot of them marrying filipinos (other than the cheap cost of living.

Its easier to marry a filipino than other asians because most (not all) asian parents do not allow their son/daughter marry someone outside their race while filipino parents don't really care about your race if they think that you are a good person.

They may not accept you at first but that has nothing to do with your ethnicity because even if the lovers are both filipino,they still encounter these kinds of problems.

Because filipinos are family-oriented,their parents (the whole family,actually) would test you if you are really in love and your intentions are good and you wouldn't just leave their son/daughter.

They may treat you a bit cold with suspicion in their eyes at first but once you proved them that your intentions are good,they will treat you like a King/Queen and you're immediately part of the family.

You can't blame some filipinos for giving you cold stares because some foreigners don't treat filipinos good when they are in other countries and others come to the Philippines to get young sex partners.

Also,they are very religious so if you're planning to marry a filipino,you have to take every word that the priest says,seriously.

''In sickness and in health,'til death do us part'',filipinos take those lines seriously (one of the reasons why you can NEVER go wrong in marrying a filipino except if you're marrying gold diggers or poor desperate ones,they will only get all your money and leave).

They don't appreciate garden weddings or whatsoever,maybe they would but they believe that whatever kinds of wedding you do,you should still be married in the church exchange vows in front of God.

There is NO divorce in the Philippines so you shouldn't marry someone because you 'think' you love her/him.

You have to be sure,filipino couples usually take years before planning for marriage.

You can only marry a filipino (woman,usually) quickly if you only met her on the internet and if she's desperate for a green card.

You can't just leave when you get tired,NO DIVORCE.