East Europe Scams vs FIlipinos or Asians or

[Mark H]

... in response to Re: Re: East Europe Scams vs FIlipinos o..., posted by Jeff S on Aug 24, 2002

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[Griffin]

... in response to Re: Re: East Europe Scams vs FIlipinos o..., posted by Jeff S on Aug 24, 2002

[PrincetonLion]

... in response to Re: Re: East Europe Scams vs FIlipinos o..., posted by Jeff S on Aug 24, 2002

some 50 year old balding overweight Wall Mart security guard is down at the Western Union office wiring money off to a drop dead gorgeous 26 year old blonde Moscow doctor

You know, Moscow doctor makes 100 times less money than WallMart security guard...

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Re: Re: East Europe Scams vs FIlipinos o..., posted by Jeff S on Aug 24, 2002

Yes.

Good post. I agree with your sentiments.

You may be right about the Asian/American marriage having the highest success rate. I do think that the Asian culture is more conducive to being adaptive, and so the Asian woman probably has a better start at making life work in a new country and culture.

[James B]

... in response to Exactly, posted by MarkInTx on Aug 24, 2002

Mark,

I think that this might be a good study for a graduate student looking to earn an "A."  I have spent many years in the Navy on the west coast, including Guam and the Phillippines.  In fact one ship I was on in Guam, about 40% of the men were married to women from the Phillippines and I must say that a great many of these marriages ended up in divorce or were strained.  Granted, many of these women had previous lives as hookers, but many did not.  When the men headed out to sea, the women were adorning themselves to go out to the clubs.

I believe that were a country's morality is substandard, rules of ethical behavior is gray, and marriage is not taught as an absolute commitment for life, then divorce rates coincide with these cultural norms.

In contrast, the men that are married to Asian women from Japan, China or Korea, seem to have more lasting marriages. Of course this is just my observation, but would love to see stats about all of this.

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Re: Exactly.....Not quite in agreement, posted by James B on Aug 24, 2002

Well, I am no expert in Asian marriages. And I certainly wasn't referring to marriages to navy guys who shipped out for months at a time, and left the women home in their hometown alone... I think that WOULD be hard on a marriage.

I also hunch that marrying a hooker or a stripper probably brings the averages down, too...

I do know that I spoke with some guys on the Asian board. I was concerned about the religion difference back when I was thinking about dating some Asian women.

The guy told me that the Bhuddist religion is more of a philosophy than a religion, and it taught the participant to accept all things.

Kind of like the one half of the serenity prayer without the other... Just the "Help me accept the things I cannot change..." And that's it.

It seemed to me that this would be highly conducive to making a marriage work.

I dunno, though. I've never been married to a Bhuddist...

(And wouldn't want to be, to be honest...)

[tfcrew]

... in response to Re: East Europe Scams vs FIlipinos or As..., posted by MarkInTx on Aug 23, 2002

Posted by Humabdos Aug 17 on the Asian board. It is a total riot! A bit off topic here with this thread but the mention of the Phillipines made me recall.
You know how Patrick hates bringing threads   from other forums over to Planet-Love?
Why? When there is ooodles of news and chuckles right here in our own domain !
Enjoy and keep posting...
Karl

[MarkInTx]

... in response to Mark..guys ..gotta read this one .."..., posted by tfcrew on Aug 23, 2002

Lawd Almighty!

Makes you long for the woman who just grabs her green card and goes, huh?

Memo to me... memo to me... "Never complain about your wife's coffee..."