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Pros and Cons of Dating a Filipina

By Rose, 2025. Dating a Filipina is an experience unlike any other. It’s passionate, deeply loving, and built on strong values, but it also comes with its challenges - especially if you’re a foreigner unfamiliar with Filipino culture. If you’re considering dating (or marrying) a Filipina, here’s a brutally honest…

Cultural & Guidance Helpful Tips Life in the Philippines

Things Foreigners Need to Know Before Coming to the Philippines

By Rose, 2025. Thinking about visiting or moving to the Philippines? Whether you’re coming for love, adventure, or business, this country will surprise you - sometimes in the best ways, sometimes in ways that will leave you scratching your head. To avoid frustration and blend in better, here’s everything you…

Cultural & Guidance Dating & Marriage in the Philippines

How to Make Your Filipina Partner Happy

By Rose, 2025. So, you’ve found yourself a beautiful, loving, and passionate Filipina - congratulations, you’ve already won the jackpot! But if you want to keep her happy, cherished, and madly in love with you, there are a few things you need to understand. Filipinas are fun, caring, and incredibly…

Ask A Filipina Resources

Why Marrying a Foreigner is the Best Choice for a Traditional Filipina

By Rose, 2025. Growing up in the Philippines, I always believed in traditional love - one where the husband leads, provides, and protects, and the wife nurtures, supports, and stays devoted to the family. But in reality, I saw many relationships that didn’t live up to this. Many Filipino men…

Ask A Foreigner Resources

Why Being Married to a Filipina is the Best Choice for a Traditional Man

By Rob, 2025. Before I met my wife, I had been through relationships in the West. I was raised in a traditional Australian Catholic family, where marriage meant strong family ties, faith, and clear roles between husband and wife. But in Western relationships, I found things had changed - marriage…

Cultural & Guidance Life in the Philippines

What the toilet?

By Rob, 2025. If you’re a foreigner visiting the Philippines for the first time, you’ll quickly realize that the bathroom—or as it’s commonly called here, the “Comfort Room” (CR)—is a very different experience from what you might be used to back home. Whether you’re in a modern shopping mall or…

Cultural & Guidance Dating & Marriage in the Philippines

Should I date a girl from a province or from a city?

By Rose, 2025. Understanding the Differences Between Filipina City Girls and Province Girls If you're a foreigner considering dating a Filipina, one of the biggest questions you might have is: Should I date a girl from the city or the province? The Philippines is a diverse country, and the women…