⌛ First time here.....first post

To Pedro.....am I guessing right that you live in Phils and/or a citizen there?

 

Hi ron
Pls don’t be offended for what I said.
I just wish your Pinay is different. And she is the lady you can fight for your love….. because like what you said out of 100 its only 10% are not scammer . and did you also think and answer like a homework that those men looking for a girl online have more change to get a scammer girls because as much of those girls online are scammer?. But as what you say “When you remove hope and dreams from your life, you don't have much left to live for.” So go on find it out if its real…
But also remember that you cant say if she is not real if you don’t find it out, and you will realize it if you had a try and say it your self if your victim or not after all…
But what life you could have if you realize at the end that your one of the victim? I wish she is not and your not a victim…
My hope and best wishes is already on you since I start reading your love story. And don’t mind if some members are asking how young she is and how old are you…. Hehhehhehe like as they said age doesn’t matter, hehhehehe as long as you can handle her in anyway till the end. Hehhehehe
Pls tell as more about your love story after you meet her.
Happy trip and enjoy the visit here in my country… I wish you all the best… and strong relationship.
All the best for you Ron,

Cheers
Rechel.

 

It is because they usually marry young Pinays. Gone were the days when they would look for women their age. Nowadays, these foreigners looking for Filipina partners are now looking for young ones, so the question is merely to find out exactly, "how young is your girl".

 

He is not kidding. You will need to have copies of all the divorce decrees from previous marriages. Otherwise you will not be able to get the certificate from the us embassy certifying that you are eligible to marry.

One other thing. There is no divorce in the Philippines so make sure you get it right. Annulment takes a very long time.

All that said. I remember stepping out of the airport in Manila and looking at the hundreds of ppl waiting for someone to get off a plane. I had no chance of spotting her in that sea of ppl but she spotted me. I remember what it was like to finally be face to face with Judita for the first time.

I wish you the very best of luck and I hope that you will let us know how it goes. Godspeed!

 

To Tom2bad68 - ok please understand that this is a "learn-as-I-go" situation that I am in here. I will welcome all input regarding the legalities there/here. My ex-wife is deceased. I have a certified copy of her death certificate and a certified copy of my birth certificate (that I used to get my passport), and my passport, 6 months old with only one trip to Saudi on it. Now all I know, so far, is that I have to get a marriage license (permit) from her township and wait 10 days. I also know that she needs some sort of paper saying that she is single and allowed to be married. Now you are saying something about I need permission from the US Embassy also? Please can anyone fill in all of the gaps here for me.

 

And to everyone here.....please accept my thanks for all of your comments, advice and thoughts....and I do welcome them all.
I am 68 years old. Very physically fit. Very active. In my lifetime I have done more and had more fun and adventures than anyone I know. I have raced cars, motorcycles, boats, flown private airplanes, sky-dived, traveled, and all of the time, worked very hard to make the money to be able to do those things. 6 months ago, I traveled three days to the Persian Gulf to spend three hours repairing a computer controled HVAC unit and pressurizer. And then three more days home. That is fun stuff to do for a living. My point being that I have not led a "sheltered life".
And, along the way, I have managed to avoid death numerous times from various accidents and I have completely beat cancer twice.
Now it is time for me to relax in that "tropical paradise" that we all dream about. And that is exactly what my plans are.
Nothing will stop me from going to phils and meeting her. If she is a scammer, then I have made another one of many mistakes in my life. And if she is, I'm still going to move there to live and I will just looking until I find a lady that is not a scammer.
And I try to avoid talking about my age and her age because to me that is not important, just as her looks are not important to me. My last long term girlfriend was a fashion model, so looks don't impress me any longer.
So....I will go there. I will find out. I will have fun. I will have another adventure in my life. And maybe I will find that paradise we all are looking for. If not, there is always another day.

 

And.....please keep this discussion going. You people are great help and interesting to know.

 

You'll get no argument from me about coming here and meeting her...heck, why not?

My only advice would be to not be in a hurry once you get here...don't be in a hurry to get married...don't be in a hurry to buy land...don't be in a hurry to get a phone line...hamburger...beer or anything else. Peope who are in a hurry over here get burned out pretty fast. I will pass along some advice that I got when I first came here from some long-time expats, "Don't jump into anything, just sit back and enjoy the show!"

 

If Ron is the guy he is telling us, ( I mean with his experience) then I'm not afraid he will do stupid things and won't have enough sense for the general pitfalls.
Ron, I wish you all the luck.
But don't tell me that "her looks are not important to you".
A can believe you when you mean to say: " her looks is certainly not the most important thing to me" !
Of course, who am I to say this here. How can I judge what another man does find 'not important'.
My only answer: I have heard that more often from close friends but find out mostly that that was not the real truth
'Her looks' is to me certainly important.
But wait......'her looks' does not include that she has to be a model, beauty queen or whatsoever.
"Her looks" is the impression she makes on me. The face, smile, behavior, ...everything you can see from the outside.
And yes .....the inside is even MORE important.
Rarity ...as you know I have a much yonger woman, but I was looking for an older one.
I can't however say now that I feel sorry to have found THE one, but have to regret that she is 10 years too young for me :D

 

Is the a Political Correctness competition?

I like to stand up for those poor young girls who had to be born beautiful and offer them my hand in friendship... :D

To paraphrase the inscription on the base of the Statue of Liberty,

"Send me your young, your hot, your huddled masses
of babes yearning to breathe free!
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the beautiful, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

Hey, it was a gift from the French, diba? Hehehe...