Why marry in the Philippines?
[QUOTE=Fastpiston;1828471]We build knowledge through our own experiences and noting experiences of others. One can make strenuous efforts to go into denial and / or dismiss such experiences, it is your life. Good luck to you. Equally, you are right in that some girls are mistreated by men. Then they have to build on their own knowledge and experience. My message is that it is dangerous to jump into the swimming pool before checking that there is water in the pool! Especially marrying bar girls, be very very careful. There are other options than bar girls.[/QUOTE]Is there any compelling reason for a monger to marry a Filipino, bar girl or not? Getting married in the Philippines would quickly put an end to the cheap fun that brings mongers there in the first place. Nothing is more pathetic than a monger who willingly takes up legal obligations that prohibit him from mongering only to go sneaking around on tiptoes trying to find a way out of it. All a foreigner gets out of marriage in the Philippines is the legally enforceable obligation to financially support the Filipino and her family. The foreigner still cannot own real property in his own name. His Filipino wife, on the other hand, can now own and has rights to the foreigner's assets in his homeland. In the event of the foreigner's untimely demise she may be entitled to survivor's benefits from his pension, social security, life insurance, etc. He may actually be unwittingly creating an incentive for his wife, her family, and her Flip lover to murder him in order to gain full access to his assets and benefits.
Even girls who never set foot in a bar get approached by Flips looking to use her as a means of tapping into the foreigner's money. They see the marriage as purely a financial arrangement and the foreigner does not get any respect. In fact, he worsens his position by marrying a native. The wife and her relatives will now keep him under close observation. If he is caught fucking other girls, she can now invoke Philippine laws on adultery which carry a jail term for the foreigner.
The wife is now entitled to his money so he can no longer keep it from her and her relatives. If he does not hand it over she can get a Flip attorney and bring suit for insufficient spousal support, and fleeing the country is out of the question since this means he will not be able to clear immigration due to pending legal action. So, there is nothing to be gained for the foreigner by marrying a Filipino but there is a lot to lose. Why go there?