Why ? Young foreign women marry old Americans for a green card (and ‘love’) every day by the dozens.
Young foreign men can play that game too.
Young foreign men can play that game too.
Could have been a business deal (basically) to get the restaurant going.
That said, I am 14 years my Filipina wife's senior, and it really was love, plus a lot of mutual compatibility. She even visits FR more than I do!
...Asian women often prefer older men... We're 12+ years in to it and going strong. Looking around at the local Fil-Am community, the same seems to be the trend, with only a couple exceptions. That is, the marriages, whatever the original motivations, stay together. There is a strong influence of church and orientation towards family, which helps a lot. Our larger Fil-Am get-togethers (and many of the smaller ones) include prayer.
Ok, I guess that's enough OT for me to post, today!