[Hot Tabasco]

But you know, if you don't have family, it can be quite lonely.

I have a cousin in northern Michigan who I thought would never get married. Then I found out that maybe 15 years ago he decided to join an international dating site and met and married a Filipino lady. Don't know how but they appear to have been a perfect match.

He's an avid fisherman having run fishing charters in northern Michigan (not any more) and she was the daughter of a professional fisherman. She also worked for a high government official. When they spend time in Florida they can be found fishing......LOL!

[LadyDoc]

I know of several such marriages... the men tend to be a bit shy with the aggressive type “American” women but are essentially warm and friendly types.

The Filipino women want a man who will provide for them, and know that many of the local men work overseas so there is a shortage of educated men to marry. They tend to be protective and motherly to the men, and the men thrive on their love.

It's not just in the USA:

in Korea, about ten percent of the farmers marry Vietnamese or Filipina women because local women don't want to live on farms and have babies.

sometimes it doesn't work out, because the girl is a gold digger or the man is abusive, but that would be true of any marriage.