"As an ex-Sailor who's been to the PI and around Filipinos a lot, my impression is that while PI women marry American men for finances, they're usually lifelong loyal wives. So if you can stand the fact that she may not really love you for you, hey, more than likely it'll last a lifetime and she'll at least probably be good to you. I knew a lot of guys in the Navy that married Filipinos, and most were older guys (not all), none of them model-handsome. The wives were always younger and prettier. But the PI wives were also less likely to screw around on them once we went to sea. So I've got mixed feelings about this."
As a service Plumber in San Diego (including Mira Mesa), that has seen this off and on for 30 years.
yours is the most accurate description of a situation with interracial potential baggage I've ever seen.
The Filipino women run the household and are strong, often stronger than the husband.
Being a southerner I naturally reacted to the stronger personlity, which when a Filipino woman was present was her.
In my little experience a lot of filipino women are drawn to the warrior class for women, nursing.
and the men are often drawn to combat military units.
All that said ~
You gonna marry two months after your significant other dies, outside the US, and MOVE to another country and use your global network to play love songs to your child-bride?
I mean... wtf?