Posted on 07/31/2010 9:13:39 PM PDT by chasio649
Las Vegas bookies give better odds on a nickel slot machine hitting the jackpot than a single white female meeting and marrying a single white male in the Middle Kingdom. -China Daily/ANN
Sat, Jul 31, 2010 China Daily/Asia News Network
Yellow Fever. [ yel'lo f'var]
1. A viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes in South America and sub-Saharan Africa
2. An intense attraction for Asians by Caucasians
It's the Mount Qomolangma of obstacles, the nightmare on bar street, the reason why single white females cry in their half-price drinks on Ladies Night as they're passed over for the long black hair and short skirts of their Chinese sisters. As the bar chanteuse croons, "I've got the fever" the male expatriates sing lustily in reply ".yellow fever!"
"I'm a reasonably attractive, intelligent woman who, like these guys thought out-of-the-box and came to China. And we share the same native language. Why those girls over me?" laments a single white female. Why indeed. China has long been known as a single (sometimes married) white man's playground while at the same time being a single white woman's wasteland.
Las Vegas bookies give better odds on a nickel slot machine hitting the jackpot than a single white female meeting and marrying a single white male in the Middle Kingdom.
What is it then that attracts expatriate men to Chinese women? Is it their petite size, willingness to submit to their needs, eagerness to help their men succeed? Duh, yes.
Rightly or wrongly, Chinese women fully expect their husbands to be the provider and will take a backseat in order for them to be successful. Of course, for the male expatriates, dreams of lives like a bed-of-roses are abruptly pierced with thorny predicaments when meeting future in-laws. But differences aside, many such couples press ahead with the multiple bridal ceremonies and receptions. Chicken breast is on the wedding menu for guests in his hometown, while the head and feet are served up to friends and family in hers.
>> Should more expatriate women seek our local Chinese men?
Now with the male-female ratio in China decidedly greater on the male side, why don't more expatriate women increase their dating pool and seek out local Chinese men?
Well even if the single white female is relatively conversant in Chinese, there's a physical obstacle. It's embarrassing when your boyfriend's jeans are smaller than your own. It may harken back to that "hunter-gatherer" thing, but generally, women want men who are tall enough to see over their foreheads (Tom Cruise excepted).
Chinese men, unlike Chinese women, are more risk-averse and less comfortable swimming in the uncharted seas of cross-cultural relationships. Chinese men are more tradition bound and especially in the age of the one-child family, bear a heavy filial duty to their parents. Sons are expected to take care of their parents, but in reality it's the wife's duty to serve the in-laws. And Po po and Gong gong are none too happy when laowai girlfriend plans to kidnap their son to Phuket for Spring Festival instead of staying at home and rolling jiaozi with them. Yes, parents can be a buzz kill.
And true or not (but mostly true), expatriate women carry the reputation for being very vocal about what they think and want. Few are the Chinese men who will put up with losing face over inadvertent statements made by their expatriate girlfriends. So unless the single white female is fluent in Chinese and understands the culture, a Chinese man will be reluctant to start something he knows will end badly.
With all these advantages to Chinese women, what's a single white female to do? There's fading hope in quasi-social networking cocktails or maybe another awkward evening matched up with the only other single at your friend's dinner party or worst yet, waking up in someone's hand-me-down IKEA bed in a fourth floor walk-up after a mind-numbing night of vodka shots at the local pub.
Yes girlfriend, if China will be your life, then go native; if not then, better luck back on your home turf. Match.com is waiting.
LOL!!!! well said.
That’s funny. I guess the giggle I talk about is the cultural shyness of having a good time but not being allowed to express it. Maybe shame? Or teasing? I don’t know... I think many on here are getting mixed asian race women confused with pure asian. I like my white women. Its just me.
“I have been married to my Filipina wife for 15 years,Best thing that ever happened to me.
8 years next Saturday...but in the end...women are women.”
Exactly.
Actually its 10:20 on a Sunday morning.
I think it has to do with dianty, clean looking and usually smart. SHOGUN.
LOL At the time, I had just gotten my wife and young son off to bed after a grueling road trip. This thread was a welcome oasis of fun!
I love being married and being a Dad, but it's srs bsns. Threads like this are fun because they're a harmless way to relax and goof off every now and then.
Well, that’s part of the appeal — the Lolita look without actually being Lolita.
OMG yes, smart, Our girl Yuki (age 23, our former exchange student, more like a daughter to us all these years) is frighteningly intelligent. And ferocious — she’s going to be Queen of Earth someday if she keeps going at her current rate. She is also the third most beautiful (and chaste) young woman on Earth, which helps.
She’s about to graduate college in Japan, and next year she’s coming back to the U.S. to take a job with Disney. Mrs. Chan and I are are so proud of her we could burst. The man who gets her is guaranteed a lifetime of happiness.
Not the two I have known.
34-26-35 in a 90 lb. frame? What was she hollow? Sorry, but the laws of physics should make someone with these measurements at least 105, and prob. 110 lbs.
Sorry,but i know what i know.
I believe you. I’m just saying what the photo conveys.
I had seen only the face. It’s a very peculiar photo. THe expression is the expression of a child. Doesn;t go at all with the body.And taking it all in, looks like a fifteen year old.
The number on thing white people like = coffee. I had to laugh out loud. However, most of the rest of it was not on my radar at all. Guess it means URBAN white people.
That was a silly comment to LEL.
Why is everybody getting so serious?
That is a confession, most of us are not looking for a sex partner that looks under age, but meets the legal requirements.
Ahhhh the memories of Subic Bay....
....at least not the grown-ups.
This vexes me.
My experiences with Oriental chicks is limited Hong Kong, Sao Paulo*, Bangkok) compared to that I have with Latin or European or Southern gals but whenever I see Oriental gals with American men the women look and act and speak pretty strident and not very demure.
Not too Geisha Girl acting but more scary.
Great hair though.
Oriental women in the South act like Yankee women unless they were raised here.
My cousin married a Mongolian gal he went and fetched. She is pretty and tall..like five/seven and very sweet and family oriented and southern acting but she runs his ass no question
but in a subtle way like it ought to be and we know how..lol...the old fashioned way...yummy
*more Jap chicks than anywhere outside Japan
RE: “Ahhhh the memories of Subic Bay....”
**************
Back around ‘68 a family friend was at Subic Bay - found himself a teeny chick named “Baby” and married her. What a mess — his commanding officer intervened, got it annulled or whatever they did then, and sent family friend packing elsewhere. Back home, friend, who had no interest in American women (his own kind) and was very vocal about it, found himself a laundry worker near a port in CA. Great — Mexican, very dark, like an Indian, spoke ZERO English - tons of family in Mexico needing financial help.
What happened? Within a year he had bought her a house, every fancy appliance known to man, was sending his hard earned $$ to Mexico, and they went on to have four children — all of whom have grown up and married — get ready — white Americans. I guess what was good for mom was good for them, too.
Wife eventually learned English but she really was the boss in the family - cracked that whip -— so much for friend’s insistence that no bossy American girl would be pushing HIM around thru his life. LOL, these foreign women are tough — demanding — and many American males are just ignorant about that.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.