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NorthAmericanguy wrote:Make sure the kid is even yours. Did you do a DNA test?

No, but the baby was born Oct.14 and after looking at several pictures, I can be fairly certain it's mine.

I want to ask you a couple of questions. Where do you want to marry her? If you decide to marry her, where do you want to live? If she wants to live in the Philippines and you want to live in the USA, you have to work something out. It is a wonderful idea to think about your child. Children need to...

It depends on the hospital. What's the name of the hospital she wants to have it at? 50k is a lot though. How can Filipinos who make an average salary of 300p a day afford that? Tell her you want her to have the baby in a cheaper but safe way. 50,000p would be for a cesarean, not a regular birth. D...

Hire a midwife and give birth at home. It's cheaper and more natural then a hospital. Good idea. I'll suggest it to her. I forgot about this idea when I talked to her last night. She's giving birth in 3 weeks and she very much wants to use a private rather than public hospital. Now she's telling me...

Hey Winston, Constipation was a big problem for me in PI too. None of their food has any fiber. They only eat white rice instead of the much healthier, fiber-rich brown rice. When I introduced my GF and her family to brown rice, they hated it. I realized after only a few days there I was getting con...

Why don't you help her deliver at home? In water tub even, I think that's how it was meant to be done (transitioning the baby from water to water). That money is much better spent on a million other things. Like water filters. I'm sure you can hire a doctor to deliver if you're a panzy. If you deli...

Due in 2 or 3 months? WTF? Why didn't she tell you she was pregnant 6 months ago? Why did she wait this long to tell you? That's suspicious. I thought only Angeles and Manila were polluted. Where were you in the PI? You should not marry someone unless you truly love them and you believe in marriage...

Hey guys, I've been away from the forum since January. How's everybody been doing? here's my update: I went to PI for 6 weeks from late January til early March and only dated one girl while there. I met her online and apparently hit it off well cuz she slept with me on the first night. I ended up st...

Yes, please PM me the info too, thanks.
I'll be in PI in 10 days and I'll need to start making income after a couple months there.

Ladislav, Have you heard of http://iteachenglishonline.com/ ? It's been recommended at several other sites like in this article: http://philfaqs.com/live-there/working/philippine-living-online-english-thoughts-3/#comment-4823 so I paid the $30 for the download. Then my Kaspirsky anti-virus says it d...

Forget James Bond. That is just a fantasy movie and nobody in real lives lives or talks like that. Real life and people interactions are much more mundane actually. That's why you don't see what happens inbetween in James Bond movies. Because they would have to break the fantasy to show you that. Y...

"Rent 6000 pesos (or $130) " Of course that can vary greatly depending on your wants/needs/budget. I've read that you can find single rooms w/o private bath or kitchen for $60/month, but you probably wouldn't want to take a girl back there. And it seems the average American-style one-bedroom apartm...

This story is 10 years old and out of date. How does that invalidate it? It's safe to say current stats would be fairly similar, if not worse. "Other research showed that 14 percent of men and 10 percent of women in the United States hadn't had sexual activity for a year" Wow, that really makes me ...

I can give you some schools where you would be able to teach online and make some $1200 +/- a month which is surviving wages there. What about Philippines? I think $1200 would be plenty to live on there. I know you mentioned online English teaching in another thread and I'm looking into it now. I'l...

Repatriate wrote: Plus anyone that uses "huhuhu" to simulate crying on messenger/e-mail sounds like a total moron.

Haha! Yeah, well, she is only 19. And from Philippines. So I'm not expecting a rocket scientist.