[thoughtgypsy]

Also, for anyone who thinks I'm being too critical of Filipinas, a lot of what I'm saying is confirmed by a Swiss immigrant marriage study:

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In 1999, the divorce rate for domestic marriages (Swiss married to Swiss) in Switzerland were at a record high of 50%. In the same year (1999), marriages with foreigners are comparatively better: Marriages between Swiss and German or Italian women have a comparatively better divorce rate: 40%. Marriages between Brazilian or Thai women and Swiss turned out to be more durable than expected, the divorce rate reached the low rate of 30%. Fantastically low divorce rates were reached at marriages with women from Colombia (20%). Marriages with women from the former USSR reached a rate of 15%; however, it must be noted that marriages between Swiss and Russians boom at the moment, and that the divorce rate is not that much meaningful, because the divorce rate rises with a time-lag. However, there are also marriages between Swiss and foreigners where the divorce rate is worse than the domestic rate: Marriages between Swiss and women from the Dominican Republic tend to work very badly, the divorce rate reached catastrophic sixty percent. Similarly, but not quite as bad, the divorce rate in marriages between Swiss and Philippine women reached 45%

http://www.returnofkings.com/4658/dont-b...ign-brides

Notice that there's very little (5%) difference between the Swiss/Swiss and Swiss/Pinay divorce rate. Compare this to a US study where immigrant marriages had a far lower divorce rate against domestic marriages. The average Pinay makes a bad LTR prospect. Best to look elsewhere, or be prepared to do some serious screening.