Re: Mixed race marriages.
Originally Posted by
carol
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My new neighbour is a really nice young man - in his early thirties, quite nice looking. in work, drives a 4/4 and I'm sure he could get most girls he set his mind on.
He is however waiting for his future bride to come over here. She's from the Philippines and currently they are having a lot of problems with red tape etc.
I just wondered why a young man would want a bride from another country when there are many nice single girls here?
(No I haven't asked him)
I'm not really sure what you are asking -
Do you know how your neighbour met his future bride?
Have they met in person or has it all been via 'online dating'?
Or is it a 'mail order bride' type arrangement?
The son of my friend was a really fit, good looking bloke in his 30s when he fell in love and married a woman from the Phillipines too.
He worked as a travel agent and met his future bride when he was on a work related trip abroad checking out hotels etc. His future bride worked in the hotel industry in the Phillipines. They spent a year or two courting at a distance, and travelling back and forth to visit each other. I seem to remember it took them quite a long time to sort out all the details to enable her to come to UK to live.
That was about 15 years ago and they are still happily married, with main residence in U.K. but travel back to see her family once or twice a year.