I'm only half-way through, but this is already a VERY good video. You were extremely fortunate, I think, to find such a lovely and intelligent partner. Well done.
I really like this channel. The two of you are extremely articulate and your videos are very well thought out; and you manage to make them entertaining. I always look forward to viewing them. thx.
This is definitely a good video for any man thats just beginning a relationship with a Filipina. One thing to remember is that Filipinas can be very sensitive, and their feelings can be hurt easily. And it's mostly a misunderstanding. You just live and learn. Happily married almost 5 years.
I've been watching your videos for a while and I like the fact that you bring up topics like this if it wasn't for some of your videos I wouldn't even know what to ask Filipina and how different our cultures are for example the philippinus take care of their family by giving the money where am I culture us the men have to physically help their parents when they need it I hope one day I can send them to the Philippines to live and find a Filipina wife thank you for making informational videos about the Philippines and their culture
Chrissy is so mature and sophisticated. Also, you can tell there is genuine love and affection between you two. I just don’t understand the haters. It usually comes down to jealousy.
The first video I watched on your channel was the interview with Tony.... and Rob, I commented on your great interview style and said that you had found your niche. Since then, I have watched several more of your videos and have enjoyed every one of them. The conversations between the 2 of you are casual and comfortable.. and the subjects are always compelling. I don't know if you guys follow a prepared outline on the details of what you plan to talk about before making your videos, but the conversations with you and Chrissy flow naturally and feel like they are unscripted. Your content is presented in such an original way that it seems like my first time hearing it, although I have probably heard it a few times before. Can't get enough info about "tampo"!!! lol.. Keep em comin!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I am also 67, my Filipina wife 35. She is much more of a Provincial woman than Chrissy and with less English language comprehension. Our struggles are very similar, perhaps even more extreme. I agree wholeheartedly that humor and sarcasm are not appreciated by my wife like I had expected. Keep up the good advice and keep us all informed. Great channel. Jerry and Cristy Joy
Thanks for the tip. I’ll keep it in mind. Often we edit out answers that use bad grammar or meandering away from questions. However sometimes I cut her off too. 🤔
Congratulations. You realize that you are a very lucky man. Suggestion: Try using two different microphones as the volume difference between you and Chrissy is significant.
Lol, l dated my last girlfriend for a year before we decided to move in together...... I made it clear to her that I wasn't interested in marriage at that time and we would have to see how things went... We were together 10 years when we decided that marriage was definitely not going to happen and we split up...... 1 suggestion from me, Rod your voice carries much louder that Chriissy's so maybe move the microphone closer to her just a little.....
I hear about problems that appear to be solvable, but no one really addresses solutions: [1] if no hot water, install insta hot, [2] if brownouts, get battery backup...at least for computer, [3] if Internet intermittent, get satellite. I think someone could live in province and have this stuff, but tell me if I am mistaken.
Understood. I have lived in 17 places for 6 months or longer, including Boston in the heart of the city and a town with 66 people and everything in between. Presently, in a town with no Kentucky Fried Chicken or Poppa Johns, and I think that bothers me the most. Stay well. @@FlyMeToThePhilippines
My message to ANYONE trying to berate Rob and Chrissy is, 'Rob and Chrissy ARE MY HEROES, so STIFLE YOURSELVES!'. When I deliver my announcements in person it seems more effective. HA! My LDR pinay is withholding better means of communication. I understand that she works 6 days a week and I know she freaked out when I sent her a b-day gift via the dating service we are using [her parents did not know about me], but I don't understand why she won't share her e-mail address with me. She writes that will change after we meet in person. I wish I knew what it is that I am not understanding here. My Sarah really enjoys my lame attempts at humor in my mails. I'm pretty sure she isn't attracted to me for my looks and I have no money. Heh. Great topic and video Rob and Chrissy. Together you ARE perfect. Thank you for sharing this insightful information. Keep it coming!
You know I appreciate you @@FlyMeToThePhilippines but please don't mistake me for a nice guy. I'm not. What I write is what I perceive, so take my comments as simple facts. 😅😂🤣
I enjoy watching the two you together and enjoy seeing you grow as a couple. Please try and let your fiancé an opportunity to speak without you speaking over her when she has not finish Sharing , her thoughts. She is too much of a lady too complain.
Way to go Rob & Chrissy, another great topic, and blog. Rob, have you guys ever “watched” any of your blogs, before releasing them to us? Chrissy is such a sweetheart, she immediately stops talking, the moment you “interrupt” her. Brother, do you realize that you interrupted her during “every single comment” of the 13 comments, of this topic, 😉👍🏼😎??? You and all of us are foreigners, we have a pretty good idea of what our opinions are going to be, regarding living in a different country, and their culture. It’s what “Filipina’s” comments and observations are, as well as yours, that we’re interested in. In other words, it’s how “they” are going to react to being with a foreigner, that were truly interested in, 😉😎👍🏼❤️. Great job guys, keep them coming. 😉🙏🏼😎❤️.
Thanks for watching, and for the compliments I do watch our videos. In fact, we spent hours and hours in the editing suite and quite often when someone thinks I’m interrupting Chrissy it’s because it was edited because of a rooster noise or a dog bark or because she didn’t actually answer the question I asked her or she didn’t answer in a way that she was happy and we were ahead and jump in the edit. Sometimes I have a script and I’m trying to steer the video in a particular direction but thank you for your feedback I’ll taken into account.
@@FlyMeToThePhilippines No, no, thank “you” for taking the time to explain the process, to me. Your videos are very good, and polished. I should’ve realized how much work goes into producing them, having to deal with the background noises of roosters, chickens, barking, dogs, and loud motorcycles, driving by, from time to time. Your blogs are great, thank you again for your explanation, and I’m going to have a much better appreciation, for how well you and other bloggers, produce blogs, 😉😎🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼.
A lot of these center around money and expectation, some might say double standard, of being married to a foreigner. A relationship should not feel like a burden for ANY reason. If so, you're likely wrong partner and/or need to makes some changes within yourself. Listen to your intuition, it's almost always correct.
My filipina dont know how to say i'm sorry never has. I told her im not perfect nether are you we must learn to forgive each other A english word she dont know she wont ask mean what it means pride maybe?I may say maybe we can do this only ideas discussion communication for her it literal were going to do it. Communication by far the hardest part for us. Of course NO sarcasm
Concerning the Filipina not being able to go directly to the US in particular due to the Philippines say so, couldn’t she just first fly to a nearby country, such as Thailand, stay a short while or just turn around and buy another ticket at the airport, and then fly to the US? Sure, perhaps she would need a return ticket from Thailand just to leave the Philippines, but couldn’t she simply buy another ticket to the US in Thailand since it is the Philippines that won’t allow her to leave? Of course, perhaps there may a problem once she returned to the Philippines, but how severe would that be? I wouldn’t think it is anything more than policy and procedures of immigration rather than any law, and so, could be challenged civilly to force change. The only thing worse than a tyrant, is many tyrants, each with his or her own axe to grind. But, then again, I don’t know…do you? It would shed light on many basic attitudes of the culture just through this one question.
The United States is very hard to get a visa issued requires an in person interview in Manila quite often there’s a waiting period of nine months to two years, depending on which visa you’re applying for K-1 or spousal so offloading is really a problem getting the filter Philippine out of the country to neighboring countries in Asia getting a visa to United States. That’s the United States being the problem once the Filipina has a visa to the United States is she’s gonna get on the plane no problem headed to the US.
@@FlyMeToThePhilippines Ah, I thought that the problem was internal. So, the major stumbling block is coming from the US?…even if she has a return ticket before she leaves for a visit? Once marriage occurs, this does ease the difficulty…doesn’t it?
Culture barrier (in my opinion) Is a very weak excuse for a pointless argument. Also I remember I started dating a filipina and after a few months, things going very well. So she decided to pull the 'tampo' thing for a few hours. Had me stressing for a few hours that maybe I did or said something wrong. Then later when we're good again.... She said I passed her test. She wanted to see how I handle filipina 'tampo'. Long story short, I dumped her ass when I found she was testing me.