Category: Cultural Problems and Misunderstandings

We get a few of our clients and enquirers who entertaining the idea of moving to the Philippines, buy a house, start a business, and to start living the easy life. It’s not necessarily a silly idea, but it’s not …

Moving to the Philippines Read More »

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We meet a lot of couples. It goes with the territory, obviously. We see them in our office. We communicate with our clients by email all the time. It doesn’t take long for us to see how they relate to …

The Age Difference and the Father/Daughter Syndrome Read More »

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You went looking for the love of your life, didn’t you? You want to believe that she is with you purely because she loves you, right? She’s not with you for the money, is she? Despite all the stories you …

True Love and Sending Money to the Philppines Read More »

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This is really more of a Western-stemmed cultural problem than a Filipino problem. Filipinos and Filipinas themselves have very little problem in this area, but the mentally-castrated male can have all sorts of problems. And this can and will affect …

The Male Eunuch….a Victim of the Burning Bra Read More »

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HUGE can of worms! We all love our kids, and we take our parenting very seriously. If you have kids, or if your lady is a single mum with kids, then you will have things you need to deal with. …

Issues with Kids Read More »

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Everyone in the Philippines (who has been to school) has been taught English. English is the second language of the country. All street sights are in English. Products in shops have labels in English. You can survive in the Philippines …

Language Issues Read More »

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In Australia, we are accustomed to different foods. We are used to going out to restaurants and asking “Shall we have Chinese? Indian? Italian? Lebanese? etc etc…”. Filipinos are not. They are a bit like Australians in the 1950’s who …

Food and Diet Issues Read More »

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The Philippines is a religious country. The population is 80 – 85% Catholic. And apart from generally remote Muslim population groups, most of the others are Christian of some persuasion or another. It’s probably the most Christian country on earth, in …

Religious Issues Read More »

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You will discover that everyone is an expert in the Philippines. No one wants to admit they don’t know something. And the more senior the family member, the more they’re likely to give advice….even if they know nothing about it. …

“Helpful” Relatives….Jealousy, “Crab Mentality” and Assorted Bad Advice Read More »

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Again, think of interdependence rather than independence. The family is EVERYTHING to Filipinos. Filipinos don’t grow up and move out. If they DO move out, it’s quite normal for them not to move very far. Concepts of “privacy” and “needing …

Duty to Family….and Money Issues Read More »

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