Category: Cultural Problems and Misunderstandings

As westerners, we tend to be fairly direct. Filipinos tend to be indirect and/or evasive. We tend to speak, and ask. Filipinos tend to observe and say little. We tend to confront. Filipinos tend to avoid confrontation, and they tend …

Communication Styles – Directness versus Indirectness Read More »

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Filipino society is based around the needs of the community, especially the needs of the extended family. The needs of the many will always outweigh the needs of the individual. Filipino people live in very close proximity to each other, …

Independence versus Interdependence Read More »

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Commonsense advice & information for men married to a girl from the Philippines What is this site about? It is a website specifically for Australians which explains the wonderful aspects of marriage between Filipinas (Filipino ladies are referred to as …

Filipina Wives Read More »

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