It's Not Necessary To Meet People Online

[Samson28]

I see a lot of posts saying following a bad breakup saying back to the dating sites again. Although I'm very happy to have met my current fiancée online and couldn't be happier, if I had to do it all over again I would meet someone in person. As a foreigner, I've found meeting people incredibly easy. Don't feel like you need to meet people before you arrive. If you are going to be there for a considerable amount of time, join a social organization like toastmasters, or a rotary club, or a fitness group. Take a few university courses.

 

You will not only be exposed to lots of potential partners, you will be exposed to ones who are likely from a better class and will be less likely to scam you.

 

Joining a group like toastmasters has the additional benefit of finding a partner who is fluent in english if this is an important quality to you. For example, my fiancée is more fluent in english than many native english speakers I know. Many of the speakers there were on her level or were at least at a strong conversational level. And we attended a toastmasters session in a fairly rural area. I can't imagine what the quality of speakers would be like in Metro Manila.

[mogo51]

Can't say that I totally agree with your post. Both manners of meeting have merit and can produce the same

results.

In my instance I met my Filipino gf here in Thailand. In doing so, I set criteria what I was looking for and

did not deviate. I wanted an English speaker, educated (degree), no children or grown up, plus the usual, kind,

caring etc.

My point here is that if you stick to your relevant criteria, you are just as likely to find the right person as the

manner you have suggested. I have no doubt that these types of organisations will also give you many worthy

introductions. Apples for apples as they say.

[Thomas]

You will not only be exposed to lots of potential partners, you will be exposed to ones who are likely from a better class and will be less likely to scam you.

Corect. Although it's a disadvantage with they are from SAME groups, you can have to meet many grumpy women, if you are picky and/or hard to find suiting to as to complicated me*  :mocking:   needing to say "Sorry. Can't suit" to many...

 

*My very serious working side, and my bohemic joking private side are much different, so it's very hard to find ONE woman suiting BOTH   :)     Some have been shocked when I switch fast between my sides   :lol:

[Jack Peterson]

Some have been shocked when I switch fast between my sides  

 

:hystery:  Thomas, does this make you a Jekyll & Hyde or just our friend with as Split personality. :dance:

 

​Kidding Thomas.  just kidding Matey :cheers: 

 

JP  :tiphat:  :thumbsup:

[bows00]

I agree with this post. I have never had much luck online. You can't beat having boots on the ground and seeing them in person.

[Larry45]

Good points, OP.  But what about those that don't really appreciate the whole group dynamics and politics involved with such social gatherings?  Are they destined to meet only mediocre women?   Online dating is just a tool.....like meeting girls through friends, joining clubs, or meeting girls in one's day-to-day activities.  And honestly, I have never met a foreigner that was living here and was still searching for a DECENT girl online.  Does anyone do that?   

[Gerald Glatt]

:thumbsup: I agree nothing beets Boobs on the ground

 

 

B  top view   O O   front view   b   side view

 

:cheersty: 

[Thomas]

 

Some have been shocked when I switch fast between my sides  

 

:hystery:  Thomas, does this make you a Jekyll & Hyde or just our friend with as Split personality. :dance:

:)     I'm MUCH different between when I'm private joking, and when I want to get something - boring  - done fast by switching to be hard concentrated speedy effective, because by that I get much more time left to do fun/interesting things  :dance:

Not easy for ONE wife to suit both, so perhaps I better get two   :mocking:

[Methersgate]

I have never tried online dating so I can't say anything useful about it, but it is certainly easy to meet people in the Philippines.

Partly, of course, life is lived much more outdoors and on foot, compared to Europe and North America where we stay indoors and then get into a car, but mainly, I think, because Filipinos just interact more with others than we do.

[Thomas]

Filipinos just interact more with others than we do.

A big part through Facebook, posting a lot of selfies  :lol:

But I suppouse it's normal they STARTED their FB relations elsewhere.