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There’s something weird in the Filipino culture which I would call « Single mom at will », meaning they have cases of single moms not due to unwanted pregnancy or spouse’s death or divorce, but some women *choose* to become single moms, like they choose a man to impregnate her, and that’s it, she goes on with her without the father being in the picture, not even financially, at all. I knew few who chose this lifestyle.
I knew a young Pinay in mid 25 who asked me to impregnate her (because she desired her baby to be of mixed ethnicity) without me getting involved in their rising, she was dead serious, and I was like « WHAT THE F—- IS THAT?! ! ». Like yeah as if it’s a hobby of mine to just, you know, bring babies to life and abandon them 
. This was like a cultural shock to me but apparently it is not very uncommon for them to do, probably because they fear marriage due to strict stupid Catholic rule? It’s almost a Catholic theocracy.
It is a very « women-based » society over-all, often women of family (mother + aunts + grandmas) all get involved in raising the child - grandparents (they are a young population) often literally play the role of parents of their grandchild, a lot of mothers are the breadwinners and work abroad. Fathers are commonly not in the picture.
They have a serious drug and alcoholism problem especially among men, like a pandemic.
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I like it here. I am willing to put up with some "restrictions" if it means a safer, more peaceful life for me. The laws that prohibit or restrict things like abortion, divorce, firearms, illegal drugs, infidelity, et cetera do not prohibit things I want to do, anyway.
The laws are more lax in other areas. For example, I can openly carry and use a bolo knife on my property, and not even the cops will question it.
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. That happens throughout South East Asia. When I visited Indonesia, Young (very friendly) christian village girls also walk up to me and complimented my looks saying how they would love to have children with me. When it happened it was a little creepy.
I've met plenty of Australian backpackers in Indonesia who describe that country as heaven and the women as the most friendly to foreign men.
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I knew a young Pinay in mid 25 who asked me to impregnate her (because she desired her baby to be of mixed ethnicity) without me getting involved in their rising, she was dead serious, and I was like « WHAT THE F—- IS THAT?! ! ». Like yeah as if it’s a hobby of mine to just, you know, bring babies to life and abandon them
. This was like a cultural shock to me but apparently it is not very uncommon for them to do, probably because they fear marriage due to strict stupid Catholic rule? It’s almost a Catholic theocracy. It is a very « women-based » society over-all, often women of family (mother + aunts + grandmas) all get involved in raising the child - grandparents (they are a young population) often literally play the role of parents of their grandchild, a lot of mothers are the breadwinners and work abroad. Fathers are commonly not in the picture.
They have a serious drug and alcoholism problem especially among men, like a pandemic.
