Having a boyfriend who is a foreigner automatically elevates the social status of a typical Filipina lady, especially if she comes from the provinces where poverty exists and the issue of where to get the next meal is a daily question.

Back in your country, you may just be an ordinary employee earning an average wage and may always be trying to meet your bills and make both ends meet, but for most of the Filipina ladies, you are wealthy. Having you for a boyfriend is a status symbol and her friends and neighbors will envy her. No matter how poor you say you are, for her you are still rich. This could be due to the reality that in terms of material things, those daily necessities which you take for granted are considered luxury in the Philippines.

Take your car for example. In your country, cars are a necessity but it is a different matter in the Philippines. Cars are a luxury and only those in the upper high class families could not afford them. Even small household appliances like washing machines, rice cookers, sandwich makers, dish washers, food blenders, oven toasters, and other push button appliances which you take for granted as “must haves” may be considered out of reach for the ordinary pockets of average Filipinas.

So she has professed her love for you, but you told her you have no money? This is your chance to test whether your Filipina lady really loves you or just looks at you as a visa to go to other countries and eventually lift her and her family up from poverty.

Sadly, a percentage of Filipina ladies who are very smart and business minded exist and if you tell them you have no money, they will automatically turn their backs on you and look for other prospects. Women like these are not interested in a life long commitment to a man and it pays to know how to spot them early on so you will be spared the trouble, heartache and yes, expenses.

For these women, your age and physical attributes suddenly matters and they would decide they can not live with someone like you. They dreamed of a luxurious life in a land flowing with milk and honey and these women are those you should avoid.

Continue your search for your perfect Filipina bride if you are really that determined. She is just somewhere out there, waiting for the right time at the right place. Remember though that she may not be a factory-made, perfect-wife material (those things exist only in your mind) but it is up to you to bring out the best in her.

For a Filipina woman who loves you, your economic status in life does not matter. If she loves you, she will be there for you to help and support you. She is adaptable and can accept what is there without complaints.