It looks like I'm in the club here. I'm on my second marriage now and ended up marrying a Filipina who I met while working in Singapore, close to 20 years ago. We are about the same age. She is a devout catholic and although I'm not religiously inclined I respect her faith totally, even drive her to church every Sunday.
She has never once raised here voice to me in anger, would you believe. If there's some issue she will take her time and bring it up later when she knows I'm in a better mood. It took me some time to adjust to that after a fairly turbulent first marriage here in Australia. Since I'm no longer threatened in the relationship I find that it becomes a natural instinct to support her in any conversation or situation.
It took some time for me to realise that the relationship is 100% solid, it will never become a bargaining chip in any conversation or situation. She will back me up all the time. We tend to go everywhere together and she likes to hold my hand when walking, after 20 years.
She cooks all sorts of asian and western foods and loves doing the housework. To her it's home making and she's very proud of doing a good job.
No shortage of friends! When Filipinas spot each other there is instant consversation.
I agree with some of the comments about the bars. It is possible to find a nice girl there but you need to go back quite a few times and see how suited the two of you are are, and try to work out how genuine she is. Our director of engineering managed to do it successfully. If you are not there long enough then it can work out badly.
