Dating here — this is something to be wary of. Saw it on Threads

Well, young women don't date older men because they like wrinkles. He wants beauty and youth he couldn't get in America, and she wants money she couldn't get from a young Filipino man. It's fair. If you don't want to be taken advantage of, date someone your own age and level of attractiveness. Or at least not someone that young.

I don't really see a problem here. It's not like she's trying to steal money, especially if it's a one-time help to finish her fourth year of school. It'd be a problem if she were lying and manipulating the guy. In a relationship, as long as nothing's hidden and both agree, there shouldn't be any issue.

I agree with her. What's the point of a 21-year-old dating a 38-year-old man if he can't even help her financially? She might as well date someone her own age. Guys, stop dating women half your age. It's creepy.

She's a working student. Where are her siblings, parents and friends?? They should be the first people she thinks of asking to help pay for school. How long have they been together? A month? Three years? That's a big difference. Most working foreigners are broke. They usually get one vacation a YEAR, use it to visit their Filipina for two weeks, spend like they're rich for those two weeks, and have no money once it's over. Most people are broke, too — from overspending and bad money decisions piling up over the years. That 62+ foreigner has $5k in the bank and a $2k/month pension, comes to PH to "live like a king" in a studio or 1BR condo, and hooks up with 18-to-20-year-old Filipinas who are uneducated, desperate, and hoping to have a mixed baby and get support from him for life.

For me it would depend on whether they've already met and whether he lives in the Philippines too. If they haven't met, or he doesn't live in the Philippines, I'd be very wary of sending her money. If they live together or see each other very regularly, that's a different story. I live in the Philippines, and my girlfriend recently lost her job to redundancy. I told her I'd give her — and I've already started — the amount she used to make when she worked overtime, to cover her living costs until she moves in with me. Right now she spends half the week with me and the other half with her female cousin. She also gives some money to her sister for school, which she'd have had to stop if I didn't give her anything. She's looking for another job, but she's agreed to take one only if she likes the work and the people, not just grab anything because she feels guilty about me helping her.