Brother, live your best life. You only get one, so enjoy it. You don't owe anyone an explanation.

This is about envy, which is very common in humans. Envy makes the world go round.

The Philippines is a developing country, and a lot of less privileged women see white men as an ATM or a way out of the country. There are plenty of cases where the woman leaves once she gets permanent residency or has gotten a lot of money. More privileged locals see this as embarrassing or a last resort, but at the end of the day it's the young Filipina's choice to date whoever benefits her.

Yes, but they'll only say it online. In person they'll just think it and keep it to themselves.

Short answer: yes. Long answer: absolutely. Most people dating with a 20-plus-year gap are picking bottom-of-the-barrel girls out of poverty

I know a married couple: he's 64, she's 35, and they have a 9-year-old daughter. While he was getting to know her, he said it wouldn't be fair to marry her because of the age gap, and she said she'd rather have 20 years of happiness than none at all. You can't argue with that.