Thoughts on Western men pursuing foreign women from low income countries

[SofiaJessica4]

I'm divided on this as you do hear of people marrying, staying together long term and being happy

At the same time there's a reason people side eye old white dudes with young, pretty asian wives.

You rarely hear of women doing this (aside from casual relationships) so there is obviously a power dynamic going on

The context is my ex, a man with a bucketload of problems, has 'moved on' with a Filipina woman he's met online. She's a student and I reckon 10 years younger. While still waiting for him to move out of my home, he's talking marriage and babies with her. This is a divorced guy with two kids, a Cluster B ex wife, and his own mental health issues. You couldn't make this shit up.

I left him as he is a serial liar and I couldn't trust him anymore. I'm grieving whilst he's apparently infatuated with this person he's never met

Interested to hear people's stories as I've never encountered this 'international' scenario before firsthand

YouTube has a tendency to blow things out of proportion. People will exaggerate things, or come up with outright fabrications, just for the sake of creating new videos.

"Passport Bros" are virtually non-existent.

Stop and think about this. Do you really think that men are giving up their lives, jobs, income, and homes just to leave their home countries and pursue random women in other countries?

Absolute nonsense.

Gosh @ProudHelper sounds straight out of an AT handbook! I hope your GF doesn't have children with you without being married. She will be leaving herself financially very vulnerable should your imbalanced relationship break down. I find that men who prefer uneducated women tend to have a lot of insecurities about themselves and have a fragile ego. This is very unattractive, I prefer a man who I can have a sensible and interesting conversation with. There's someone for everyone I guess!

I think the real question is, what do they offer that western women do not?
Relative looks and youth.
Dependence.
"Traditional" cultural norms.

This!!!!!

Plenty of western women have looks and youth, however they are looking for a man of equal standing. The old, unattractive, entitled men who clearly think they deserve someone well out of their league are effectively trying to buy this from abroad. Many western women do adopt a traditional role in a relationship by working part-time etc taking on most of the childcare. If they are married and therefore financially protected by law, then nothing wrong with that if that's what the couple choose. @AgentJohnson your use of the word "dependence" suggests a partner who has no choice but to stay. That's controlling.