Nowadays, most Filipinas won’t force you to get close with their family. This is based on my experience and perspective as a Filipino.
I have married a man from a different culture and country as well.
During the entirety of our relationship, I have learned to understand how we are way too different when it comes to handling family matters.
He adores my family and my parents consider him as their son. But when it comes to things and decisions revolving around our marriage, both parties understand that some things are meant to be handled on our own and vice versa.
It is a popular belief among Western people that Asians have really strong family ties and that most Asian parents are highly authoritative and demanding of their children’s personal lives, even during adulthood. However, I believe that for most of us, we have moved past that.
Even though we still highly regard them with respect and would try to help the family as much as we can, we are now making decisions for ourselves. In fact, it is not new for a Filipina today to move out from her parent’s house as early as in her 20’s, without her family expecting anything from her.
The world is evolving and so are some of our beliefs and upbringing. While the point of the question is not necessarily the case right now when dating a Filipina woman, it won’t hurt if you take the extra effort to get close with her family.
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