From the Midwest redneck author of "The Rooster Crows at 4am!," "Lizard Poop!," and "The Philippines Expat Advisor"
New Filipina Facebook Friend Wants Me To Be “Her Man.”
I'm approaching 500 Facebook friends. For a guy that never claimed to have any friends while living in the States, that's a lot of buddies. I rely a lot on that "People You May Know" blurb Facebook has on the right hand corner of the page to find new friends. It tells you that "so-and"so" and "Whatchamacallit" has the same mutual friends as you. I'll be honest, if it wasn't for this website, I probably wouldn't even be on Facebook because I'm a somewhat anti-social guy. It's not that I don't like people, I'm married to a "people," my asawa, The Sainted Patient Wife, but I enjoy the relative solitude we have on the edge of a jungle in the Philippines. If I don't see another human being aside from the crew at our "Compound," I frankly could care less. (Photo from Flickr)
It's my habit to send a personal "thank you" to anyone brave enough to accept my offer to be a friend on Facebook. Figure that's the least I could do. I know that doesn't make up for them having my mug on their "Friends" list, but I was raised to be a polite guy, so I send the message. Sent one of those "thank you" notes to a Filipina living in Tagum City the other day, and was surprised to get the following repy. "You're welcome. I want you to be my man." WHAT? Did this young lady not read my profile headline on Facebook which says I'm married?
I showed the message to my asawa and she reacted with a shocked look on her face. "What's the matter with some of these desperate Filipinas?" she remarked excitedly. I felt it was not appropriate at that time to mention to my wife that at least the young Pinay had good taste, but I wisely did not verbalize that thought to her. With my wife by my side, I deleted the "desperate Filipina's" message and blocked her from my Facebook page for eternity. It was the smart thing to do.
I've never had that type of response before from any of my Facebook "friends" and hopefully that will be the last of its kind. Of course, it is possible that the pinay of obviously good taste did not see my martial status on my page, but in a situation like that I did not even want to give her the benefit of the doubt. It also possible that she was running a scam and does this with other foreigners she runs across on Facebook.
Please note that the photo used on this post is not the actual Filipina that wants me to be her "man," it's just a cute Filipina's photo from Flickr. (Should be in the Bureau of Immigration Office in Intramuros Manila all day applying for my Permanent Visa to stay in the Philippines. I will respond to any new comments or emails as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.)
Dave: Ha, ha, ha! Can’t help yourself for being so “guapo”. Have a great time in Manila.
How lucky can you get Dave!
You should have told her, “that’s fine, but my criterias for a GF are; 1) she must have a mansion, 2) must have a Mercedes SUV, 3) a yacht and 4. $50 million in the bank. Please send pics of above items for approval with my asawa”. Let’s see what she says
You stud! Just one thing though, since the young lady said “I want to be your MAN” does that mean “she” is a ladyboy?
Dave,
I also get those from time to time, and I always check them out first: who are our ‘mutual friends’ and so on. In 99% I reject a friendship like that.
But I like the proposed answer from Christine:
“that’s fine, but my criterias for a GF are; 1) she must have a mansion, 2) must have a Mercedes SUV, 3) a yacht and 4. $50 million in the bank. Please send pics of above items for approval with my asawa”.
I will keep this and do that the next time.
Jan
on facebook you never know !!!!
It’s a curse at times, Roselyn!
Hmmm, good idea, Christine. Never thought of that angle. Will save that one for any more possible “Friend” requests like that.
Well, thanks to your comment, Lance, I corrected that line in my post. That’s what happens when I try to get a post finished while trying to get ready for the trip to Manila. The line should read “I want you to be my man.” I don’t think she was a “ladybody” but then, again maybe “she” was a “he.”
Christine had an excellent reply, Jan, that I will use in any future possible requests like the one from the “desperate” young Filipina.
Dave, you could still unblock her on Facebook and send her that reply, LOL.
You guys must be a bunch of drop dead gorgeous hunks to get so much attention from Filipina ladies, huh?
Whatever those charms are, please spread around for some of our friends here 
Cristine
You must talking about Dave, Lance and Tom. Those are the real hunks.
Christine
I think you have a good answer for everything.
Yep, that’s true, Lance, might just have to try that.
Awww, shucks, Christine, as I’ve said before it can be a curse at times.
Personally, Papa Duck, and no offense to Lance, the best looking guy in Canada, but Tom is the only one of us that has been whistled at.
That never happens to me, but maybe it’s because my facebook picture has me and my wife in it.
Good call Christine. Attracting the right fiipina is best scored by the guy who says he wants to marry her for her money.
Do you all experience confusion with pronouns? Melyn seems to have no clue when to say “he” or “she”. It completely strains my categorical brain.
That’s a good idea, John. I do have my marital status on Facebook and listed a picture of my asawa as “I am married to…” but was waiting for Facebook to confirm it. I’ll have to get that photo back up again. Hopefully that will prevent any future requests from “desperate Filipinas.”
OK, John, I just went back to Facebook to see why it was taking so long to confirm my wife’s picture in my relationship status field. Figure FB would send her a message confirming that. Problem is, she has two facebook accounts, and she can’t remember the password to her original account which is probably where the message was sent. OK, so I’ve put a photo of the boss up with a “married to” headline right up at the top of my profile now. Hopefully, that will deter any unwanted requests.
John Thompson, my asawa constantly does that on a daily basis, God bless her.
Of course its a scam! I stayed in that crap hole country for 10 horrible years!!! Any person wanting to live there has got to have some screws loose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have heard that Filipinos tend to mix up the “he” and “she” pronouns because they only have one pronoun for both in their language, this would make sense. I also noticed that both of my Filipina-Canadian (now ex) girlfriends seemed to also mix up their “I” and “you” pronouns sometimes. For example, they would say “YOU should do the dishes” (i.e. me), when I think they actually meant that “I should do the dishes” (i.e. her). Just joking, LOL.
Goodbyejoe, it’s probably safe to say you had some negative experiences in the Philippines. I respect your opinion, and I would no doubt have an ex-wife back in the States and some ex-coworkers who would agree that I, indeed, do have “some screws loose.” As for the rest of my expat friends, I will have to let them speak for themselves.
Thanks for that bit of info, Lance. By the way, I think it should always be “YOU should do the dishes.” Male chauvinist pig that I am, I have not washed any dishes in almost two years since moving to the Philippines. My mother-in-law will pick up one single dirty spoon as soon as I place it in the sink.
Dave, for some reason when they say “You should do the dishes” (i.e. me) I hear “I should do the dishes” (i.e. her). Must be the built-in male selective hearing when it comes to doing chores. I’m just amazed that some lucky lady hasn’t snapped me up, lol. Just kidding, they actually don’t like when I do dishes that often because I have accidentally broken a few glasses in my time.