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I’m a 30M American software engineer thinking about spending a year in Taipei while on sabbatical. I’m not looking for hookups—I’d like a serious relationship and would be open to staying longer if life there works out.

How realistic is long-term dating if I initially plan to stay for a year? How much does Mandarin matter, and where have people had the best luck meeting women who want something serious?

I’d also appreciate any firsthand advice about exclusivity, family involvement, finances, or cultural expectations.

Not sure guys but there's lot of quantity, but I'd say quality is not very abundant. Not only the physic, but big tattoos seem extremely common in 20-40 years old women, same as brain rot or obesity.

I guess if you have not many options is ok to try in th Ph. But to find a beautiful Filipina (who is also decent, not crazy and somewhat educatded) needs time and work, and I don't think they are so common. When I say "beautiful" means beautiful in Europe/Usa standards, not average. I know some guys here have beautiful Filipina girlfriends, and good for you.

As an example a 7 from America, Latin America or Usa would really stand out here.

I would say actually in Thailand, Japan or Korea you have more chances to date a beautiful woman, as they have many more.

Just my opinion.

Hey,

Iam curious what people in this subreddit are like? Like the average person here?
Is it mostly people from western countries? Are people here generally well off or rather broke?
Are there some people from India, Africa or other 3rd world countries?

I’m of african origine, lived in france for the last 10 years and lived in the USA between 2024 to june 2026.

I’m black, 5’11, 190 pounds muscular, bald head (the best bald head in town 😁) full beard.

I used to go out in NYC in bushwick, brooklyn and manhattan rooftops, it was normal for a girl to come up to me and dance and talk and go on dates afterwards, i could get 3 girls to twerk on me in one night thats was normal in NYC.

In my recent trip to europe i get a lot of attention in the club too but it’s hard to talk to them, most of the time they are nervous and scarred, although they are the ones that came to my zone intentionally and sometimes even push their ass on me, also me being black in clubs with very few black can have an impact as some women are attracted but affraid of what the other white people will think of them if she started to dance with me ettc.

If you are white in europe i think sometimes is even harder because in barcelona the amount of good looking white people is ridiculus, we talking italian with perfect 20/10 hair spanish ettc i was happy that i stood out by my masculinity rather than prettiness.

Now in Berlin and went on a date yesterday and have some more lined up but the USA was far easier honestly.

During this journey i’ve met a lot of american dudes, normally they should do better than me because they have the american status but let me tell you a lot of duddes are absloutley afraid of talking to a women even when she gives them dead signals,

A lot of american men are traumatised by women i noticed that in USA and abroad, aftaid to talk to girls, afriad to dance afriad to express themselves they just wanna look pretty and have their drink in hand and expect something to happened that is riddiculus and sad.

When Europe is full of beautiful African women, looking for dates.

Something unexpected happened to me over the past two years. Anytime I travel to Spain, Portugal and France, among others, I end up getting a date with gorgeous African women.

I’ve dated Nigerians, Kenyans, Angolans, Madagascar, Moroccans, Ugandans, Mozambican women…

To me the benefits are:

- Closer to where I live, save on thousands in airfare
- Known places, good food, sunshine, basic safety and hygiene
- I know the bar and rooftop scenes in Barcelona, Lisbon or Nice
- Surprisingly the cost of food and drinks is not that much higher than some of the premium locations in Africa
- Near zero harassment or safety issues
- Generally better educated, more driven women. Deeper conversations, fewer gold diggers

One disadvantage of course is the size of the pool. You’ll likely get many more choices in Africa, but tbh, the ones I’ve seen here have all been drop dead gorgeous.

What’s your experience?

Egyptian woman here not sure if I'm supposed to post here her :-| — but serious question

For the men here who are genuinely interested in marrying a woman from another culture: would you consider Egypt? And please give explanation I'd love to hear you out.

I’ve been going through alot, just came back from Bulgaria to get culturally shocked in egypt, i don't like men in my country at all and I'm open to meeting someone from another culture.

Simply put, I’m in every day marijuana smoker, and I’m aware that there are cannabis shops in Pattaya, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience bringing a small amount of Gummies for the long flight itself.
Basically, thinking of just mixing some into a bag of regular candy, gluing it shut and just tossing it into my backpack with a few other snacks

Is this no big deal? Asking for trouble?
Hoping for answers from people that have actually done this a few times.

I am a mid 20s male with a budget of 2000 to last for a month or so. I’m looking to travel somewhere in Europe to meet women. What are my good options? I’m fit and attractive

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Some adventures in East Africa. Part 1.

Arrive at my hotel in the capital of Kenia. It's 1AM.

Can't sleep. Download tinder. Pay for tinder gold.

Wakeup: 50 likes. A German girl wants to travel together. She's on the coast.

That's ok for later, but I had other things in mind.

Setup 3 dates for the next 2 days:

Date 1: Slightly fat girl invites me for drinks at her apartment.

Her place is on the edge of town. No great architecture out here: Just enormous, mid height apartments stretching out like grey cliffs. She leads me into a crevass in the mountain.

Her apartment is behind a heavy metal door. It's ok. She has a big TV. We spend the afternoon getting to know each other.

We eat fried chicken at a nearby diner. She wants to go to a nightclub later.

Her friend arrives. Much better looking than her. They both want to go to the nightclub.

We take a cab to the club. It's a crappy place.

"I want a Johnny Walker, can you get me one, baaabe?"

I ask to see the menu. Each drink costs 80 dollars. WTF, that's like a month's salary around here.

"Damn babe, my e-wallet is low. Let's go to my hotel so I can get some cash."

She pouts.

"I already paid my rent, you have to buy the drinks now"

"I will babe, I'd love to party, let's go get my money".

I feel uneasy on the drive to the hotel. We arrive.

I go in. Searching through my things, looking for where I hid my money, my guardian angel says: "You can just tell them to go away, this is a scam".

I go out. I hand her a 20 through the window and say I'm too ill to go out.

I go back to my room.

Thinking about visiting Uganda and I’m curious what it’s actually like when it comes to dating.

For anyone who’s been there or lived there, what was your experience like? Is it easy to meet people, both for hookups and for potentially finding a genuine longterm relationship?

Also curious about the general vibe, safety, nightlife, and cost of living.

10yrs ago I never seen anything like this. Now I hear it EVERYWHERE . For those unaware LBH means LOSER BACK HOME. Why is this becoming a thing now in the Philippines? In my opinion it’s because over the past decade it has been TONS MORE FOREIGNERS coming to live in the Philippines and it’s mostly due to one factor. Before, what most foreigners would do is get a Filipina and then take her back to America or the West. Most never considered living in the Philippines. Then the word got put out on the internet that bringing a Filipina back to the West was a bad idea because she ultimately divorce you and then be with more desirable men in the West which was the experience of tons of Westerners. So the new idea now became to just come to the Philippines, find you Filipina, and stay in the Philippines away from the West that way you never have to worry about her leaving you for more desirable foreigners in your home country.

So this is the playbook the last decade of so and it’s created an influx of foreigners into the Philippines who basically live. The younger generations of Filipinos are not stupid and they’ve figured out that most of these foreigners have no prospects and are lower class in their home countries.

Why do I bring this up? So many times I see in this forum foreigners thinking they are viewed as “special” by Filipinos. I think this only applies to the younger foreigners or female foreigners because Filipinos are more than use to seeing old, retired foreigner males. It’s a totally different dynamic than it was years ago.

Planning my first trip to South America solo, few nights in Bogota, four nights in Salento then a few weeks in Medellin. I've just now heard about scopolamine and it's shit me up and has me questioning everything.

I'm not there to party, or drink, I'd be staying in Envigado or Laureles with no intention to go to El Poblado are be involved in any seedy shit. That said, I will likely find myself having a few drinks solo in the evening, in someplace away from the chaos and now I'm wondering if I'm setting myself to get done over? I want to spend my days exploring and taking day trips out of the city but I don't want to feel like I can't go and enjoy myself alone for a few hours at night.

I'm not there for women, alcohol, drugs etc - I asked on the Medellin sub and got banned, mods are certified weirdos over there.

I was thinking of going to Greece (specifically Thessaloniki) or perhaps one of the Scandinavian countries since it's late summer, also open to other recs. I just wanted to go someplace I've never been. I'm tall, athletic, and good looking and have game if we speak the same language(s). I've already been to Portugal, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland, the UK.

I saw quite a few east asian girls in Amsterdam last month. Not a single one had a slim-thick physique, and none of them were particularly attractive. I discussed this topic with two dutch men I know who spent their summer vacation in Asia. They agreed, saying that this is exactly why they needs to visit Asia in person. Why is there such a difference in attractiveness?

I’m looking for a country where it’s realistic to meet women who are loyal, family-oriented, down-to-earth, and genuinely interested in building a serious relationship and eventually getting married.

I’d especially like to meet someone who isn’t materialistic, entitled, or primarily interested in money.

For those who have lived abroad or dated internationally, which countries would you recommend and why?

I'm an Asian guy who wants to score with one of those pilates alo-wearing run club white girls. How do I do it? Do I need to be buff? Will being a 'local' (I'm not Balinese sadly) give me an advantage? Or is it better that I go to Siargao?

I was in the Philippines for a couple weeks and had an amazing time but now I thought why not try a different country. So I booked a flight to South Korea and man what a change in scenery. Landed in Seoul, headed to my hotel and just had to explore the city after seeing lots of amazing buildings and polite people. Went to a local convenience store to buy some Korean snacks and one thing led to another but I hit it off with the convenience store clerk and she agreed to go out with me and was basically my tour guide. We walked around the city visiting some local landmarks, learned some Korean history and visited a couple cafes for snacks and drinks🍹Got to learn more about the city and but also got some pointers on how to pick more Korean ladies from her which was awesome😎We parted ways after we had lunch as she needed to leave to visit her friends but we agreed to meet up again during my stay here. Now I’ll throw it on luck for this one because I didn’t expect to go out with someone on my first day here but hey I’ll take it😎Especially since Korea is much tougher in the dating scene than most countries but I like the challenge.

I was born in the USA and speak Spanish at a level B2. When I went to Colombia most of the women thought I was Brazilian. I am 21 and I want to learn Portuguese to pick up some women. Is it easy to pick up women if your Portuguese if iffy and crappy