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Tips In Winning The Heart Of A Filipina

Courting in Filipino culture is very indirect compared to Western practice. Filipino courtship takes a lot of time to win a Filipinas heart. Engagement, likewise will take many years. And marriage is a lifelong commitment. But in the modern era today, with the rise of online dating sites, courtship is disregarded most often for love at first sight or arrange marriages. So here are tips you can find useful to win the heart of a Filipina.

1st stage: Get off with a friendly start

The start of a relationship begins with a casual date. The couple can go out together on a date accompanied by their friends. At this point, there's no public display of affection. You need to be discreet and friendly so that you won't be slapped as aloof or stuck up. This stage is too early for any physical contact like kissing, hugging or holding hands.

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2nd stage: Tactful Dating

At this point, you can now go out on dates alone without your mutual friends. But you need to be discreet still. Filipinas unlike other culture is not so much into fast courtship. They are expected to play hard to get because it has been tagged as the right behavior to display when being courted. Remember, a Filipina you’re dating at this stage will never reveal that she likes you immediately.

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When Filipinas play hard to get, this is the time they measure whether you or any other guy is sincere in winning her heart. This can also show that you need to work hard to get her heart. Many courtships as said before can last for many years before the Filipina accepts your love/a guy's love making them officially a couple.

3rd stage: Letting Everyone Know Your Officially Together

This is the time where the couple tells their family and friends that they are a couple. If you are sincere in winning the Filipina's hard you have to be ready to meet the parent. It might sound daunting but it's a sign that you are serious about your love for her. It is considered wrong to court a Filipino girl and take it to the next level without her parents knowing.

You have to remember Filipinos have a strong sense of family ties. So if you decide to court a Filipina girl, you will have to court her family as well. By doing so, you will earn the girl's respect and the family will entrust their daughter to you.

Oh and by the way, there are some traditions that Filipinos practice when it comes to visiting the Filipina's family. You have to offer little present every time you visit them. You can ask for their family traditions to older siblings in their family.

Last stage: Engagement and Marriage

After years of being together and your love for each other have been strongly tested through time, you can ask your Filipina girl for marriage. But the first thing you need to do is ask the girl's parents for their permission first. This act is respectful and that's the reason why you need to win their hearts as well during the courting phase.

If you wish to win a Filipina's heart, you'll notice they are often reserved even if she has strong feelings for you as well. This is due to the culture she grew up in. Even if you are not a Filipino, if you wish to win her love, you need to treat her with respect and give regards to the culture of Filipino courtship. If you win her heart in the end, you'll realize that it's fulfilling and worth it.

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