Me and My Family
Dec 13th 2018, 7:24 am
#1981
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Sushifan....
My pensions equate to about 10 - 15 x times the average wage here. The debts racked up is by my wifes business failure as previously outlined here.
Hope that clears it up for you
Regards
My pensions equate to about 10 - 15 x times the average wage here. The debts racked up is by my wifes business failure as previously outlined here.
Hope that clears it up for you
Regards
Dec 13th 2018, 11:02 am
#1982
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Morpeth...
** i get the impression you enjoy the drama *** You cannot be more wrong. I came to the Philippines over 3 yrs ago to the land of milk and honey and meet my lovely lady. Now, the milk and honey has morphed into Beirut and my lovely lady has turned into a wife with a severe stress disorder prone to suicidal and violent behavior. Her family who once loved me now probably see me as a drunk wife beater who gives her no money. I am also faced with debts which will take about 6 months or so clear ...at best. It has affected my health over the past couple of months and I live from day to day wondering what else is going to rear its ugly head. Trying to keep a calm disposition and help my volatile wife is not easy. I think I have made my point.
My detractors here will say that I have made my bed and I must lay in it. Correct. I shamefully left my last wife in circumstances on which I am not proud. As I lay in this metaphorical bed I can see the bedroom door. It wont take much now to get up...open the door....and walk away. But this time without any shame.
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** i get the impression you enjoy the drama *** You cannot be more wrong. I came to the Philippines over 3 yrs ago to the land of milk and honey and meet my lovely lady. Now, the milk and honey has morphed into Beirut and my lovely lady has turned into a wife with a severe stress disorder prone to suicidal and violent behavior. Her family who once loved me now probably see me as a drunk wife beater who gives her no money. I am also faced with debts which will take about 6 months or so clear ...at best. It has affected my health over the past couple of months and I live from day to day wondering what else is going to rear its ugly head. Trying to keep a calm disposition and help my volatile wife is not easy. I think I have made my point.
My detractors here will say that I have made my bed and I must lay in it. Correct. I shamefully left my last wife in circumstances on which I am not proud. As I lay in this metaphorical bed I can see the bedroom door. It wont take much now to get up...open the door....and walk away. But this time without any shame.
Regards
Your other arguments seems sensible - value for money, climate. But that that have been enough on its own or was your primary reason the lady?
Dec 13th 2018, 11:33 am
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On the positive side the people are friendly, do have a good sense of humour which I find quite surprising considering the poverty, most are hard working, the weather is great, beaches are good ( although unlike P11 I can not walk to one ) and in most families they do genuinely care about each other and try and help when they can
Dec 13th 2018, 12:09 pm
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so... I recall she gets about 6months pension if you are part of the garden... a cool 7 years money on local rates.
Dec 13th 2018, 12:09 pm
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so... I recall she gets about 6months pension if you are part of the garden... a cool 7 years money on local rates.
Dec 13th 2018, 12:42 pm
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According to an international average salary website, the average gross monthly salary of an airline pilot in the Philippines is 98,000 pesos, a teacher 14,900 and a chambermaid 7,800. So the total bereavement support payment is the equivalent of 3 years salary for a chambermaid.
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Dec 13th 2018, 2:35 pm
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Scouse.....
Spot on and you beat me to it. She will also be entitled to a percentage of my Military Pension which will be about 15k pm.....for life. Plus I have a small life insurance. Guess I am worth more dead than alive.
Update on sister-in-laws baby. Her convulsions and fever have been diagnosed as her having worms. Well ....there you go. Worm Boy has a new friend, and as Rete I believe intimated.....aspersions must be cast on the quality of the medical profession here. But we knew that anyway....
Off to bed...and sleep. With one-eye open
Spot on and you beat me to it. She will also be entitled to a percentage of my Military Pension which will be about 15k pm.....for life. Plus I have a small life insurance. Guess I am worth more dead than alive.
Update on sister-in-laws baby. Her convulsions and fever have been diagnosed as her having worms. Well ....there you go. Worm Boy has a new friend, and as Rete I believe intimated.....aspersions must be cast on the quality of the medical profession here. But we knew that anyway....
Off to bed...and sleep. With one-eye open
Dec 13th 2018, 2:51 pm
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Scouse.....
Spot on and you beat me to it. She will also be entitled to a percentage of my Military Pension which will be about 15k pm.....for life. Plus I have a small life insurance. Guess I am worth more dead than alive.
Update on sister-in-laws baby. Her convulsions and fever have been diagnosed as her having worms. Well ....there you go. Worm Boy has a new friend, and as Rete I believe intimated.....aspersions must be cast on the quality of the medical profession here. But we knew that anyway....
Off to bed...and sleep. With one-eye open
Spot on and you beat me to it. She will also be entitled to a percentage of my Military Pension which will be about 15k pm.....for life. Plus I have a small life insurance. Guess I am worth more dead than alive.
Update on sister-in-laws baby. Her convulsions and fever have been diagnosed as her having worms. Well ....there you go. Worm Boy has a new friend, and as Rete I believe intimated.....aspersions must be cast on the quality of the medical profession here. But we knew that anyway....
Off to bed...and sleep. With one-eye open
Glad the bub's been diagnosed and (hopefully) treated. Sounds like roundworm, the eggs live in soil contaminated by human feces so eating uncooked food grown in the soil can mean you're probably eating a few eggs as well
Roundworm is easily spread between people, so attention to personal hygiene, especially hand washing, is a must!By the way, I'm the Spouse, married to Scouse
Sleep well.
Dec 13th 2018, 3:07 pm
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Scouse......
I am well aware of my current situation and I am dealing with it.....in my own way. Thanks.
I am not convinced that roundworm which must be fairly common in this poverty stricken country would account for convulsions and fever. Are you?
Regards
I am well aware of my current situation and I am dealing with it.....in my own way. Thanks.
I am not convinced that roundworm which must be fairly common in this poverty stricken country would account for convulsions and fever. Are you?
Regards
Dec 13th 2018, 3:10 pm
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Not saying for one moment that your story is anything but true,but i must say that you sometimes write about your life very much in the style of a novellist,P11.
I have obviously never met you,but i have you very much down as a Terry-Thomas type of character.I won't use the word "bumbling" but at times you do seem blithely oblivious to most of the nefarious things that are going on around you.Are you really so naive?Anyway,please keep it coming.I find it very entertaining,BUT,please bear in mind that your own safety and welfare are of paramount importance.
Regards,
I have obviously never met you,but i have you very much down as a Terry-Thomas type of character
.I won't use the word "bumbling" but at times you do seem blithely oblivious to most of the nefarious things that are going on around you.Are you really so naive?Anyway,please keep it coming.I find it very entertaining,BUT,please bear in mind that your own safety and welfare are of paramount importance.Regards,
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Dec 13th 2018, 3:13 pm
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Not saying for one moment that your story is anything but true,but i most say that you sometimes write about your life very much in the style of a novellist,P11.
I have obviously never met you,but i have you very much down as a Terry-Thomas type of character.I won't use the word "bumbling" but at times you do seem blithely oblivious to most of the nefarious things that are going on around you.Are you really so naive?Anyway,please keep it coming.I find it very entertaining,BUT,please bear in mind that your own safety and welfare are of paramount importance.
Regards,
I have obviously never met you,but i have you very much down as a Terry-Thomas type of character
.I won't use the word "bumbling" but at times you do seem blithely oblivious to most of the nefarious things that are going on around you.Are you really so naive?Anyway,please keep it coming.I find it very entertaining,BUT,please bear in mind that your own safety and welfare are of paramount importance.Regards,
Dec 13th 2018, 3:15 pm
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My user name is spouse of scouse. I am not scouse. When you address 'scouse', you're talking to my husband.
Dec 13th 2018, 3:18 pm
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I have obviously never met you,but i have you very much down as a Terry-Thomas type of character
.I won't use the word "bumbling" but at times you do seem blithely oblivious to most of the nefarious things that are going on around you.Are you really so naive?Anyway,please keep it coming.I find it very entertaining,BUT,please bear in mind that your own safety and welfare are of paramount importance.Regards,
Dec 13th 2018, 4:01 pm
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I can't help thinking that he is "having us over," as we say here in the UK.
The continued usage of the monikers "Lovely Lady" and "Beautiful Wife" is great bait if you don't mind my saying so.
The continued usage of the monikers "Lovely Lady" and "Beautiful Wife" is great bait if you don't mind my saying so.