Wednesday 30 June 2010

Dating Older Asian Older Women

Here's an article about dating Asian older women. If you sign up to any of the numerous online dating sites that matchmake Asian ladies with Western men then you'll very quickly be inundated with beautiful young ladies trying to contact you!

While this is all very flattering, let me reassure you that yes, these girls are largely trying to marry for money rather than love. Some men are OK with this, but please don't fall into the illusion that Asian women like much older guys. Some women do like much older guys, but they're quite rare in any country.

So while the younger Asian lady is a lot of fun, for a successful marriage you're much better off looking for an older Asian woman. Don't worry though - Asian women tend to age gracefully and they will love you a lot more than any young girl could.

Tuesday 29 June 2010

Anglo Thai Introductions

If you're looking for a lovely Thai wife then there are two choices - an online dating site and an Introduction Agency. Online dating sites can be a bit of a nightmare due to scammers and timewasters.

I've wasted a lot of time and money on online dating sites like ChnLove and Cherry Blossoms. A far better option in my opinion is to use an Introduction Agency.

Here's a quick review of Anglo Thai Introductions, one of the best known Thai based Introduction Agency. If you're looking for a Thai wife then give Anglo Thai Introductions a go.

Filipina Dating Sites

Many men looking for Asian wives settle for marrying Filipina girls. Filipina girls normally speak really good English, so that's the language barrier taken care of. Many Filipina women also work overseas, so it's normally quite easy to find a Filipina lady already in your local area. This takes care of the long and expensive journey that men normally have to make in their search for a wife from other parts of Asia like Thailand or Japan.

Here's a quick overview about finding a Filipina girl online...

http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Filipina-Beautiful-Filipina-Girls

Friday 25 June 2010

Communicating with Chinese ladies

There are loads of online dating sites where you can find beautiful Chinese ladies looking for Western husbands. The problem is that many of these ladies looking for Western husbands don't speak or read much English. While sites such as Chnlove Club provide translation services, this is very expensive. At some point in the relationship you have to go it alone with out the help of translators for every conversation.

A lot of Chinese ladies may state in their profiles that they are learning English, but don't read too much into this. One of the problems is there is a dire shortage of language teachers in China. It can be difficult for a Chinese lady to find English language tuition in China. It's even more difficult to find a native English speaker (learning a language from a native speaker of that language is normally much more useful in terms of getting pronunciation right). Language tutors are expensive in China, as they can command big hourly fees for helping kids with important exams, or helping people get a job for which English is essential. In China knowing a foreign language is a good gateway to a better job, and hence a much better standard of living.

My top tip for language difficulties is - keep perservering! All couples eventually seem to crack the language barrier. I've known plenty of Western men who have had successful long term relationships with Chinese women who barely knew a word of English. I've also known men from France and Scandinavian countries also have successful relationships with Chinese ladies, even though their own first language isn't always English!

I'll also add that although you might expect your lady to learn English, don't forget that you could also learn Chinese! Most Chinese ladies speak either Mandarin or Cantonese. It's possible you might find a Mandarin language course in your local area. Alternatively there are lots of books and audio CDs you can buy to help you learn. Actually Mandarin does not really deserve it's reputation as being hard to learn. The syntax of Mandarin is actually very simple. There are also a lot less words to learn compared to English.

Regardless of what spoken language your lady speaks (and many speak two or more dialects of Chinese), all Chinese ladies use the same written language. Although Chinese characters might seem fearsome to learn, memorising them is actually a lot easier than you might think. There's also a law of diminishing returns. The most common characters appear numerous times in Chinese text, so if you just memorise the most frequently occurring characters then you'll usually be able to have a rough idea of what your lady is talking about. You can then use the Google language translator to translate the rest. I now know about 200 characters, and even with this subset I can normally get a sense of what Chinese people are writing to me. In general you need to memorise 2000 characters in order to read most Chinese text.

Here's some tips about memorising Chinese characters with the Heisig method, as well as other quick ways to memorise characters using Flash Cards.

Tuesday 22 June 2010

Cherry Blossoms Dating Site Review

I've written a quick review of the Cherry Blossoms dating website. It's a long established dating site. Although there are men and women from a wide range of countries, it's especially popular with Western men looking for Asian wives. There are ladies from Asian countries including Thailand, China and the Philipines. Filipina ladies are especially numerous on Cherry Blossoms!

The nice thing about the Cherry Blossoms dating site is that it has a pretty low monthly or annual fee. The fee works out much cheaper than the pay per email systems used by sites such as Chnlove Club or ForeignLadies.com.

On the downside, there are plenty of dating scammers and dishonest ladies on Cherry Blossoms, so be on your guard!

Friday 11 June 2010

Asian Kisses Dating Site

I've been looking around for asian dating sites and I've found a new one called Asian Kisses. It seems particularly popular with German men looking for Asian wives and girlfriends. There are quite a few members on the site, so you could find the partner of your dreams there.

One novel feature of the Asian Kisses dating site is that you can actually search for ladyboys if that's your cup of tea!

The other nice feature of Asian Kisses is that they publish statistics about the users on the site, so you can see how many male and female members there are. There are other dating statistics available, like what country the users are from, age ranges etc.

I don't know if there is a membership fee for this site or whether it is free. A lot of online dating sites make it really hard to find out how much they cost. It's annoying but I guess they want people to sign up for free, quickly register then find a potential partner and want to contact them ASAP.

Anyway, here's some more information about the Asian Kisses dating site.