This is completely unheard of! And so I am going to blog about it. Hihihi. You see, I have a foreign friend from Norway who is happily married to a beautiful Filipina and there was a time when he hired me to write for his blog. During the months that he employed me, it’s inevitable for him to know a few details about my life. For instance, I am single, I am constantly looking for freelance jobs in the internet, and I didn’t tell him this, but I guess it’s quite obvious that I am very very eager to improve my way of living. We all know that there is nothing wrong about that. I mean who wants to stay poor forever?! Whether it is evil or good depends on how you intend to achieve your dreams. You have the option to work hard or to rob a bank for a faster and easier solution.
Anyway, I stopped working for him a few months back but he said it would be nice to stay in touch and exchange emails every now and then. It’s just disappointing that I couldn’t reply to his emails as often as possible because I don’t have the liberty of time. Yesterday, I received another email, which is kinda long and very detailed. And yes, it’s completely unheard of, even if you search Google or any other kind of search engines, you wouldn’t find something like this. It’s a piece of advice and a detailed plan/steps on how to accomplish it.
His advice is for me to sign up in an online dating site immediately and look for a foreign husband. He said “This is the only “easy solution” I know and I am sure it will work and give the highest reward with minimum work. Get your self back on a serious online dating site and get a foreign husband like ******.” I think she will raise her eyebrow when she gets to read this. But I am posting this anyway hoping that somebody will benefit from my friend’s advice and that nobody will take offense.
Below is his unedited advice:
It’s quite funny. First off, this is not how I see things or life in general. I know I sound like a hypocrite but it just didn’t cross my mind. I mean to marry someone and become instantly rich only happens in fairy tales. But of course, I know I know! There are a lot of women doing this! I wasn’t born yesterday. I just don’t know how to express my thoughts on this … well, allow me to try.
Thing is, I’d like to believe that I have an unbiased and modern opinion on this matter. I think that every woman is raised in varied ways and that us women look at things differently. Now, if a girl thinks that marrying a rich old foreigner is the only option to have a more convenient life then go for it. It’s your life! And nobody has the right to dictate what you should do or not. Am I being too liberated? I don’t think so. Poverty sucks! It makes people do even the most unthinkable things like marry someone you don’t love just because he has the ability to provide money.
My point is that at the end of the day, it’s your decision. Just be ready to face the people’s ugly stares and heartbreaking comments. Understand that this is something that not everybody can stomach. Don’t expect friends or acquaintances to support you because obviously marrying for convenience is against the rules, culture, beliefs, traditions, or whatever. The best thing that you can do should you decide to do it is to enjoy the benefits. Besides, in most cases the guy is old enough, or should I say TOO OLD, to know these things.
So, am I promoting marriage for convenience? No and Yes. Hahahaha! No, because it is much similar to prostitution. I think at some point it’s even worse than that. Prostitutes sell their bodies. But women who marry for money sell their whole beings, their whole lives, their love, freedom, blah blah. And yes too, because if you are desperate and are already considering of robbing a bank, then this might solve your problems. I don’t know. I feel that something is wrong with my beliefs but I can’t determine what exactly is not right 
I guess I just want to say that I don’t want to judge those ladies who are joining online dating sites with the sole intention of meeting someone who can bring them to a richer country.
Going back to my friend’s advice, should I get offended? Because I didn’t. I don’t see anything wrong with it. Perhaps, he’s just a concerned citizen. Here is a screenshot of my reply to him:
He said it is a challenge. But I don’t see it that way. I am undecided with so many things but I am very very sure that I will never marry for money. I am picky. I don’t have the right to be choosy but I am. I hate to admit this but I look at a man’s physical appearance. That’s why I can’t just latch on with any guy, specially if he’s too old for me. I am all about physical attraction. Is that a bad thing? Another thing is I’m not desperate. Plus my family will not approve of it.
To wrap things up, my impression is that marrying for money means marrying an ugly person. Like, they’re just doing it for the sake of material things. But if you can find a guy who has the looks and the money then why not? LOL.
