Hi Velty,
I am retired USN and moved here in 2002 and have been here ever since.
My wife and I had to setup some ground rules, one of the most important ones being I will not allow relatives to intervence in my household affairs unless we ask for it. I will listen politely to their advice and do what I want to anyways. I avoid any kind of direct confrontation unless I am backed into a cormer with no other options. I also refuse to engage in gossip aka cheezemiz.
The questions that bother me the most are those relating to income. That's just plain none of their business. When pressed I say enough to be comfortable and that's the end of it. The other one is why I don't have kids. The answer should be obvious after almost 8 years together, we can't and my wife does not wish to adopt. HTH
Paul in Iloilo
----- Original Message ----
From: Veltisezar Bautista <bookhaus06@yahoo.
To: LivingInThePhilippi
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 7:44:34 AM
Subject: [LinP3] Questions frequenly asked by Filipinos
As a Filipino American retiree, I have been amazed by what my fellow
Filipinos requently ask me. They usually ask me questions such as: How
much is your pension? How much salary did you receive while living in
the United States? How much is your wife's disability payments. In
other words, I have been asked personal questions that I think I am
not supposed to answer. And some of them, including some of my in-laws
have been intervening in my household affairs. You should do this, you
should do that, they say.
I'm just curious. In your mingling with Filipinos, have many of you
been questioned about your personal affairs or whatever? What are the
questions you have been asked that you hated most?
Thanks.
Veltisezar "Velty" B. Bautista
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