Short, practical answers for men getting to know a woman from the Philippines.

Filipina How To is published by Together Light Inc. Together Light also runs Christian Filipina, a faith-based dating site, and Dream Filipina. Where we compare dating sites, we state the criteria we used and we do not rank our own sites first by default.

Patricia is a romance consultant on the Success Team at Christian Filipina, where she has worked since 2020. Most of her consultations happen on video. She helps new members get comfortable with the site, tests the video call with them, and answers the questions they bring. The guides on this site come from those questions.

She also teaches members a little of what it means to love a Filipina: that they are welcoming her whole family too. She shows them how to greet a woman's parents with po and opo, and how to ask an elder's blessing with mano po. When a member is unsure about someone he is talking to, she takes a look at the profile.

Before Christian Filipina, Patricia worked overseas in Saudi Arabia. A friend on the team invited her to join, and she came on board during the pandemic. At first she wasn't sure the company was real. Now she is the one helping members tell real from fake.

Her approach is to encourage without sugarcoating. If a member has been hurt before, she won't argue with him. Sometimes the best advice is to take a short break and come back stronger. One member was ready to quit after too many dead ends. She asked him to give his search one more try. He did, and it worked out.

Patricia is from Pampanga, north of Manila. She speaks Filipino, Kapampangan and English, plus a little Bisaya. After her shift, she cooks dinner and winds down with a Wattpad novel or something good on Netflix. Ask her about Christmas in the Philippines, which starts in September.

We will not publish stereotypes about Filipino women, and we will not tell you that any site, including ours, guarantees a relationship. Laws and travel rules change, so check official sources before you act on anything time-sensitive.