I feel sorry for those hung up on virginity
Virginity is a non issue for me..I could care less, except if she made a profession out of ...well you know. My Fiance is a widow and at age 38 was the youngest I was willing to go. Im 51 and wanted a partner who has seen and done enough to realize that life has ups and downs and by sticking by each other is the only way to make life better.

As for the original subject; Why Pinays are so wonderful, I will insert a quote from Dr. Christine Del Rosario Freidenstine from Pacific Luthern University;

Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 17:08:00 -0700
From: Cristna Fridenstine <delrosca@plu.edu>
Subject: Mail Order Brides



I have been doing research on the status of the Modern Filipina.

I was in the Philippines on sabbatical last October and observed what I have suspected about Filipinas all along: they are resourceful, practical, realistic, creative, and enterprising. I am proud to be Filipina by heritage, made prouder still by the dignity which still prevails among them. The traits I admire most are their sense of humor about even the harshest circumstances they face everyday, and their resourcefulness in finding survival strategies.

Hiring themselves out as overseas domestic workers is one of these strategies - I met several college-degreed women in Hongkong who were employed as housemaids or nannies. Yet I recall from my own background in the Philippines that there was a tendency to look with derision upon so-called "atsays."

I consider the mail order bride system as just another survival strategy being employed by sometimes desperate Filipinas, but sometimes the motive is more romantic than economic. I don't think MOBs should be judged negatively, as many of the opinions about the mail order bride structure seems to rest on scarce research and stereotypes on both sides of the ocean. I think the MOB system is just one small aspect of what makes Filipinas an interesting and multi-dimensional group.

Dr. Cristina del Rosario Fridenstine
Pacific Lutheran University

I will pick out a sentence from above that sums it up for me;

The traits I admire most are their sense of humor about even the harshest circumstances they face everyday, and their resourcefulness in finding survival strategies.

That says a lot for me, and sums it up pretty well.