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    Our love story

    It all started with me getting the courage to join filipino heart.com. Amongst the many girls looking for a relationship one jumped out at me and guess which one....yes my fiancee Maristela.There was a certain something that I liked about her , not just her fantastic looks but after reading about her details I decided to send an e mail to invite contact.Not as easy as it sounds as she ignored my first e mail. She tells me now that it was because I had no photo and that she thought I must be crazy as I stated only looking for friendship...her words were 'what the hell is he doing on this website looking for friendship only!'

    Any way, after a few days, I sent another e mail and she realised I was persistant. So thats when she gave me a chance,she responded and we linked up via email saying hello to each other....After about 30minutes we moved onto skype...and thats been our main source of contact ever since.

    To give you an idea of how love struck we bacame on our first skype, we chatted for 9.5hours non stop, only for Maristela to go to sleep around 9a.m. in the morning philippines time....From that point onwards we have chatted every single day since, usually a couple hours in the morning before I go to work and 4-5hours in the evening when I get home...one saturday we even spoke for 13hours...our record! God we must have it bad...hehehe.

    Anyway...let me try and make this a little interesting, lets call this chapter one of getting to meet each other....

    After a few short weeks on skype, I was in manila on a business trip and we scheduled to meet the first morning that I arrived at the hotel. An experience in itself as Maristela kept me waiting for about 2 hours or so not quite sure if she was going to turn up. I was waiting by the taxi rank at the hotel, and must have watched a 100taxis pull up, someone else getout and drive away..each time I looked as the taxi drove towards me, looking for the figure of maristela to be sat in the back....remember I ahad never met maristela to this point, so not quite certain if I'd recognise her straight her way because real life can be a little different to photos or skype...You can imagine how I was feeling after 2 hours, heart pounding, wondering if this was going to work out alright, would she like me when sees me in person...I was certain I was going to like her.........then a banged up taxi rolled in, like most taxis in manila, the ones that tell u they have air conditioning on the side, but in reality, not much fresh air inside....

    Once the taxi pulled up...this tiny figure got out the back....a small asian brown eyed black hair girl, only 5ft 1inch tall....what she did not have in size she had in beauty....stunning, unbelievably gorgous women smiling right at me....I could not believe my eyes....she walked right over to me, smiled a smile to die for and grabbed my hand....we quickly kissed, said, 'Hi' ......At last Contact had been made......................

    Next chapter if anyone is interested...is when I met the eldest sister who happens to be a Police women...and boy did I know about it!


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    Brilliant love story! you know what i really hate reading long story apart from like this.
    This kind of story makes me feel happy just like watching a love story movies

    I hope you and Maristella a best of luck in the future...and pls do continue to post about your story.. it seems like more interesting to know your next chapter about Maristela's sister
    Not an expert, I only try to help.


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    Great story, thanks for sharing. I wish you the best of luck together.

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    Many thanks Steve and LadyJ for your kind comments....we will post the 2nd instalment of this story over the weekend...


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    what a sweet story thank you for sharing... definitely want to hear the next story



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    Quote Originally Posted by jam07 View Post
    what a sweet story thank you for sharing... definitely want to hear the next story

    we're all waiting for your future one JAM

    you'll not be seeing mine on here, more of a horror story and the wife would



    but maybe you could buy the book one day ... if i don't forget everything


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    wow i love reading your love story can't wait to read more of your story soon heheh goodluck to you both


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    our love story.....chapter 2

    Well after a fabulous first day together we decided to round things off with dinner , we went to go to the Abe Restaurant at the Fort...filipino food so a new experience for me...going out as a couple was a fab feeling and I am sure anyone whoever saw us could see the light of love beaming in our faces..

    We enjoyed a really cosy meal together and already started to talk about ourselves as a real couple.Trouble was it was about 730p.m. when we finished our meal and Maristela's sister would be expecting her back in the house. At this stage I was blissfully unaware of what events were unfolding that would potentially turn our new realationship upside down even before it had started. Like love struck teenagers we said our goodbyes and after I was dropped off back at the hotel, maristela continued back home..........that night I sat lonely in the hotel room, all I could think about was you guessed it, my new love maristela...it was all consuming...and my thoughts were just all about seeing her again the following morning around 9a.m...

    Well morning came and as planned I waited at the hotel reception for her arrival...and waited and waited.....no exageration it was nearly lunch time and despite numerous telephone calls without success Maristela had still not turned up....what was I to think...I kept trying to telephone her mobile, and after feeling that this was hopeless, I got throiugh....maristela was crying...she said we could not see each other again...my jaw dropped...like the rug had been pulled from beneath me....my new love taken away before we had even got to know each other....She told me that her sister had forbidden us to meet again. It only took me a minute to realise that this was not going to stop me , so I asked for the address...got reception to write it down and order me a taxi. The race to find maristela began.....I jumped in the tax and off we went....the address was in makaiti city and after about 30minutes of going around in circles, I spotted maristela waiting at the side of the road.....we pulled up,she jumped in and we off went to her house.....

    There were lots of narrow walkways....but eventually we came to the house....maristela went inside and then asked me to come in and sit down.....like a naugthtly schoolboy I sat there for 20minutes waiting for the sister to come out from the bedroom....(background -Maristela lives with 3 sisters and 2 nieces, her father lives in siargao and her mother died when she was 3 years old, so the eldest sister was the leader of the household).

    I could see her sister pacing up and down in the bedroom through the ajar door, then she came out and sat in front of me....it felt like 5 minutes before she uttered a single word...with a very dissapproving face she asked what were my intentions...was I going to marry Maristela? I said what!...I had only just met her...i could not answer that question......I soon realised what it was like to be interigated by a filipino police women, very strong woman no messing I can tell you. I was asked a series of questions all aimed at testing my intentions to her younger sister.......Throughout this ordeal maristela was standing crying one minute and then smiling the next hoping that all work out ok...After an hour or so, I could gradually see her expressions softening and she even started to ask me general questions about me and what I do.....I guess I had just been through the ' are you a suitable boyfriend' test ......and I must have passed!! so much so I was asked to stay for lunch with the whole family................now my integration into filipino family life had begun........


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    Another great update to an already great story! You were very fortunate to be able to go there on a business trip! Must have save a few pennies-if only I could do the same!

    Your 13 hour chat session beat my record of 8 hours. You must have been moulded to the seat with a numb bum after 13 hours in the same seat!


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    ahhhwwww.... you must have passed the test... don't worry... they will love you... my husband also went through the same.. our clan's matriach did that and got her approval.. actually, he had the approval when he greeted the elders with a "mano"... next time, do that to the father and the other older relatives ... good luck.. and oh, welcome to the forum by the way!


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    Thanks to all for reading!
    Will keep you posted on our progress


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    What a lovely story.....! Most Filipino families are like that.... "Close family ties" a great Filipino culture. Goodluck to both of you!


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    Great story...I think many on here, have an interesting story to tell...extreme highs, extreme lows & everything in between.


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post

    you'll not be seeing mine on here, more of a horror story and the wife would



    but maybe you could buy the book one day ... if i don't forget everything
    I'll buy it...can I have a signed copy please.


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    we're all waiting for your future one JAM

    you'll not be seeing mine on here, more of a horror story and the wife would



    but maybe you could buy the book one day ... if i don't forget everything
    hmm... no stories to tell at this time sir joe... I myself is anticipating for my own story but I would definitely want to buy your book one day. I know its gonna be a good read



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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyJ View Post
    Brilliant love story! you know what i really hate reading long story apart from like this.
    This kind of story makes me feel happy just like watching a love story movies

    I hope you and Maristella a best of luck in the future...and pls do continue to post about your story.. it seems like more interesting to know your next chapter about Maristela's sister
    Me too hates to read novels, long story but this one makes me feel exciting.

    When I first met my husband in Holland, I was hiding behind a big post.
    He grabbed my hands and felt me more scary.
    It was my friend Cynthia who spoke with my husband first.


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    thank u so much for reading our love story....my fiance will be back here in the philippines for the fifth times im very excited coz he will fly tomorrow and be here saturday i can't sleep thinking about it hehehehehhe so excited coz i haven't seen him for 6 weeks...i can't wait to see him again and to have a normal sleep at last i can sleep in a normal time for 10 days i bought him a big valentines card and i show it to him in skype and he is very excited to read it...

    :BouncyHa


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    Great love story , all best wishes for your future together


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    Quote Originally Posted by South-east boy View Post
    You must have been moulded to the seat with a *numb bum after 13 hours in the same seat!
    Ahh ... methinks that's how he conjured up his pseudonymn, "cheeky" ... from the imprint ... !


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    ... seriously though, we all so-enjoyed reading your love story ... and wish the two of you - Maristela and Colin - all the very best for the future!


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    I just love this story. Again thanks for sharing this with us all. Wish you both lots of happiness and future together

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    thank u so much again for all the comments. our love story is full of drama and suspense. where just so thankful that we found this website so we can share this and ask questions...i just hope that the divorce of colin will be finalize soon so we can start our application for fiance visa...its just getting harder everyday of being miles away its getting tough....saying goodbye in the airport is just so ridiculous..im so happy that he will be back here tomorrow but at the same time im sad thinking when im gonna see him again after this trip.... im so proud to all the filipina who managed to get through all this...all the sleepless night and the stress of application.....i wish i could be there soon so colin will be very happy and i can cook for him coz he is only eating sandwich everyday lol hehehehehe.


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    anyway my name is maristela and my fiances name is colin...


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    hi maristela and colin..it was such a nice love story...Thanks for sharing this inspired me to write my own while my husband is away from work!!...goodluck!best wishes
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