Meeting My 9 month LDR Filipina (24M, 23F)

I have been doing a LDR with a girl from the Phillippines for nearly 9 months now and plan to visit. We never met yet.

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We text daily and at least 1 video call (few hours long) a week throughout the entire time. I am 24 and she is 23 and lives in the province (lots of nature, mountains etc)

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I have heard all sorts of stories and just wanted to lay some context here and see if there any things I should look out for etc before making it over there to meet.

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Green Flags

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\- Never ever asked me for money in any shape or form (or any sob stories). I am saying this because its a common scam over there

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\- Always happy, respectful and enthusiastic on calls + about me visiting. Our calls are nearly always fun topics

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\- Has a university degree + a job.

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\- Many times she would stay up on calls quite past her bedtime even on workdays just so we talk longer

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\- Some times when the internet is weak, she would go buy mobile data using her own money so we can video call properly

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\- Pretty jealous and territorial which shows she is pretty invested

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\- Has a bordered picture of us (2 photos edited together) with the date when we meet on her mirror desk around 5 months in

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\- She started planning a birthday surprise for me more than 2 months before my brithday. She actually went and looked at the calender to see which week day my birthday would fall under to "plan" for it

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\- She agreed to make her FB profile picture a picture of us officially being together even before I visit. She doesn't have any other accounts + her whole social presence is clearly on this account

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\- There are also others like her family knowing about me, some co-workers etc but thats mostly her words. Though me and her sis are FB friends

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Red flags

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\- She has lied about her past before to present a "cleaner" image. She said she had no bfs before and kept saying that for months. She later admitted she did have 2 bfs in highschool, one being LDR. Also lied about being new to the dating app where we meet when in fact she has used it a number of times before. Already had a big talk about the lying and told her I will break up if she lies like that again

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\- She does have a FB where she has a big social media presence and lots of random guys trying to follow and DM her etc. And this is where she does seem to have attention seeking behavior or more concerning maybe keeping other options/guys open. FB is very common over there

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Thats pretty much the whole context off the top of my mind.

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Any insights or things to look out for from your experiences are appreciated.

Posted Jun 12, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC

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