Hello to all Forumosa, I have been viewing for long period of time without joining.
One part I’ve noticed a lot of is foreign men being divorced by Taiwanese wife that seems to be mostly over money.
I came to Taipei to live retire from UK after a long term 4 year relationship online and visiting 3 time a year for that period.
She had been previously married ‘arranged’ to a man 20 years her senior, he died 9 years ago from cancer. He paid for everything, done all the housework and she mostly socialised with her own earnings with her own friends. Arranged marriage they both get a child, same religion, family’s many years ago same part of China, marriage is a convenience.
She has a mature daughter 22 that lives at home and is OK does her own thing.
I live in her apartment and pay her a agreed sum each month as well as most food supplies and all social spending.
She has her own small business that is not doing to well in present covid-19 climate has slowed down, truthfully it was not doing to well anyway I suspected.
Now she is somebody who only tells after half bottle of wine (mostly asks rather than tells sober) OK with me each Saturday night, few beers for me and conversation. Each time a few home truths come out hey in the past I’m easy going no problem.
With my help she has been doing a lot of western style baking and selling to friends, mornings doesn’t go to work until 12 and I do a bit or make whole amount in day times. Good for her I pay for ingredients we both make and she gets the profits, Fine by me.
I have noticed also that a majority of Foromosa posters are English teachers (excuse me if I’m wrong).
She has been promting me to do a Training English course at home to keep me busy, I keep very busy cleaning cooking etc!!
No big deal why not I can learn something new, I take on a 150 hour online TEFL course, find it interesting but have no intention of being a teacher. My ex wife was a English teacher UK and was so stressed.
This Saturday just gone evening after some wine. She wants me to become a full time English teacher, remember I came here for retirement! so she can give up her business and do baking full time at home. Problem she sells a bit to friends no real money in it and how she plans to continue.
Personally she is really taking the piss, she sublets 2 apartments to students we have a foreign student lodger who pays well, I give her a decent amount month and she was doing OK until I got here.
I said no! I’m happy to start a small business here but I’m most definitely not doing that.
She’s really put out by my reply! so I’m going to have to go, can’t go back to UK have just put in 180 day extension so possibly stay another 4 months and find somewhere to lodge in Taipei/Taiwan.
I should have realised as she often said how well English teachers are paid, and had friends had always been looked after them well.
Planning it all along.
She is mad I said after 5 years if we are still good together we can marry I’ll sell my property and both retire to a new apartment some where nice.
Relationship has been good we say we love each other each day always hugging, I spend time with her at her shop each day.
Foreigners Money Money Money make a Taiwanese ladies world go round.