What are the social and economic implications for the US of the increasing # of men..

[Lancer]

...going overseas to find wives?

For instance, just in our small town in the Phils there are about 10 American men living with their Filipina wives. Lots of others from this small town are in the US with their husbands and sending home a portion of their paychecks.


Also American men are finding brides in diverse places such as Russia and Chile.

Can you foresee an economic effect of all these $ flowing overseas? How about a social effect of so many men marrying foriegners?

[Kidlicious]

I really don't think it's a significant amount of money. Do you have any estimate?

[Japher]

I don't think it would be near enough to cover the the amount foreign countries spend to absorb our debt so that can continue to make cheap keychains to send to us.

[Kontiki]

I don't think it's even on the radar. There are about 2.5 million marriages in the US each year. If the number of US men seeking overseas brides was even 1% of this, I'd be shocked. On top of this, you're assuming that all of those result in money flowing out of the US, rather than the foreign bride relocating to the States. I'd say in the vast majority of cases, it would be the other way around.

[MrFun]

I think you might be exaggerating this phenomenon, Lancer.

[Japher]

I'm more worried about the growing number of queers!

[Whoha]

Re: What are the social and economic implications for the US of the increasing # of men..

Originally posted by Lancer
...going overseas to find wives?

For instance, just in our small town in the Phils there are about 10 American men living with their Filipina wives. Lots of others from this small town are in the US with their husbands and sending home a portion of their paychecks.


Also American men are finding brides in diverse places such as Russia and Chile.

Can you foresee an economic effect of all these $ flowing overseas? How about a social effect of so many men marrying foriegners?

well our women should hopefully tone down their crap and it will even out. I believe the divorce rate of US-foreign marriages is much lower. I have read that but can't cite it.

[Agathon]

It will increase the trade deficit if the prices on some of the spam I get are any indication.

[Flubber]

Social implications-- even more older women are single and alone in America with the combination of the difference in the gender's death rates plus this influx of women. Younger men in foreign countries will find it harder to find a mate. Frustrated older American women will start the same phenomenon such that many Americans in their 40s through their 60s will have much younger foreign born spouses

[DanS]

Obviously, this leads to widespread polygamy.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

female wages might go up.

[Shi Huangdi]

Well it should lessen the competition for US women.

[Agathon]

well our women should hopefully tone down their crap

Men buying submissive women from overseas tells me that this isn't a female problem.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Japher
I'm more worried about the growing number of queers!

it depends..

gay males are fine..

it is the lesbians that are the problem

Jon Miller

/jk

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Agathon

well our women should hopefully tone down their crap

Men buying submissive women from overseas tells me that this isn't a female problem.

QFT