'Exotic Love' reality show in The Netherlands angers Pinays

**Monseratto** · March 12th, 2012 05:00 PM

Nahihiya sa katotohanan na matagal alam ng lahat...

A heated online argument was sparked by a reality television show in The Netherlands — "ExotischeLiefde" (“Exotic Love”) — which features the relationships of Dutch men and their foreign partners.

The show, which first aired in The Netherlands on March 8, International Women's Day, featured the problems encountered by four couples in long-distance relationships. Three of the couples featured were Dutch men and their Filipina girlfriends.

ExotischeLiefde is a franchised television program from Belgium and is currently being broadcasted on Dutch television network SBS6, partly-owned by John de Mol, the producer of "Big Brother."

ExotischeLiefde is a franchised television program from Belgium and is currently being broadcasted on Dutch television network SBS6, partly-owned by John de Mol, the producer of "Big Brother."

One of the stories featured in the pilot episode in The Netherlands was that of Peter, 56, and his Filipina wife Marita, 34, whose son is almost a year old.

However, Marita often has to leave her young son with his father in The Netherlands because her tourist visa limits her stay to only 90 days at a time.

The immigration law of The Netherlands requires her to has to pass a Dutch-language exam at the Dutch embassy in the Philippines before she can apply for a verblijfsvergunning (staying visa).

The second story was about a 54-year-old Dutch man, Wimand, his 29-year-old Filipina girlfriend Zyrin, whom he intends to visit in the Philippines very soon.

This segment highlighted the big age difference between the two. The script also mentioned that Zyrin, shown in ***y poses, “is only a little bit older than his daughter.”

One scene showed Wim going to a lingerie store, looking for a ***y undergarments.

The third Dutch-Filipina couple showed on the reality show featured Jelle, 20 and his girlfriend Christina, 23.

Jelle works and lives on a boat and Christina does not seem to agree with his lifestyle.

During most of the segment, Christina was shown painting her nails.

She was also caught on camera saying, “I don’t fall for Asian men because they have small d--ks.”

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**niky** · March 12th, 2012 05:28 PM

While it happens, no doubt, it's not fair to some women who date older foreigners...

I actually know one who married an older white guy for... gasp... reasons of love. They met because she was his yoga instructor. Years later they're still going on strong... they share interests in vegetarian cuisine, alternative music, Buddhism and art. Always interesting party when they come back to Manila.

Shows like that are really going to go after the oddballs, but it sure seems like they went out of their way to find really crappy couples.