philippine living expenses?

Mate seriously 58k per month is way to much. If you keep sending that sort of money your only going to get trouble. I'm sure you love her and all but there is a fine line were your love has to meet reality. I can understand that you want to help her and the baby and hey thats cool. But I must stress that you should only send reasonable amounts of money. Considering most people only get around 500 pesos a day in the Philippines I highly suggest you don't send to much.

Like you said yourself you have bills and responsibilities where you are from and sending her too much money will just do your relationship no good. She will just get to comfortable and her family will stop working all together because your always sending money to her. Don't believe me then I'm sure you'll see for yourself in afew months time if you continue on this road.

You should only send enough for food,clothes and doctor and medicinal related bills if anything. If you send her to much she will buy useless things and will dump your kid on her parents while she go outs and buys stuff and more importantly doesn't spend enough time with your child. I hope you know were I'm getting at mate. You can help but you can't help to much otherwise things will just get complicated.

Be clear that you want to help but can only afford to send so much and realisticly she isn't your wife just yet so your main concern is for her wellbeing and your childs wellbeing. If you can cover the cost of that without breaking the bank or giving her room to do other things you wouldn't approve then thats you'll have done the right thing. I honestly would send only about 15k or so a month. Food is cheap there and hospital bills will be your biggest concern for the immediate future.

Best of luck

You are sending by your own admission in excess of 1200 US a month

which is a fortune to anyone there and you want to know if its enough?

You have no practical knowledge of the Philippines then --that is obvious.

Preganant or not a respectable working girl earns around 4-6 thousand per month in salary--PER MONTH AND WORKING!

Telling Filipinos here in this forum you send that much is actually an insult as that is more than the majority of Filipinos will ever earn per month , let alone have someone just give it to them.

Filipinos have babies every day without the benefit of a foreigner sending them money--there are over 90 million of them you know.

Wanting to look after your child is one thing-and if you havent had a DNA test you are very naieve as the favourite trick is to tell a westy Im pregnant to you when its actually her Filo lover's kid and B, she is probably NOT pregnant at all but boy does she know a sucker when she sees one!

Get the number or fax or email of her Dr to confirm this pregnancy before doing anything else and then if she is pregnant, have a DNA test done or you need your head read!

In Davao, P20,000-P30,000 per month is enough and make sure she signs up for Philhealth so she can be admitted to the hospital easier when the time comes.

If you can afford P35,000 to P40,000 that is more than enough.

When our daughter was born, we were only bringing in P40,000 per month with her and myself and all of our bills paid.

We did just fine.

We live in Cebu where things are about 30%+ higher than where she is, that is why so many retirees move to Davao, to save money.

hey aside from sending money and singing uo fro philhealth, tell her to have prenatal examinations and make sure she goes every months. It's vital for the baby and the mother as well. Send her about $1,500 a month. that should be good enough for her. Make sure you dont break up with her cause Ill feel bad for the baby. :))

broken family is not a healthy environment in the philippines. BYERS!

First of all I want to know where are you from? If you live in America then one dollar is equal to 47.50 pesos at this time but it fluctuates. If she is going to have your baby then you have to find out how much is the hospital cost for this and convert it to dollar. But if she is not answering you how would you know what's going on.? Do you think it is a good idea to personally visit her? or write a letter? or is it safe for you to visit?

when my husband was still there, i sent him around $150 a month. since shes pregnant maybe more like 300, it should be enough, just for her and the baby.

58,000 SHE WILL LIVE LIKE A QUEEN IN DAVAO FOR THAT AMOUNT...GOOD FOR HER...SHE IS CARRYING YOUR FUTURE PRINCE/PRINCESS. CONGRATS...

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