I’m the youngest of four siblings and everyone in my family has been to the Philippines but me. If they weren’t born there, they’ve visited within the last ten years. Tomorrow, after 28 years, I’m hopping on a plane to Manila for the very first time to see if I belong (well, actually, it’s for work so I gotta come back home.)
Read MoreJust some sage advice from one Asian dude to you younger Asian dudes:
DON'T fall into the trap of obsessing over who Asian girls are dating.
You wanna know how to solve the issue with WMAF? You wanna know the 100% solution to this problem?
Get. A. Fucking. Girlfriend.
And. Mind. Your. Own. Business.
Straight up, that's the answer because guess what? No one cares.
Read MoreI used to be just like you.
When I was a teenager, I was constantly angry at Asian women. I felt like Asian women dated non-Asian men specifically to irritate us. Asian women -- random ones at the mall, on TV, in my classroom -- would get on my nerves with the way they'd flaunt their white boyfriends like some gaudy designer purse. Eager to shake my philosophical fist in their faces, I vowed to never date Asian women again. I was 17 when I made that promise.
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