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This friend of mine has always had trouble finding a woman. He has poor self-confidence, kind of awkward and doesn't look great physically tbh. Anyway, he met this girl from an online game who lives in the Phillipines.

At first I ignored their relationship, because I didn't think anything would happen past online interactions...but to my absolute fucking surprise, he actually went to Manilla to meet this girl after 6 months of chatting.

A few problems I noticed with this woman:

• She moves VERY fast. She wanted to be official boyfriend/girlfriend status within the first couple weeks, after their first date in Manilla, she wanted to get married.
• She has received lots of gifts from him. Bought her a Nintendo Switch, games, food, other small gifts, etc. To be fair, I don't think she asked for those things, but this still seems weird to me. This might not be her fault, so take this as a grain of salt.
• She demands a LOT of attention from him. She wants to video chat with him for like 8 hours a day. If she doesn't get that, she gets pissed and starts arguing. This leads to my next point.
• She picks fights with him over small things, some of which is out of his control. Ex: She got pissed because he beat her in the online game they play, and blocked him on FB and WhatsApp. Seems like they argue at least once a month, and it usually results in her blocking him for a couple days, and then unblocking him.
• She's immature. Childish sense of humor, and some of her "games" like blocking him, picking stupid fights, her clinginess.

The filipino woman seems nice, but I think the bad outweighs the good. I think his judgement is clouded because he's lonely, has low self esteem and this is one of the only women willing to give him attention. Do I think this woman loves him? Honestly I don't think so. I think she's lonely and has issues, and is using this relationship as a band aid to temporarily "fix" those issues.

Why I think I need to intervene: He's gonna marry her in a couple weeks, and I DO think as soon as she lands in the US, their relationship is going to fall apart. I don't expect this to last more than 6 months after she lands in the US.

Here's the thing. I DO think my friend is capable of finding someone better. He just needs to hit the gym, get a hobby, meet new people and improve his self-confidence.

Note: So you might be thinking "Chunky, this is none of your business". I don't care about the formalities, this is a life we're talking about. I don't want him to potentially deal with a terrible divorce where he's stuck supporting this woman due to legal proceedings.

So anyway, what do you think I should do about this?