Online Dating

I decided a couple of months ago that I have been alone too long.  I need to put myself out there and see what I can accomplish.  Well, one monitoring of how women looked at me over a month told me; at least locally my chances were nill.  Even after getting all the damage repaired to me, I still don't feel women in the USA are viable.  So if not here, where?  It was then I remembered my brother told me after my divorce that all I needed to do was go to the Philippines.  I let that percolate a bit.  Then I started thinking about retirement.  Other than Social Security, I will have little in 9 years when I go to retire.  So where can I retire to that I can afford?  Unless I want to live in almost abject poverty, the USA is out.  YouTube provided loads of alternatives.  However, few had large populations that spoke English.  One country kept coming up, the Philippines.  The Philippines peso is about 56 peso to the 1 USD.  Overall costs for housing are about half for something nice and a quarter for something I can deal with.  The speak English in large numbers.  Medical care is a bit dodgy.  It is getting better.  Thailand is a closer better option for a doctor.  That said, medical insurance doesn't cost much in either place.  Food is inexpensive if you cook or eat local cuisine.  I cook and like the local foods.  Banking can be a pain.  That said, if you keep a USA mailing address and a USA international cell service the US banks normally don't cause too many issues.  That brings me to socialization.  Bonus, there is a large ex-pat community through out the Philippines.  That leaves companionship.  So, I paid for FilipinaCupid.  This is supposed to be "verified" profiles and specifically Filipina's. Within 3 hours I had over 300 responses to my profile.  This is a bad sign.  In the end after 2 months I have cancelled the membership.  I chatted with a couple of women.  All fakes and scammers.  While on YouTube, I ran across a Filipina interviewing other Filipina's about what they looked for in a foreigner and what their experiences had been.  After watching a couple of her video's, it seemed like a genuine feed.  She even offered to help find Filipina's to chat with about LDR for free.  This I thought was a scam.  After 2 months of online I figured "why not"?  I sent an email detailing kind of what my expectations were and what type of woman I thought I would like.  After 4 tries I believe it may have worked.  I'll give it a couple of months.  I'll ask questions designed to find lies and missing info.  If it works out then I have won the lottery.  If not, it isn't any different that chatting in the online forums.  I'll update as time goes on