[Evans, Marv]

Your friends situation is the same as mine but with differences. I married my Filipina wife, 25 years younger than me when I was 55. That was 15 years ago and after I'd been unmarried for 13 years & didn't figure on getting married again. I'd known her for 12 years at that time on a friendly basis. I'd desribe her as intelligent, confident, industrious, hard working, focused like a lasor on anything she wants to accomplish, and not compliant. I wouldn't trade her for anything, and we get along better than I could ever imagine and certainly far better than with my former wife & girl friends during my single years. I wish your friend luck, but I wouldn't fly to his wedding if this is the 5th time for him. In fact, if it's his fifth time, I would have to say the other 4 marrieage "failures" aren't necessarily the fault of his X's whether they were strong or weak personalities.