EVAN and Stephanie met on a Filipino dating website and quickly hit it off. Evan explained: "I decided to download a Filipino dating app, just to see what's out there and right away I matched with Stephanie." Weeks later, Evan flew to the Philippines and they made things official. In order to move Stephanie over to the US, they had 90 days to get married. Now husband and wife, the pair share their relationship online. Stephanie revealed: "The comments we get online are like: 'you could not get someone in the US', 'she's going to milk your money dry boy'." Evan said: "When people say Stephanie is my maid, I don't take it personally, because I know that we're both happy and we have a good thing going between us." In this episode of Love Don't Judge, Evan's mom, Susan, will be revealing what she thought when the pair first got together. Speaking candidly to the pair, she questioned: "Why did you feel the need to get married so fast?"
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00:00I'm Stephanie.
00:01My name is Evan.
00:02I found Stephanie on a Filipino dating app.
00:05I do all the cooking, cleaning, washing.
00:09The comments that we get online are kind of like this.
00:13Did you pay for this one?
00:15Bro imported a slave.
00:17I did have concerns.
00:19Why did you feel the need to get married so fast?
00:26Morning love.
00:28Smells good.
00:32I'm Evan and this is my wife Stephanie.
00:35People judge my relationship because I'm from the Philippines
00:38and my husband spent $20,000 to bring me here in the United States.
00:43So after downloading all of the American dating apps,
00:46I actually matched with a girl from the Philippines
00:50who had changed her location to America.
00:52I decided to download a Filipino dating app just to see what's out there
00:57and right away I matched with Stephanie.
01:00After three and a half weeks of talking and getting to know
01:03the most beautiful and funny girl,
01:05I decided to book my flight to go see her.
01:07The moment he landed in the Philippines,
01:10he asked me to be, you know, your girlfriend
01:14and yeah, we became official.
01:16Flying to the Philippines is not cheap.
01:19It's about $2,000 round trip.
01:22I'd say I spend about $5,000 each trip.
01:25So about $15,000 for the three trips.
01:28I do all the cooking, cleaning, washing,
01:32but it's just normal household chores.
01:36Stephanie is a great cook.
01:37I'm very lucky.
01:39She cooks everything.
01:41When people say Stephanie's my maid,
01:44I don't take it personal because I know that we are both happy
01:47and we have a good thing going between the two of us.
01:50When I got here for sure, I was like,
01:53oh, the house is pretty big
01:55and I'm going to be cleaning the whole house.
02:00I've never used this appliances that you have.
02:02First time with a dishwasher.
02:04Dishwasher, the dryer, the vacuum.
02:08In the Philippines, we make fire manually
02:11and then we wash by hand.
02:14We have to fetch water and we have to pump the water
02:18and put it in our bathroom.
02:20Love, you ready to go meet my mom?
02:23Yeah, I'm coming.
02:24Today, we are meeting up with my mom, Susan,
02:27to hear a little bit more about her thoughts on our relationship.
02:30I know she tried to portray that she was super supportive
02:35and being there for us,
02:37but I do believe privately she had some apprehension, some concerns.
02:41When Evan met Stephanie, it's quite a distance away
02:44to have a long distance relationship with someone.
02:47So I wasn't quite sure how that was all going to work itself out.
02:51The whole visa process, I knew that coming here,
02:55it would really be a fresh start for her.
02:58And I was concerned about, well, what's the next step once she gets here?
03:03When I first told you about Stephanie, did you have any concerns?
03:08I did have concerns, especially the first visit.
03:11You were going very far away.
03:14You're the foreigner and you look like a foreigner.
03:17And you're going to a country to meet a woman that you
03:25don't know that well, in my eyes.
03:28So, yeah, I didn't know what you were going to get yourself into.
03:32Why did you feel the need to get married so fast?
03:35Things did move quick.
03:37Right.
03:39And that's part of the process.
03:42All these photos here are photos of us in America.
03:46Some of these big photos here are of our elopement,
03:49our secret little wedding we had.
03:51During our first visit, we talked about filing the fiancé visa and moving to the U.S.
03:57So part of the process, we have 90 days to get married from her arrival into the U.S.
04:02We did a secret elopement, the two of us.
04:05That was June.
04:06And then just this past Sunday, we had a wedding with my family.
04:11This is my elopement dress.
04:14So cutesy.
04:16Mom and I went to the local bridal shop and then we picked this.
04:22And this one is pretty classy.
04:24Oh, you look beautiful.
04:25We're looking to get a third pretty soon when we set up our
04:30big, more traditional wedding in the Philippines.
04:33My reservations went away very quickly.
04:36Something that I have to tell you that I haven't told you before,
04:40when you got off the plane and you were waiting for him
04:44and you saw him, you were just so excited.
04:49I was in tears and it was just so genuine.
04:53And that really kind of locked it in, knowing how much you cared.
04:58That was like the most amazing feeling,
05:00like being welcomed off the plane to you with all this energy.
05:05I know you're both on social media.
05:08I am a little curious, like what do other people say?
05:11So we'll be filming our Tik Tok.
05:15What do you got in mind?
05:16Stephanie's the mastermind behind all of our content.
05:20The comments that we get online are kind of like,
05:22you could not find someone in the US.
05:26She can milk your money dry, boy.
05:31Did you pay for this one?
05:33Bro imported a slave, found a housekeeper and maid.
05:37Imagine wanting to become a slave.
05:40This is the result of colonization.
05:42Gold digger.
05:44Probably get more comments that say,
05:45I'm punching up, so she's too beautiful for me.
05:49But then also sometimes we'll get other comments from maybe Filipinos that will say,
05:54why do all the foreigners like the exotic girl?
05:57In the Philippines, I did not reach the standard beauty
06:04beauty that, you know, everyone wants.
06:08I guess in the Philippines, you know, lighter skin is preferred.
06:11So sometimes she'll get comments about her darker skin,
06:16as though it's a bad thing and her flat nose, which I think is so cute.
06:21But you should have chosen a prettier one, dude.
06:25Sometimes it makes me sad, of course, but it's social media.
06:29It's like open for people to judge us.
06:32We brush off most of the hate comments and try not to reply to too many.
06:37But any type of interaction helps us go viral.
06:41So we don't we don't mind it.
06:44One, four, five, six, seven, eight.
06:47Five, six, seven, eight.
06:49Six, seven, eight.
06:51Seven, eight.
06:52Eight.
06:54Sometimes we play into a bit of our hate comments.
06:57She's only with me for money,
07:00or she's going to take all my money and then leave me.
07:03Sometimes we play into it a little bit and get interaction that way.
07:09There's a misconception that everyone from all over the world wants to come to America.
07:14And in reality, that's not always the case.
07:17I always wanted to work abroad, but never United States.
07:21It's never on my list.
07:23I told Evan before, like, if only he can just move to the Philippines with me,
07:28I would love that.
07:29But he's too young to move.
07:31I can't retire yet.
07:33Of course I miss the Philippines.
07:35I always miss the Philippines.
07:37I had a couple friends and family members tell me like,
07:43oh, you know, you're a good catch in America.
07:46Why are you going to the Philippines?
07:47Friends questioned if she was in this relationship for love or if it's just for a green card.
07:53She had a few friends that were a little skeptical.
07:56Yeah.
07:56If I was real.
07:57She had some family members that thought maybe I was too young,
08:01even though, you know, I'm four and a half years older.
08:04I just wanted to tell you, Evan, how, you know, happy I am with your choice.
08:11And Stephanie, I think you are really good for Evan.
08:15Let's play tennis.
08:17Stephanie has made me a much better person in a lot of ways.
08:21She's gotten me out of my shell.
08:23Usually I'm introverted and she's the extrovert.
08:27But she's helped me, you know, be more social and enjoy life.
08:34Evan changed my life in a lot of ways also.
08:37I mean, aside from him bringing me here, that really changed my whole life.
08:45I feel more confident with myself because even if I look so bad waking up,
08:53you're just, oh, you're so beautiful.
08:55For people that judge us, we just say, stay tuned.