I have known my girlfriend from China who is working here as a quality control technician. She is undergoing divorce and needs to go back China to settle the paperwork soon.

She has a son of about 9 years old, and his studies has not been good over there. If I apply to bring both of them to Singapore to live here after she is done with the divorce, I am worried her son is not able to adapt to the learning environment over here. And what are my options if her son can’t cope with the education here which is English oriented? We plan to get married after she comes over to Singapore. Will there be any other challenges when I apply both of them to live here?

Here are what netizens think:

• The boy has to learn to cope lor. It’ll be harder for him to learn a new language because he’s a bit older, but no choice if you want to start a life in a new country. That’s just how it is. You should be more worried about yourself having to look after 2 new people here.

• Just a caution, make sure they are not here to leech on you to sponsor studies and living expense. We have heard stories about foreigner marrying to SG to obtain benefits but the wife was still maintaining r/s with original hubby.

• When there is confirmation of the divorce then plan? Why the hurry? Also kinda sus that she’s getting a bf when she’s still legally married…I mean, divorce not even finalised and here u both are planning for the kid to study here and all? Isn’t that a little too rushed? Maybe you should take a step back and consider or ask her if she didn’t meet u in SG what her plans would be for her son and her in the event of a divorce..if she has a solid plan then fine, if not then you most probably are her meal ticket. Just saying.

• how do you know she is going back for divorced? I have seen my colleague marrying Chinese lady with kid end up being a cash cow. Lost the house and still need to pay maintenance. something is fishy. Hopefully I am wrong.

Sign a prenup. She will tell you sob stories about somebody dying in her village or selling a cheap house and ask you to buy in her name only AFTER the marriage: When that happens, annul the marriage and run as far away as you can.

My boyfriend is addicted to various financial products, especially stocks, options, and worst cryptocurrency.

Every night he’ll spend hours watching on the markets and trade. We had arguments a few times. He insists that cryptocurrency is the future trend, like everyone is trading these meaningless coins, and NFT stuff is cool and everyone is buying, blablabla can be used in the Meta world in the future.

I hate these cryptocurrencies because it’s a violation of general economics and financial systems, and most importantly, it’s illegal, and it has NO actual value at all. He has been playing with stocks and options for a few months already, along with his friend. I’m okay with him paying proper attention to the stock and options market, and winning or losing on that won’t be too much to afford.

I’m also kind of okay with him being a supporter of cryptocurrency because it’s ok to just recognize an emerging thing. But I have a very strong objection to investing in cryptocurrency, and I’m scared that my boyfriend will end up buying these coins and naively think he’ll earn some extra money for that. He’s been talking about the coins for a few weeks already, and I really don’t want him to be a victim of that market. I’ve tried to convince him not to touch it.

He promised but he doesn’t seem like has changed his mind. What should I do… I’m really scared he’ll get hurt.

Here are what netizens think:

• Don’t offend him too much, treat him nicer. When he becomes a millionaire, he might share some with you. Cash is trash in this period of hyper inflation. Personally i prefer stocks and now there is a firesale, great time to load up. As long as he manages his allocations and risk properly, avoid the rubbish coins n tokens, nothing wrong with crypto.In fact I think it is closest to the most pure form of free market economics. Since there is no real fundamentals like earnings, the price is purely based on supply and demand supported by network effects. Unlike tulips there is utility value in the blockchain so it can’t go to 0.What’s legal is not always good. Look at the massive hole the US fed has dug for itself. Massive inflation created by the abuse of ‘legal’ policies such as QE, massive stimulus, etc.

• Kindly go read up on Blockchain Technology and Smart Contract before you start blabbering that cryptocurrency is illegal and has no actual value.If U have no knowledge on the stock market and start investing in it, most probably U will be losing money in time to come. It’s the same with crypto trading.If crypto is illegal, our DBS and OCBC won’t be trying to set up their Crypto Exchange.So for those who have lost money on crypto, kindly gain a whole lot of knowledge first before stepping in.