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girlcabbie
Joined: 26 Nov 2008
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| Samantha wrote: |
I wonder if the OP will ever check in and let us know how her Mexican dating experience is going, or if she decided to join a convent instead, after reading this thread!  |
The OP has not managed to find a guy to hit on her who doesn't a) have a girlfriend/wife, b) have a curfew, c) have aspirations to be a narcotraficante. Well, there was one guy who's a really hard worker, and single, but he was really really drunk, and dancing like *crazy* to "I Feel Like a Woman" at the time he hit on me.
Let's just say that this post has gotten way more play than I have.  |
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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
Posts: 2038
Location: Mexican Riviera
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| You have to get out of Teacapan, girlfriend! It's a village. The odds of single, eligibles there are slim to none. Plus everyone knows when you sneeze! |
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Mrs L
Joined: 20 Mar 2008
Posts: 72
Location: Rainy England
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Mexican men |
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| thelmadatter wrote: |
One other stereotype I have not encountered is the "in it for the green card" type. But that one might be age-related... by your 40's you're usually settled |
I know it doesn't fit the thread perfectly but... my wife is not interested at all in acquiring a Green Card for any reason other than to make life easier for when we do the kids thing. Everyone at home who doesn't know her loves to make jokes assuming that she's in it to get to Gringolandia. |
That 'in it for the green card' thing is definately the perception of people outside of Mexico who judge the country by the people that choose to leave. After a week of walking to work through deep snow I can assure you all that my husband wouldn't be here if it wasn't essential for my studies. He'd be on the next flight back to Mexico if I'd let him and has no interest in getting a British passport except that it would mean we could fly via the US which is cheaper and more direct.
A Canadian friend of mine found it hilarious when friends first suggested my new Mexican fiance might just be with me for my passport. I still remember a very sarcastic "Of course he is honey, we're all just looking for ways to live in England you know- such a great country you've got there." followed by peels of laughter. |
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MELEE
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
Posts: 2583
Location: The Mexican Hinterland
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| What I hate is that due to the part of the country where we live, people assume that they know our story. I would say that 99% of the people we meet assume I met my husband in the US and he somehow convienced me to move here or that we are just here waiting to get his US residency papers. But I guess I can't blame them since tens of thousands of people from this city are currently in the US. |
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girlcabbie
Joined: 26 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| Samantha wrote: |
| You have to get out of Teacapan, girlfriend! It's a village. The odds of single, eligibles there are slim to none. Plus everyone knows when you sneeze! |
Oh, don't I know it! I've been living in small towns in the states for almost 2 years now, so Teacapan just adds to the dry spell. Although, Teacapan was the first small town I arrived at by choice.
Actually left there yesterday, the owner of the new English school didn't pay the rent or the bills, so the school never started, after waiting for a month. It actually folded the day before my classes were going to start. A friend in town (a local) already had the lion's share of private students, so not enough left over for me to make a living.
I really fell in love with the town though, even if my 2 year dry spell was my women friends' favorite topic of conversation!  |
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MO39
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Posts: 1970
Location: El ombligo de la Rep�blica Mexicana
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| Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| So where are you headed next? Can we expect to see you in the D.F. any time in the near future? That would be the ultimate antidote to village life, though I can understand how living in a tiny town can have its charms! |
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