More info on the support group for hispanic women

[Hispana-N-US]

Hi there,

I'm sorry about the confusion my first message may have created among you. Listen guys, I have the best intentions with this group. My name is Gabriela and I, myself, am a hispanic woman, from Mexico, married to an american guy and living in US. Why did I create this group? Well, simply because I wanted to make friends and get in touch with other hispanic women and their families, but unfortunately I have had some bad experiences with similar woman-only groups in the past. Why allow the men (men involved with the latin women of course) in this list? Well, as I told my husband, that would give them the opportunity to share their experience and learn from one another since it's not only the women who are in this boat, right? My experience when I was in one of those lists I told you about was that my husband often felt left out and the other women sometimes didn't advice you thinking of the best for you AND your family. Some may even be a little too radical and tell you to do things that could hurt your marriage or damage your relationship with your husband. I thought maybe a list that allowed the men to participate or at least know what's going on would be better. I'm sorry if you think this is dorky or you feel insulted or threatened in any way. I just didn't want to make my name or email address public in a forum like this one, only to keep my privacy, but you can email me at any time to this email address, should you have any comments or questions:

gabitapavita@hotmail.com

Please, keep in mind that I never meant anything bad by posting that message here.

Thanks and sorry,
Gabi
Hispana-N-US moderator

[Patrick]

... in response to More info on the support group for hispa..., posted by Hispana-N-US on Jun 27, 2001

Gabi,

Perhaps you could give us your opinion on something we've been discussing.  Do you think that more Latinas smoke than do American ladies?  I've met quite a few Latin women and it's always seemed to me that very few of them smoke, but others who have also met many ladies say that they think that Latinas smoke more than American women.  What's your opinion on this?

Thanks,  Patricio

[Hispana-N-US]

... in response to Una pregunta, posted by Patrick on Jun 27, 2001

Well, to be very honest, I've noticed something similar to what your friends tell you. Here in US, I haven't met a single american woman that smokes, not one,  but while I was still in Mexico, many of my women friends used to smoke quite a lot and so did their mother and even teenage sisters. It's as if it was "in" or something. I don't know if this could apply to all social levels, but I'm talking about college students from one of the most expensive and prestigious institution in Mexico city and/or young engineers and graduates working for transnationals like P&G, IBM and so on. I never liked smoking, perhaps because my father used to be very clear about it or the facts that both my parents never smoked and that cancer runs in the family. I also met women that didn't smoke, perhaps it's just a matter of luck?
Gabi

[Patrick]

... in response to Re: Una pregunta, posted by Hispana-N-US on Jun 28, 2001

Perhaps I've just not been meeting the upper crust types who apparently smoke more than the lower classes.  Or maybe many of the ladies I have known do smoke, but only occasionally and they consider themselves to be non-smokers.

Escribes ingles mejor que casi todos los gringos aqui.  Lo has aprendido muy bien.

Patrick

[Hispana-N-US]

... in response to Thanks Gabi, posted by Patrick on Jun 28, 2001

Es el mejor cumplido que me han hecho desde que llegue a este pais. Creo que valio la pena haberlo estudiado por tanto tiempo, pero, creeme, lo escribo mejor de lo que lo hablo.

[buzzy]

... in response to Thanks Gabi, posted by Patrick on Jun 28, 2001

ouch!....caramba!!

[Traveler]

... in response to Thanks Gabi, posted by Patrick on Jun 28, 2001

"""Escribes ingles mejor que casi todos los gringos aqui. Lo has aprendido muy bien.""""

[Patrick]

... in response to More info on the support group for hispa..., posted by Hispana-N-US on Jun 27, 2001

I'm redesigning this site and will include a link to your discussion group on another page hen I roll out the changes.