Colombia

[MIKE]

I still think the guys going down to Colombia are crazy. It's dangerous as hell, most the women in Cale speak no English. Once you find one,  what if she wants to work in the U.S., she can't find a job if she can't speak english?  and this is coming from an almost fluent Spanish speaker. It seems like most of the guys going down there are looking at mostly just physical appearence and if you can't speak the language how are you supposed to have a relationship with them. That is why I think alot of these marriages fail. Its like meeting girls here, you have to communicate with them to find out which one is right or wrong for you and with a translator it make it even harder to see threw all the B.S. sOME GUYS GET THE LUCK OF THE DRAW AND HAVE VERY HAPPY MARRIAGES, im not saying it doesn't happen but others get screwed. All im saying is Costa Rica the women might be more stuck up slightly and more fussy about the guys, but can you blame them if they are going to spend the rest of their life with you, that means they are being honest with you and really do want a relationship with you and not just a green card, and most ticas are pretty honest people and don't take advantage of you that bad, at least the normal girls and most of all Costa Rica is safe and many of the girls speak English.

[Richard]

... in response to Colombia, posted by MIKE on Oct 30, 2001

English is a second  language down here.  If you don't know what the first language is, I'll give you three guesses and the first four don't count...

Sorry for the sarcasm, but it does seem like english is a second language in Miami / Dade county.

[Aaron]

... in response to Colombia, posted by MIKE on Oct 30, 2001

Mike,

Hi. I have been to both places. I went to Costa Rica last year, and Cali the year before then.

You may like Costa Rica better than Colombia. That's fine. You're entitled to that. However, I like Colombia, even with its domestic problems, better than Costa Rica. I think Colombia is much more fun than Costa Rica. Colombian people are much more open and friendly than many Costa Ricans. Another thing is that in Colombia there has been much more mixing between races than in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is predominately a mixture of Spanish and whites, with some blacks that immigrated there to work on the banana plantations in the early 1900's. Another thing that I noticed about Costa Rica, and don't get me wrong because I think that it is a wonderful country with nice people, but San Jose and the rest of the country is becoming very Americanized. I didn't like that. Another thing about Colombia, especially Cali, that I love is the music. There is so much diversity in the music on the Pacific and Atlantic Coast, and mixtures between people that it is almost surreal.

Mike, you can't judge us just because we go to Colombia, and you like Costa Rica instead. You go where you want to go, we go where we want to go.  

However, I will give two plugs for Costa Rica right now:

1.) It's a great place for honeymooning.
2.) It has about 40,000 Americans living there. So it can be a nice place to relocate if one would like to move to Latin America.

Just my .02
Aaron

[mike kennedy]

... in response to Re: Colombia, posted by Aaron on Oct 30, 2001

ok I think Pete is right about Bogota , the girls do speak more english there and there are alot of professional dentists, engineers etc there. I have checked it out. What I am looking for is a swf 22-28 who speaks enough english to get by in the work place and has a potential to make 30-50k up here. A dentist can technically work as a dental assistant up here make $13-$15 an hour and my best friend is a dentist and said if I bring one up here he will hire her.. I do see some potential in Bogota for what im looking for but very little of what im looking for in Calle. Im sorry for knocking Colombia i guess it depends where you go and what your looking for. Anybody know of any good tours in Bogota? Im willing to give Colombia a chance maybe but I did luck out big time when a 26 year old systems analyst from a little town in Mexico just south of Houston emailed me and sent me her pic. She is drop dead gorgeous and it would be real cheap for me to fly down there. We have been writing back and fourth, and Ive been calling her to. She seems really awesome, speaks good english and just as sweet and nice as the Colombian girls I think, and she can definitely make alot of money up here. It is just im 26 years old, I work as a sales rep for a publishing company, I make about 50-60k and just starting to get established and it would be nice to have a double income if i became married. Im sure most of you guys are looking for different things in women then I am.

[Tai]

... in response to Re: Re: Colombia, posted by mike kennedy on Oct 30, 2001

Mike,

You say: "What I am looking for is a swf 22-28 who speaks enough english to get by in the work place and has a potential to make 30-50k up here."

Last time I checked swf was: Single White Female.

Why are you going on and on about Costa Rica versus Colombia, if you are looking for a Young White English-Speaking, Well-Educated, Professional Woman?

There are millions of them living and working right here in the good ole USA, ranging from "drop dead gorgeous" to "not so good looking, but very nice"....and from petite to large sizes.

If in fact you are a 26 year old, good-looking guy, making 50-60K, then you should ALREADY have your pick here in the states...or at least a very large pool to choose from.

Unless....

What you are really looking for is a young gorgeous educated professional white woman, bringing an additional 30-50K into your household....with a traditional value set that may allow you more control over her(and the money she makes) than our home grown variety would.

just .02

Tai

[SWM]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Uh...excuse me, but..., posted by Tai on Oct 30, 2001

are you saying there are no white women in Colombia?  last time I checked the country called Colombia was established by people of Spanish origin of the caucasion race.  

maybe he's looking for a white latina, is that OK with you???

[Raptor]

... in response to and what is wrong with looking for a SWF..., posted by SWM on Oct 31, 2001

SWM  Shhh................................................................. you will get called a racist for saying that you like white women.  Unless of course you are black.

Then it's ok..................lol

[Hoda]

... in response to Re: and what is wrong with looking for a..., posted by Raptor on Nov 2, 2001

Just what the hell do you mean by this? Careful your sheet is showing....

Later...

[HappyIdiot]

... in response to Oh Really??/, posted by Hoda on Nov 3, 2001

He's just picking at some past grudge that he's carrying around.  I think the list of past grievances was triggered when the anti femminist thread got deleted.  You'll see that Raptor has had a specific pattern of not being able to let past threads go, and will wait for his moment to jump on someone that made a point that he didn't agree with that he wasn't able to address with reason.

Anyway, hopefully everyone will be able to agree that racism is not limited to any specific color of people.  Then maybe there won't be anymore ignorant statements like whatever this insinuation of it's ok to be something based upon your race.

[Raptor]

... in response to He doesn't mean anything., posted by HappyIdiot on Nov 4, 2001

And perhaps people will learn to save the racism charges for the people who truly are racist.  

Or risk losing the impact of the charge.

[HappyIdiot]

... in response to Re: He doesn't mean anything., posted by Raptor on Nov 4, 2001

n/t

[Raptor]

... in response to Oh Really??/, posted by Hoda on Nov 3, 2001

Hey Hoda,

Will you really listen to me and not smart ass what I say if I try and explain myself?

The last and first time I tried I was called a racist.
If you can not be PC aand listen I will tell you what I mean.

btw,

Chris

American Indian/black/white with an adopted ladino child from Guatemala.  But %100 American! 24/7

[Hoda]

... in response to really want to know?, posted by Raptor on Nov 4, 2001

Huh?

Listen to you? Better a smart one than a dumb one...lol Last-time, first-time what??? Explain what??? Racist come in all colors! What's with the racial profile of yourself and your child? You looking for some type of badge of honor? Nothing wrong with a little P.C. It counter-balances the other extreme...lol

Later....

[Raptor]

... in response to Oh Really??/, posted by Hoda on Nov 3, 2001

Sorry, they would not let me in, I'm not "white enough for them.   But do you answer every thing that someone says about race with accusations of racism?

[Hoda]

... in response to No, I'm not "white", posted by Raptor on Nov 4, 2001

n/t