Suggestion Box

[papi]

OK, not that I listen to my own advice…but here are some suggestions for those going south:

1.  Maximize your chances of meeting women.  Use a combination of large tour groups, agencies, websites i.e. amigos.com, etc.

2. Try to date 3 to 4 women over a period of one year

3. If any ask for money – kick them to the curb

4. Only offer to pay for dinners, drinks, movies and taxis.  If a girl pays for her taxi initially – that is a "Green flag."

5. Do not get serious in the beginning.  Try to become friends first.  Hold hands, kiss, heavy petting but avoid sex and spending money on them (see #4).  For those needing a sexual outlet, there are other options in Cali..lol.  Resist the urge to have sex for 3-4 months or more.

6. Date several women!!

7. Keep it fun, laugh, dance, go to the movies.  Occasionally get together with the family.  A good family will offer you a meal…you can reciprocate by buying pizza and beer at the house or packing a picnic.  Don’t offer to take the entire family to a restaurant and cart them around in taxis.  Avoid spending money entertaining the family.  You are not their savior…they managed before you and will do so afterward.  Send a check to charity if you must save people.

8.  The Spanish nutjobs will tell you don’t start unless you are fluent.  Well, it does help if you can manage to learn the language.

9.  Dress nice, floss

10. Expect the Unexpected…date lots of women!  Keep your options open.  Have fun..don’t get frustrated.

suerte

[doombug]

Since #'s 2 and 6 are nearly identical, I suggest you replace #6 with the following:

On those initial dates with your prospective novia--and to accompany the infamous "interview script" endorsed by some here--carry along a portfolio containing an array of colored flags. Red for clear danger; green for she's just done a good deed; yellow for I'm alarmed, but still uncertain of my next course of action; blue for beginning to feel sad about this prospect, in need of a beer to cry in; pink for I think she digs women; white for I'm about to skip on up outta here, as this is going nowhere; brown for she's treating me like shit, check please; etc., etc.

When in public, and whenever appropriate, raise whatever colored flag applies at the time high in the air. This also serves to grant those around you the privilege of following the relationship's progress.

As everyone knows novelas are all the rage in SA.

[papi]

brown for she's treating me like [snip], check please; etc., etc.

LOL!!! Dan, send this man the $25 for Dec...Doom, you crack me up

[Gringo Joe]

A few misc. suggestions

1) Since Cali has been deemed "overfished" try Bogota. When my fiancee was getting her visa, we met up with many of her friends who had recently moved from Barranquilla to Bogota because Bogota's economy is booming. I am sure there are a lot of hotties from other parts of Colombia that have done the same so you should have a better selection.

2) Bogota gets F'ing cold and the buildings don't have heat so prepare yourself.

3) If lucky enough to find the "one" don't be cheap. Hire an attorney to do the visa paperwork and make sure you bring your fat ass to the interview. Only 3 of the 24 girls had their Visas approved when my fiancee received hers. Ninety five percent were denied because of incorrect paperwork, some for the 2nd or 3rd time, which means they have to re-do and repay for all their medical b.s., plus gets your girl all stressed out. Also the interview is a lot easier for your girl. Our interview was maybe two minutes while the other girls were from 30 minutes to an hour because their cheap fiancees did not come to the interview.

Hopefully these are helpful to someone on the board, I would give more but my hands are too busy enjoying my beautiful Colombian since see came to the US last month.

[papi]

good advice. I think if you have an attention to detail...doing a DIY on the visa is doable but probably makes sense to hire an attorney. In my case, I am glad I didn't because my ex bailed during the middle of the process and went back to her Colombian novio

[utopiacowboy]

The buildings in Bogota don't have heat? Not always. My sister-in-law has both heat and hot water in her apartment.

[Gringo Joe]

Having heaters might depend on the age of the building . As for the hot water it also seems to depend on the age of the building. Most have a separate hot water heater but a lot have the "death nozzle" on the shower head which consists of a live wire running exposed from the wall to the head. I am sure a US lawyer could re-locate to Colombia and make a fortune on injuries/deaths from these.

[Kiltboy1]

Darn Right
I have gotten shocked by those "DEATH NOZZLES" before and it will most defiantly wake you up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


KB
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