being upfront with women you're visiting

[mambocowboy]

My Barranquillera wife told me she had a gringo visit her a few years back (before me) who stayed at the Hotel Barranquilla Plaza and was supposedly visiting just her and no other women. Unfortunately, he had everything stolen from his hotel room, passport, money, jewelry, etc...My wife and her parents went to the hotel to help the gringo who didn't speak much Spanish, and one of the receptionists informed my wife and her parents that the gringo had brought at least two other women back to his room in the previous week...My wife ended her relationship with him the next day...

[Stevieboy]

So, the hotel snitched on a paying customer and even went as far as disclosing that he was taking other women to his room? 

[mambocowboy]

So, the hotel snitched on a paying customer and even went as far as disclosing that he was taking other women to his room? 

yes they did.

[mambocowboy]

Barranquilla can be a dangerous place for a gringo. Most people there think we're all millionaires. It's very helpful to have your girlfriend and her family looking after you while you're there...

[bcc_1_2]

The only moral of the story I see is the establish a good relationship with the staff @ the hotel with some pesos. No staff messes with a tipping gringo's stay. You could be banging skanks left and right and they won't say anything if dinero is on the line. Not suggesting you act like a man whore.. just saying.
Ask for some local travel brochures & info and give them a little tip.

[benjio]

I've never stayed at a hotel in Barranquilla. If I'm not at Jamie's (which is rare...dating or not) I'll get a furnished apartment. I have however passed by this particular hotel on more occasions than I care to remember and it seems like a relatively upscale establishment. I have traveled all over the world and stayed in more than 100 different 4+ Star Rated Hotels. Guest discretion is almost an unspoken rule. If a guy brings a girl back to the hotel, no matter where the staff assumes he met her, it stays between the guest and the staff. Chatty hotel employees can be extremely dangerous to a gringo in a country like Colombia and they know this very well. It was careless and sloppy of them to reveal what this man had been doing to your wife's parents...especially in a place like Barranquilla where almost every man cheats and does his best to get away with it. Although I can't rule out the possibility my gut feeling is telling me the young ladies that came over had absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance of his things. Why wouldn't he have gone straight to one of them instead? What could the hotel do even if he did suspect one of the girls? Smells like his things were stolen by hotel staff (not uncommon in Colombia) and they used tales of his gallivanting as a diversion to prevent him from further investigating the theft.
 
Not that I condone that type of behavior...I'm just saying.   

[bcc_1_2]

I've never stayed at a hotel in Barranquilla. If I'm not at Jamie's (which is rare...dating or not) I'll get a furnished apartment.

This was a really old agrument and debate. In the past the rule with Jamie was if you used his agency you stay with him. And if you ever stayed somewhere else he would cut off his service to a paid customer. According to what you are saying above that must no longer be true.
If so kudos. You should treat your customers well and let them stay where they want to stay.

[benjio]

This was a really old agrument and debate. In the past the rule with Jamie was if you used his agency you stay with him. And if you ever stayed somewhere else he would cut off his service to a paid customer. According to what you are saying above that must no longer be true.
If so kudos. You should treat your customers well and let them stay where they want to stay.

Mmm...I've never heard of anything of the sort. Back when I was dating a girl from Jamie's I found it was more economically sound to rent a furnished apartment as I was going to be staying in Barranquilla for a month. I've been back to stay with him since then, stayed somewhere else after that, then back again. I'm not saying you're mistaken...perhaps he did tell you that. I can tell you one thing for a fact: In the past, if you didn't use his lodging you could not utilize his services. Which may obviously seem unfair to some but whatever. I've never heard of him telling anyone that if they stayed somewhere else in Barranquilla they forfeit the right to services they have already paid for though...and I personally know several other clients of Latin-Wife that will attest to that fact. My question is if you came to Barranquilla and stayed somewhere else after paying Jamie, but never communicated with him during the entire time you were there, how would he know you had come and left in the first place? I'd think the only reason a guy would contact him would be to utilize his services while there...but then we're back to my previous comment. You have to stay at his place to use his services. To my knowledge that has never meant that he wouldn't honor his obligations if you previously paid for a service.

[bcc_1_2]

  My question is if you came to Barranquilla and stayed somewhere else after paying Jamie, but never communicated with him during the entire time you were there, how would he know you had come and left in the first place?

Exactly. Well if he doesn't bother you about it then we know it's a policy of the past and no longer applies.

[htown]

My Barranquillera wife told me she had a gringo visit her a few years back (before me) who stayed at the Hotel Barranquilla Plaza and was supposedly visiting just her and no other women. Unfortunately, he had everything stolen from his hotel room, passport, money, jewelry, etc...My wife and her parents went to the hotel to help the gringo who didn't speak much Spanish, and one of the receptionists informed my wife and her parents that the gringo had brought at least two other women back to his room in the previous week...My wife ended her relationship with him the next day...

From my point-of-view it looks like she just told you that story to try to keep you honest and focused only on her.


There's no telling how many times these women have gone through the online gringo dating song and dance before she met you.  After a few go rounds they pick up alot of the tricks of the trade.



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[mambocowboy]

From my point-of-view it looks like she just told you that story to try to keep you honest and focused only on her.


There's no telling how many times these women have gone through the online gringo dating song and dance before she met you.  After a few go rounds they pick up alot of the tricks of the trade.



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Not surprising you'd view it that way,Htown. She signed up for Jamie's agency before meeting me as well, and I don't read as much into it as you do... You might want to be careful about making comments about other guys' wives on this site. That is a line you shouldn't cross. But then again I don't expect you to know better given the comments you've made on other topics....

[htown]

Not surprising you'd view it that way,Htown. She signed up for Jamie's agency before meeting me as well, and I don't read as much into it as you do... You might want to be careful about making comments about other guys' wives on this site. That is a line you shouldn't cross. But then again I don't expect you to know better given the comments you've made on other topics....

If you don't want people to discuss your wife THEN WHY DO YOU MAKE HER THE TOPIC OF A THREAD ON A PUBLIC MESSAGE BOARD?




Were my comments that far out in left field?

[Micky]

HT -

One,  MC did not make his wife the TOPIC of this thread.  In his post,  she was not the TOPIC,  the gringos crash and burn at the hotel was the topic.

Second,  maybe someone knows,  I don't,  but the number of Latinas on the dating sites is 10, 15, 20,000?  How many women do you think actually meet a gringo?  I sure don't know,  but I would guess that the percentages of women that have a gringo show up and meet them is very low.

Micky

[mambocowboy]

If you don't want people to discuss your wife THEN WHY DO YOU MAKE HER THE TOPIC OF A THREAD ON A PUBLIC MESSAGE BOARD?




Were my comments that far out in left field?

typical Htown, acting like a jerk and then blaming it on someone else. No worries, Htown, you tried the same thing with El Escapatico. We already know what to expect from you. You're just using this board to stir up trouble. You post as though you have all the answers and you assume the worst about women you've never met. Yet you've probably never married and have definitely never been married to a Colombiana. You're free to act like the jerk that you are, just as I'm free to continue to call you out on your BS as you continue to underestimate peoples' intelligence...

[htown]

HT -

One,  MC did not make his wife the TOPIC of this thread.  In his post,  she was not the TOPIC,  the gringos crash and burn at the hotel was the topic.

What was the source of information of this "gringo's crash and burn"?  Mambocowboy's wife and her family, people who have a vested interest in keeping this guy's attention focused solely on her.  Is it that far fetched that they'll say whatever they have to say to close the deal with this guy and get her married off?

Second,  maybe someone knows,  I don't,  but the number of Latinas on the dating sites is 10, 15, 20,000?  How many women do you think actually meet a gringo?  I sure don't know,  but I would guess that the percentages of women that have a gringo show up and meet them is very low.

Micky

Exactly my point big brother!  Let's suppose a colombiana decides to get online and try to get her a gringo and a 1st class ticket to the promised land.  She gets messages from 200 guys.  Out of those 200, 50 of them continue to correspond.  Out of those 50, 20 of them get on skype to confess their love and promise to visit.  Out of those 20, 8 of them actually make it down to colombia to actually meet in person.  Out of those 8, 5 of them turn out to be players and whoremongers and timewasters.  That would leave her with 3 decent, genuine guys to choose from.  3 out of 200, that's a hell of a ratio.  Is she going to do what she's gotta do to close the deal?

[mambocowboy]

What was the source of information of this "gringo's crash and burn"?  Mambocowboy's wife and her family, people who have a vested interest in keeping this guy's attention focused solely on her.  Is it that far fetched that they'll say whatever they have to say to close the deal with this guy and get her married off?


Exactly my point big brother!  Let's suppose a colombiana decides to get online and try to get her a gringo and a 1st class ticket to the promised land.  She gets messages from 200 guys.  Out of those 200, 50 of them continue to correspond.  Out of those 50, 20 of them get on skype to confess their love and promise to visit.  Out of those 20, 8 of them actually make it down to colombia to actually meet in person.  Out of those 8, 5 of them turn out to be players and whoremongers and timewasters.  That would leave her with 3 decent, genuine guys to choose from.  3 out of 200, that's a hell of a ratio.  Is she going to do what she's gotta do to close the deal?

"close the deal." more conspiracy theories, eh ,,Htown? It's all a just a business deal isn't it? Especially since I have given exactly 0 pesos to my wife's family...My wife has brought plenty of happiness into my life and will be giving birth to our baby around the end of May. Sounds like it's a pretty good deal for me too....

[htown]

I honestly don't understand why you're offended mambocowboy.


Do you not agree that it is possible that your wife told you what she sees as an innocent little white lie, just so she could keep you honest and focused on her.  And let's suppose it was a lie, so what.  It would've been for the better, yes or no?  She just didn't want to let you get tempted away from her into the company of another woman.


You're married now having a kid which is a truly beautiful thing.

[fathertime]

"close the deal." more conspiracy theories, eh ,,Htown? It's all a just a business deal isn't it? Especially since I have given exactly 0 pesos to my wife's family...My wife has brought plenty of happiness into my life and will be giving birth to our baby around the end of May. Sounds like it's a pretty good deal for me too....

well congratulations on that one mamabocowboy...boy or girl? 


Yeah, it is a good deal.  Navigating all the pitfalls and hassles becomes even more worthwhile when the beautiful child is born. 


Fathertime! 

[Stevieboy]

Hey Whitey, was it the Hotel Estalar at Alto Prado, or El Prado we were talking about? I went back to hotel.com because I forgot the hotel I was interetsed in, but El Prado now has only 3 stars. I wanted to check for rooms that have safes.

[mambocowboy]

well congratulations on that one mamabocowboy...boy or girl? 


Yeah, it is a good deal.  Navigating all the pitfalls and hassles becomes even more worthwhile when the beautiful child is born. 


Fathertime!

thanks Fathertime, baby girl on the way...

[Micky]

MC -

Major congrats to you and the wife,  super!  I hope all goes well for all three of you forever.


Micky

[Stevieboy]

thanks Fathertime, baby girl on the way...

Congrats, Bro.

[mambocowboy]

thanks fellas

[V_Man]

Congrats MC!!!

[Ray]

Were my comments that far out in left field?

 
Well, I thought your choice of words was a little tacky...
 
 

There's no telling how many times these women have gone through the online gringo dating song and dance before she met you.  After a few go rounds they pick up alot of the tricks of the trade.

 
 
Ray