Cali real stories II

[Calipro]

I justed arrived in Cali this week.*staying at Pete's)  I'll post about my observation that stands out, again hopefully this enlighten and entertain. On the flight down i meet two colombian, one gal and one guy returning from visiting the US to cali.  The girl was very hot(ex-model) but dress down, so she didn't stand out as much.  She was visiting her COL husband who was living and working in Orlando.  They have a 2 yr daughter, they met in Cali, she spoke VERY good english, goes to school.  What was interesting about her was her story about her relationship with her husband.  I asked her why didn't she move to the US with her daughter to be with the husband, afterall she could finish college in the US, instead of finishing it in cali and having to start over.  She proceed to tell me that she will ending the relationship formally after the new year, because of his infidelity and jeolousy.  She said that he cheated on her twice when they were in cali and has a current girlfriend in the US, they broke up for period and she was seeing guys, but her husband had major problem with it, BUT had no problem seeing other girls!  ja, ja..  What was funny to me was that she said, she is returning to orlando in DEC, but that was going to be the end of it.  She was going to give me her number in cali but last thing i want is to get stuck between a husband/wife having problems, especially if the husband is jelous type.  She was very sweet and good looking, ohh well...

Second person i met on the plane, was a colombian plant manager who was returning from a business trip to NYC.  he was older(in his 40's) divorced, proceed to tell me about life as a COL guy with money(easy girls, fun, etc.,), BUT interestingly he mention that in CALI it was safer to be in a monogamous relationship versus a polygamous one.  Because he mention if you're not careful you meet "bad" girls.  He had couple of friends that were playing around with the wrong girl, got drugged & robbed.   We had a great conversation on the flight down.  He offer me a ride to the apartment i was staying at, instead of taking a taxi.  I felt safe with accepting the offer, he also took another foreigner to his hotel at intercontinental.  I owe that guy a dinner next week.

During the week i was walking around avienda sexta trying to find an address, got some people giving me the wrong direction(they just made a guess, not trying to do it on purpose(i hope)).  Then I asked a guy on street, and he proceed to walk with me for 10 minutes until we found it, he had to ask several people also.

Met another gringo staying at the same apartment, he was here trying to going on dates.  Nice guy, speaks fluent spanish, was meeting several chicas for dates.  He had one amiga that was JUST friends he knew from past trips.  She presents herself as a professional, smart, speaks very good english, etc., Well, yesterday we went out to lunch with her and her friend.  She was buttering him up for something, because she kept talking with him(while ignoring her friend) and stroking his arm.  Well at the end of lunch as we were walking to chipichape, she hit him with "my rent is up due, and i dont get pay for another month, could you help, i need $350k peso"  ja,ja.  He was very shocked and disappointed because she was just a friend, he had NO romantic intentions for her.  AND this was after he took her and her friends out to lunch, dinner, coffee, drinks, etc., during the course of several days last week.  

While we were at Chipichape having a beer(desi will love this) we met three gringos, one of them was with his sister-in-law, both are from atlanta, the sister-in-law is colombiana fr cali but moved to US after marrying the brother.  The sister-in-law proceed to tell me(in a conspirator tone) that she knows many gringos coming to cali to meet girls(wife).  ja, ja, no kidding! LOL!  Talk about timing, 5 minutes after she left, 2 gringo come over and sit in our same bar, when i heard them talking english, i say hi and introduce ourselves.  They were here with on of the agency trying to find a wife, both are decent looking guys, they proceed to tell me and my buddy all about their problems with the gals the agency hooked them up with.  One said, in 12 dates that he got, 11 asked for money(money for babysitting(40k), phone card(10k), taxi(20k), etc.,) i told them to try other source to meet chicks.  I mention to them that it's unfortunate they're meeting those types of gals, but there's LOTS of greats gals out there, because i know several.  BUT i'm not interesting in anything beyond friendship(or special friendship, ja, ja).

As for my trials and tribulation w/ dating in colombia.. i had one gal never arrived for a date, and when i call her one hour later, she was sleeping and apologize and want to reschedule.  ANyway, Later that night, my buddy and i went to meet another amiga for date with her and her sister.  well, my amiga DIDNT SHOW UP, BUT her sister did, her sister said her little sister(my amiga) had to go to MASS at the last minute, so couldn't make it.  What type of mass is last minute? anyway, the older sister(22) was very cute, so my friend proceed start up a conversation with her, they seem to hit it off.  BUT she has a complicated situation.  She is "married", living with the husband and their 3 yr son, BUT she told us that she was ONLY staying with the husband for the son.(i suspect that in a few years, she'll move out when she realize it's not worth staying in a unhappying siutuation purely for for the son)  Anway, she basically gave my buddy the greenlight to hit on her, they're going on a date tonight!  ja, ja.. man i'm having more luck setting up friends that meetig girls for me! ja,ja..

Hope you guys like my stories, my objective is to show the readers a balance view on colombia people and society, that there are some wonderful people and aspect of the society, but also, some wacked folks and stuff that goes on here.

[oakham]

... in response to Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

your friend is buying dinners and treats for this woman and you say they're just friends?   you and your friend are in a dream world.............men and women are not "just friends"............

[caslug]

... in response to Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

Last night my buddy and I hit chipichape for happy hour, Desi should have gone gringo hunting, because she would have napped lots of gringos. We personally saw 6 gringos(all over 40) walking around or sitting around. I was very suprise to see so many of us in on area.  We later went dancing with a amiga of mine, she told us that Las Brisa(a huge club on sexta) is suppose to be dangerous now, don't know if that's true, but she recommended we dont go there. We went to another club, and they had some beer girl doing promotion for an hour. It was pretty nice to watch, all the beer girls are of course hot. What I didn't know was that they also do a dance routine after they handed out the free beer. as i watched them i had an ephicany..

I was talking w/ my amiga and mention my stories and that i notice in colombia many girls have plastic surgery(especially those beer girls, models, etc.,). I said to her many women in COL are already naturally beautiful why get surgery, she replied to look even better. It occur to me, with own observation, that for all the surgery these girls get to look better, it only delays the inenviatable. I met gals who are MODELS with enhancements AND STILL get cheated, dumped or stopped getting work, generally because they got older(getting to 30yr old) and are replaced by a younger model(pun intended). Sure the surgery helps get a guy or job, but it's not for long term, it's a short term gain. BECAUSE guys cheat or dump gals generally NOT because of looks, but they're bored or want something new, i'll explain it below.

Anyway, after i put my amiga in a taxi, my buddy and i walked around aviedna 8 and bars around there(the more expensive bars). we walked by a place and i smelled pot, i head over there put it turns out to be a private party(looks like a college crowd), so we didn't go in. Then we went to another club till 3am, while waiting outside for a taxi, i struck up a conversation with a group of COL guys. These guys were tall, good looking, spoke english, and got money, i stared asking them questions about POV of COL guys regarding chicas & dating culture. THey told me couple of funny and englighten things,

a) in CALI(maybe all of COL) it's VERY EASY to get girls WITHOUT having lots of money, and they laugh at foreigner that spoiled gals with money for clothes, rent, etc., they ONLY give money for girls if it's serious, not casual dating and definetely not long distance. Because they said, if one gal gets complicated they dump her and get another one(because it's soo easy) less complicated.

b) i asked if they had girlfriends, yes we do, they answered. I asked why are you at this club hitting on girls that were NOT your girlfriend(they dropped there gf off earlier BEFORE they hit this club). They replied,"for variety!" So for them, cheating is NOT because the first girlfriend is not good looking or sweet enough, etc., but because they eventually get bored of the same one and want a little variety. Of course they still like their gf, but want a quick "harmless" fling. And since it's easy to to do it COL, they do it.

c) I asked if they think their nice/loving GF would go for threesome? Alas, they replied no regular no, prostitute yes.. ahh.. there goes my pet project fantasy! LOL!

d) I then asked if they think it's acceptable to have "amigas espcial" with NO commitment. Ahh.. "of course!, but ONLY if you tell the amiga AT THE BEGGINNING!", they replied. They said, it's normal in those situation to spend the night with the "amiga" then the next day you're back to regular friend mode. Good info to know!

e) they also mention they(uppercrust COL) think avienda sexta is a "low class" place and they don't party there as much. They party other areas. I suspect that, because when i check out the clubs on avienda 8, the crowd was DEFINETLY not the same. the avienda 8 crowd LOOKED richer and whiter. I notice in MED the classes mix a little more, parque llerlas or poblado you'll still see all type of people. But in Cali, the avienda sexta crowd(regular folks) are way different than the avienda 8 crowd.

Overall it was a very enlighten evening.

during my short time here, i didnt really notice any major difference between gals in MED or CALI, it looks like gals are gals, the only differences i saw was between social economic situation, rich gal act the same, middle clas gal act the same, poor gals act the same, irregardless of city.

[mudd]

... in response to Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

n/t

[Pete E]

... in response to wonder if this is Seeker??   n/t, posted by mudd on Oct 14, 2005

He can introduce himself if he likes.Seeker has mostly just been seeing friends.I guess he doesn't care too explain himself.I think he is a real good guy.

Pete

[mudd]

... in response to No,different guy, posted by Pete E on Oct 15, 2005

good guys dont mess with 4 year old girls hopes and minds. unless he has a good reason for what he is doing or explains a little more in detail about what was going on, he shouldnt post reports about what he does.

[Calipro]

... in response to No,different guy, posted by Pete E on Oct 15, 2005

I believe the guy is caslug.

I refered him to you. How's he working out?

I like have said before, I only know these guys through the internet. Let them in your home at your own risk.

[Pete E]

... in response to Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

A guy staying here posted,the guest account had calipro's cookie in it,looks like he posted.

Pete

[mudd]

... in response to Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

yep, sounds just like Cali, full of stories and mini soap operas, who is sleeping with whom, most girls hitting on you  for money ect. you really have to be careful there. good story and information

[Spanky]

... in response to Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

[This message has been edited by Spanky]

Wow! turning down advances from models and never having been stood up-what a record (ja, ja)! I guess Pete's Play Palace is going to be busy this week. I'd like to point out that just because women ask for dating expenses is not an automatic red flag. Just one question...is your native language English?

[Calipro]

... in response to Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

Whose the calipro impersonator?

[Calipro]

... in response to Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

this is CASLUG not Calipro, i guess pete's computer is locked into calipro's log-in.

[Calipro]

... in response to Re: Cali real stories II, posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

Or everybody that stays at Pete's place will be posting as me!

[Pete E]

... in response to Better get rid of the cookies....., posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

Its deleted.Now he needs to gt his own password to post.

Pete

[papi]

... in response to Better get rid of the cookies....., posted by Calipro on Oct 14, 2005

CP, very funny! Show them how to delete the cookies and logon. Look forward to your report