Do Colombian women ever marry up?

[Yalg]

... in response to lol--dude your the one, posted by colman on Mar 4, 2003

I do think its bad when people come here and dont give a rip for the english language...Its called America and here we speak english, at least we are supposed to but cretins like yourself dont care what the country deteriorates into.  Colman, your a punk, plain and simple..you really hate this nation is some ways and cant wait until its torn down....

As far as your little fiesta with junfan....he's got you pegged perfectly....as well as most of the guys here who have no clue what they are doing....yourself and myself possibly included...except that I am trying to really take a hard look at this whole process and stop lying to myself.....thats the hardest part...to stop the lying..

[colman]

... in response to Your right, posted by Yalg on Mar 4, 2003

Yes we live in a country where English is the language most spoken and yes I agree that when people come here, they should learn Enlgish not to satisfy "whiners" but to genuinely improve thier oppurtunities here....the problem is if I already speak English and choose to speak Spanish to whomever I wish to people who only speak English should not be bothered by it (its a vibe--I sense many people sub-consciously get bothered by this)--again when I go to the supermarket and hear tons of different languages I think its pretty cool--and when you see these people you KNOW they also speak English--dam--what is wrong with that--its that sub-conscious little monster inside of these people--that little monster is called ENVY--Colman

[Yalg]

... in response to what is an American?, posted by colman on Mar 2, 2003

In your earlier post to Junfan you had to bring up the Ku Klux Klan to make a point....even when you try to be objective your own racism shows itself.  Your just a blowhard dude, you have your own agenda on this board so what do you care what junfans is, if any?  Personally, I agree with him about most of what he is saying. Most of the guy on this board, possibly myself included, dont really have a clue what they are doing or what the future hold with these relationships.

[JunFan]

... in response to what is an American?, posted by colman on Mar 2, 2003

hey, if I lose my 'merit' with some, so be it.  

Can't please all the people all the time.

And thank you soooooo F$&Cking much for gracing us with your 'reality'.

The only problem is I don't see it's application to hardly any of the posters, but keep on dishing man....como se dice "irrelevant" en espanol?

[colman]

... in response to to each his own..., posted by JunFan on Mar 2, 2003

My point was it was "you" who e-mailed me a long time ago to "gang-up" on someone you did not agree with--I mean if this is how you deal with people I am surprise that young Colombiana did not run back to Colombia. People have, do and I believe will still ask me questions on the forum and emailed to me--and I will try my best to answer all oh by the way thier is no specific word equivilant to irrelevant but it can be loosely translated into Spanish with "fuera del caso", or "-inoportuno/a"--Colman

[JunFan]

... in response to your right...you cant please all, posted by colman on Mar 4, 2003

....the fool, or the fool that follows him?"

And don't flatter yourself, I have never emailed you.

[colman]

... in response to Who is more foolish...., posted by JunFan on Mar 4, 2003

obviously your more foolish for lying. I admit it was a long time ago you e-mailed me because you were creating this little internet forum club to bash somebody on the forum who disagree--and dude YOU dont flatter yourself-guess it did not work--colman

[colman]

... in response to to each his own..., posted by JunFan on Mar 2, 2003

My point was it was "you" who e-mailed me a long time ago to "gang-up" on someone you did not agree with--I mean if this is how you deal with people I am surprise that young Colombiana did not run back to Colombia. People have, do and I believe will still ask me questions on the forum and emailed to me--and I will try my best to answer all oh by the way thier is no specific word equivilant to irrelevant but it can be loosely translated into Spanish with "fuera del caso", or "-inoportuno/a"--Colman

[Dean]

... in response to Re: and another thing..., posted by lswote on Feb 28, 2003

Bruce...

I agree....

Having watched the board for several years, read all the historical reports and comments and watched things unfold I agree with your comments....

Congratulations on your recent wedding....

Dean

[JunFan]

... in response to Yikes!, posted by lswote on Feb 28, 2003

I certainly have more than one datapoint from which I base my opinions....

Stereotype..?? Maybe, but we all stereotype to some degree.  Hmmmm, I have actually met plenty of functional families in Colombia, with very honorable men.  I guess your wife is stereotyping too?

Interesting.

Believe what you want

[Pete E]

... in response to Do Colombian women ever marry up?, posted by bogota vet on Feb 27, 2003

Good question,I think there is alot of class rigitity.
But thats an advantage for a gringo.We basically don't give a damm about that system and if the lady is attractive and honest she will do.And marrying a gringo is marrying up for most all Colombianas.Except for the extreme upper class the Colombiana is going to do better financially with a normal gringo.
My nephew is married to an upper class Colombiana.Her father is the former governor of the state of Tolima.My nephew met her in College in the US.They live a very middle class life style here and she works part time arranging banquets and even getting involved in serving meals for a hotel.And they live in a cold part of Washington State.
But she likes it better here because security is such a big issue for her and her family in Colombia.She has a totally different attitude than my wife,who is sort of middle class I guess.Wealthy people are scared in Colombia.Her family lives in Ibague,maybe its more dangerous.She will not take her daughter with her when she visits Colombia and she basically hangs out with her family in a guarded compound and they go almost no where from there.Last year they got together in Spain because of security fears.
My wife thinks she exagerates.I think they have a whole different experience.Wealthy people are targets.Middle or lower class people are not bothered by anybody but petty crooks because they are not percieved as having anything to steal.I think the situation would be similar for a gringo who lets on he has money.You are a target and it just might not be worth it to be there.When the rich are fleeing Colombia,do you really want to step in their place?
The father of my nephews wife has alot of farm land.But he does not live on it.He will go out day time only to check on it,and he may not do much of that any more.
Oh,the father is about 25 years older than the mother.So its not just marrying gringos where we get the big age difference.

Pete