Monday, October 25, 2004

Dating Vallarta Style!

The single ladies here in Vallarta have a saying about the men in Vallarta, they are all "married, gay or leaving on Tuesday"! LOL There are a lot of us here, of all shapes, sizes and ages. I think there are a few single men here who are not married or gay or leaving on Tuesday but from the few that I've met, pickins are slim. A lot of the men here are well over 50 years of age. A lot of the single gals here are well under 50 years of age.

This makes for some interesting combinations, especially when you factor in the cross-cultural combinations between the Mexicans and those of us born and raised NOTB (North Of The Border). I've seen some outrageous looking couples here -- beautiful young Mexican women with older stodgy American men and young Mexican guys sniffing around "mature" American women.

Editor's Note: When I use the word "American" here, I actually mean to refer to anyone not born and raised in Mexico. I refuse to use the words "gringo" or "gringa"!

My experience with Mexican men has been somewhat limited. (My friends are no doubt holding their sides laughing at this point!) The two that I have dated both work in the restaurant business which means that they both work almost every day and night. So you can just imagine how much time we actually got to spend together! Now that I'm working days, I'm looking for a banker. Haha!

I do love Mexican men though. Aside from their obvious physical attributes, they are romantic, direct in their intentions and usually very good dancers. Some of them can even sing! And all those corn tortillas makes for very white teeth -- they are quick to smile, joke and blow you a kiss. So as much as I miss the quick wittedness of my Canadian counterparts, I wish they were more like Latin men ... *sigh*

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