I have been following this website for about two years. There always seems to be a great suspicion both among visitors and subscribers about Dominican love (and with good reason I would suppose). But my real question is, is love in the Dominican Republic really more complicated than elsewhere?
It seems that all foreigners must constantly be alert due to the common fact that Dominicans are 99% of the time looking for either money or visas to some glorious land. Length of time for the relationship doesn't seem to matter be it a few weeks or several years. All seem to agree that Dominicans are extremely good at what they do (pulling the wool over the love-sick foreigners) and that it is just a matter of time before we regret our decisions. Yet I have also read that many of the subscribers are married to Dominicans. How did they navigate this landmine of Buggies and Sackies?
Recently an American friend of mine told me Dominicans don't have friends...they would sacrifice a childhood amigo at first chance to land a wealthy foreigner for remittances or marriage. Surely this is not true. I have never lived in real poverty, never known genuine hunger...but even if I did, wouldn't friendship prevail? The Dominican cultural norms cannot be so different.
Love is always difficult to find and the heart can be more easily lead astray than the mind. So, how does one really know if Dominican love is real?
It seems that all foreigners must constantly be alert due to the common fact that Dominicans are 99% of the time looking for either money or visas to some glorious land. Length of time for the relationship doesn't seem to matter be it a few weeks or several years. All seem to agree that Dominicans are extremely good at what they do (pulling the wool over the love-sick foreigners) and that it is just a matter of time before we regret our decisions. Yet I have also read that many of the subscribers are married to Dominicans. How did they navigate this landmine of Buggies and Sackies?
Recently an American friend of mine told me Dominicans don't have friends...they would sacrifice a childhood amigo at first chance to land a wealthy foreigner for remittances or marriage. Surely this is not true. I have never lived in real poverty, never known genuine hunger...but even if I did, wouldn't friendship prevail? The Dominican cultural norms cannot be so different.
Love is always difficult to find and the heart can be more easily lead astray than the mind. So, how does one really know if Dominican love is real?