New to the forum

Hello everyone

I've recently moved with my husband to Santiago. I arrived almost a month ago so I'm trying to get used to living here. We're both Venezuelan and lived in Brazil for some time so this feels like a pretty small town.

That's it I guess...just trying to meet someone to talk to!

I'm from Caracas and my husband is from Barquisimeto. I wasn't even born when Romulo Betancourt was president lol

Regarding my handle...well, I did try to stay true to myself. Also, I'm a bit disturbed by the "conversation" remark. I shall do some research going through the forum to see what you mean, Ken.

Thank you very much for the comments. I see you're an active bunch.
So far it's been a cool experience. I'm loving the supermarkets (it sounds depressing, but what's truly depressing is going to a supermarket in Venezuela or trying to afford or even find American products in a Brazilian one) and how much cheaper life seems to be here. The heat is killing me though.

Frank the Tank said:

Welcome to DR1. Don't worry there is plenty of toilet paper in DR.

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The paper toilet thing is quite an embarrassing event, and for those of us who don't agree with the current government (and the one prior to this one) it's not a joke but a huge facepalm and a huge shame. I agree that as a Venezuelan we, as a people, should look at the bright side of pretty much every calamity. Sadly I didn't take much after my Venezuelan side of the family in that aspect.

Mr Empiric, I moved to DR basically because my husband got a job offer from his father to work at a banana plantation in Monte Cristi. Since we'd been living in Rio de Janeiro and struggling quite a bit, it was a welcome thing and a breath of fresh air to move. We had visited DR back in march (his parents have been living here for three years) and we thought it was beautiful and suitable for us as a newly married couple.

I myself am a Civil Engineer (who always wanted to work in tourism despite my social shortcomings) who has been unemployed for over a year now. I hate being a housewife and not being productive. My hobbies are basically drinking (shhh, I'm quite the beer enthusiast), reading and...reading.

About the prices...well, I've lived in two really expensive cities all my life. I still convert everything to dollars, even though I knowI'm not supposed to. I'm still not quite grasping it since it's only been a month for me here but it does seem ridiculously cheap so far compared to Brazil, where my husband had a similar salary and we were used to spending over 500USD on food a month, so I'm still in transition, still comparing to Rio.

the gorgon said:

my son stayed with a family from Barquisimeto on a student exchange program, for a year. at christmas, the father of the family was too lazy to think up interesting gifts for his three kids, so he just got each of them a BMW 325i. problem solved.

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well there are people with lots of money in Venezuela. He was probably a chavista ergo a thief. Glad your son got to experience the good life there. Upper middle class is a status my family started with (and ending in borderline poerty) while Chavez was president. Now the honest, like my father, have had to shut down their businesses while chavista, worthless scum can enjoy the amenities of having money that wasn't earned by hard work, rather by being a filthy thief, drug smuggling, money laundering piece of poo!

I apologise, this is a touchy subject for me and I don't mean to be rude to anyone. I'm just easily angered, kinda like The Hulk without the green massiveness (and the purple cut offs). The rest is there...

Oh I wish I could destroy stuff so successfully too...but I just come off as batpoo crazy