Lets make a thread, where people can write about their day's events. Ex: if something funny or out of the ordinary happened to you, please share it with us. This way the outsiders would get an up-close idea of what?s it like living in DR on daily bases. EX: how you took out a local girl for dance and dinner (thinking you were gonna score big time...), instead she showed up with her cousin, aunt, 2 friends and a boyfriend of her cousin. You ended up paying for dinner and drinks in the disco (for everyone) and finally got a kiss on the cheek for goodbye.
Ok, so here is a story for you guys:
I once went out with a female friend of mine to a disco (in puerto plata) to dance and meet her friends. This was about a few years ago when I didn't speak much of spanish and didn't know many people. As we were inside enjoying & watching those young girls put it all out on the dance floor, my eyes met a very sweet curvy looking girls. She passed me a smile but didn't respond to any of my other following signals. Later, as time passed, she was introduced to me via my friend. They were actually neighbors. I tried to talk to her but the damn music was so loud that she didn't understand a word that I said to her. She didn't talk much either except smiled and laughed in a sweet manner to whatever I said in broken spanish. She was so cute at the time that I just couldn't let her just slip by me and disappear forever.
So I slipped her my phone number and asked her to call me. I had asked her for her number but she wouldn?t say much and simply kept smiling. I figured she is shy and maybe wants to check me out first before handing me out the number. Ok, so I agreed to play along with her.
I waited for her call for a few days but then I lost hope. She was just too cute to be calling me; besides, I was sure she had a boyfriend.
One day, when I was dead bored, killing mosquitoes in my office, I received a phone call. The caller mentioned the girl's name but said that she was her friend and wants to arrange the meeting with the cute girl. At this time it all made sense to me as to why the girl wouldn't give me her number. She simply didn't have a phone at the house. So, no problem, I made the date and decided to pick her up at an agreed location.
As promised, she was there, looking stunningly beautiful. Dressed to kill. She greeted me with a kiss and a tight hug (as thought, she was dying to meet me). I was thrilled and very excited. I took this gesture as a sign of a "done deal".
I immediately told her that I was very weak in spanish and asked if she spoke any english. Again, I got a smile for an answer. So I took it as if she doesn't understand a word that I say. I kept playing and reached my home in costambar (a beach housing complex). I took her up stairs where I had some food prepared for us. Funny, she still hasn't said a word.
Then I put on some romantic music and asked her a few more questions. No answer...again. At this point, I was wondering if the girls knew anything at all. Maybe just plain stupid. I was a bit surprised at her behavior and just couldn?t understand why she was not responding to my conversation.
Then she finally tried to respond but the words came out of her mouth were extremely gibberish and totally strange sounding. Right at that time, the darkness cleared from my mind and out came the truth in bright daylight. It was so shocking that I couldn?t make out what to think or how to react. I was caught totally off guard. The girl was trying to tell me that she was both deaf and dumb. WOW, I was totally stunned and confused. How is it that no one bothered to tell me of her condition? How is it that I didn?t see it coming? I guess, they all thought that I knew it, like everyone else. At this moment, all of my night plans to score with the babe were far away from my mind as I was still trying to accept the fact that I was with a girl who didn?t speak or heard a single one of my seducing words.
So I took a few moments out to gather everything in my mind and to hold my composure steady. I had no choice but to continue to spend time with her while trying to make sense with my sign language.
It took me a few minutes to really have the reality sink into me. I couldn?t believe a girl so pretty and sweet looking can be suffering from such conditions. Anyway, I had decided to make a good evening out of it regardless of her impairments (whether she understood my sign language signals or not). It turned out to be a very good evening as she was indeed a very sweet girl who made me feel like a special guy (that I didn?t deserve). She was very good in making me understand through her signals. Surprisingly, I understood everything. We went out for a few months until I moved to Santiago. Last time, I had heard of her was when her friend had told me that she married a guy and moved else where. I couldn?t keep a phone contact with her because of the fact, she couldn?t talk.
I must admit, in her own way, she talked a lot, more than your average girlfriend.
Any other interesting stories that anyone wants to share with us? Bring it on?
P.S God help me with responses from Criss, missing_DR and TW.
Ok, so here is a story for you guys:
I once went out with a female friend of mine to a disco (in puerto plata) to dance and meet her friends. This was about a few years ago when I didn't speak much of spanish and didn't know many people. As we were inside enjoying & watching those young girls put it all out on the dance floor, my eyes met a very sweet curvy looking girls. She passed me a smile but didn't respond to any of my other following signals. Later, as time passed, she was introduced to me via my friend. They were actually neighbors. I tried to talk to her but the damn music was so loud that she didn't understand a word that I said to her. She didn't talk much either except smiled and laughed in a sweet manner to whatever I said in broken spanish. She was so cute at the time that I just couldn't let her just slip by me and disappear forever.
So I slipped her my phone number and asked her to call me. I had asked her for her number but she wouldn?t say much and simply kept smiling. I figured she is shy and maybe wants to check me out first before handing me out the number. Ok, so I agreed to play along with her.
I waited for her call for a few days but then I lost hope. She was just too cute to be calling me; besides, I was sure she had a boyfriend.
One day, when I was dead bored, killing mosquitoes in my office, I received a phone call. The caller mentioned the girl's name but said that she was her friend and wants to arrange the meeting with the cute girl. At this time it all made sense to me as to why the girl wouldn't give me her number. She simply didn't have a phone at the house. So, no problem, I made the date and decided to pick her up at an agreed location.
As promised, she was there, looking stunningly beautiful. Dressed to kill. She greeted me with a kiss and a tight hug (as thought, she was dying to meet me). I was thrilled and very excited. I took this gesture as a sign of a "done deal".
I immediately told her that I was very weak in spanish and asked if she spoke any english. Again, I got a smile for an answer. So I took it as if she doesn't understand a word that I say. I kept playing and reached my home in costambar (a beach housing complex). I took her up stairs where I had some food prepared for us. Funny, she still hasn't said a word.
Then I put on some romantic music and asked her a few more questions. No answer...again. At this point, I was wondering if the girls knew anything at all. Maybe just plain stupid. I was a bit surprised at her behavior and just couldn?t understand why she was not responding to my conversation.
Then she finally tried to respond but the words came out of her mouth were extremely gibberish and totally strange sounding. Right at that time, the darkness cleared from my mind and out came the truth in bright daylight. It was so shocking that I couldn?t make out what to think or how to react. I was caught totally off guard. The girl was trying to tell me that she was both deaf and dumb. WOW, I was totally stunned and confused. How is it that no one bothered to tell me of her condition? How is it that I didn?t see it coming? I guess, they all thought that I knew it, like everyone else. At this moment, all of my night plans to score with the babe were far away from my mind as I was still trying to accept the fact that I was with a girl who didn?t speak or heard a single one of my seducing words.
So I took a few moments out to gather everything in my mind and to hold my composure steady. I had no choice but to continue to spend time with her while trying to make sense with my sign language.
It took me a few minutes to really have the reality sink into me. I couldn?t believe a girl so pretty and sweet looking can be suffering from such conditions. Anyway, I had decided to make a good evening out of it regardless of her impairments (whether she understood my sign language signals or not). It turned out to be a very good evening as she was indeed a very sweet girl who made me feel like a special guy (that I didn?t deserve). She was very good in making me understand through her signals. Surprisingly, I understood everything. We went out for a few months until I moved to Santiago. Last time, I had heard of her was when her friend had told me that she married a guy and moved else where. I couldn?t keep a phone contact with her because of the fact, she couldn?t talk.
I must admit, in her own way, she talked a lot, more than your average girlfriend.
Any other interesting stories that anyone wants to share with us? Bring it on?
P.S God help me with responses from Criss, missing_DR and TW.
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