I found this forum tonight after a trip to the DR last week. Wish I'd found it before my trip because you guys are hilarious, although a little harsh on fat American girls.
I am 53 and do alright with guys at home despite a few extra pounds. I normally do volunteer type vacations (Habitat, biological research) in Spanish speaking countries, but decided to take a regular vacation to Cabarete. I ended up spending a good deal of time practicing Spanish with a young Haitian bartender. He seemed an interesting guy, educated, speaks several languages and teaches French. We talked history of the DR and Haiti, politics American and Caribbean, nothing romantic or sexual. My last day there we did the friends on Facebook thing, no big deal as I was doing the same with several other guests I had befriended.
The day I get home I have a message hoping I got home alright. A little odd to message so soon without much of a reason, but maybe he is just being nice.
The next day another message thread which becomes flirtatious. I went along because it's kind of fun, but it was suddenly like speaking to someone entirely different than I had met. A pretty obvious ploy, although what the end game is I'm not clear. No requests for money or anything (yet).
I'm fascinated enough by this Sankie thing that I may just string it along and see what happens. (No danger of me sending any money, I'm cheap and probably didn't even tip him adequately, lol). Or maybe I'll tell him tomorrow that I've lost my job while on vacation and need help paying my rent. Scam the scammer.
It doesn't seem like the typical way, but maybe I didn't seem like a good prospect until after I left? If he were really smart, he would have gone for some kind of "starting a non profit to help my people" scam. That would have a much better chance with this bleeding heart liberal.
