This is an everlasting subject wether you lived in the tourist traps in Europe or in DR...everwhere there are guys/girls who take an advantage of others. And EVERYWHERE there are the ones who don't, who can actually really be trusted. I mean of course we young girls have to be careful but how can we learn if we don't live? Or how do we find THE ONE (if that person exists) if we don't try our possibilities?
Even if I'm young I have seen a lot and as far as I'm concerned some Dominicans I've met are amazing and great friends and some are...well, sankies. It's true that it's more likely for a girl to end up with an sanky but there's also a change to meet "the decent one"...they really do exist in DR too! And for those who think, how can she know she has spent just couple of weeks in the country, you are wrong, I have in fact lived there for 10 months and in that time you see the reality and create some kind of ability to see if one is true or not. You just simply have to, to survive. it's a hard place for a young girl, still I love it!
So, for Kekamba and all the others, go for it! If you feel good and know that you are not being used, enjoy! Just don't be blind, use your brain and be realistic. If the guy is after your money, you will know, if he only enjoys being with you while having sex you will know as well. If he wants to visit your parents after two weeks he probably just wants to get out of the country, if he calls you to send him money because he was in an accident.....you got the point, right?
And like Jim said, do not rush into anything. Give your relationship time and try living together for YEARS, see what happens. A gringa/gringo can have a real relationship with dominican, meaning where the other half loves you, respects you and feels happy to be with you. And when you get into the dominican live you'll enjoy it...and hate it! So then it's your choice: Are you ready to leave all the things you thought are part of the every day live(hot water, electricity, appoinments ON TIME....)? It's not a paradise, some days it's far away from it.
Just my opinion, feel free to criticize