I live in US and have lots of family in DR that I haven't met. I really want to meet them and go, but unfortunately I have no one to go with that I trust. There is a lot of disunion in my family (both in US and DR) and based on the tales my native DR mom has told me about some of our family in DR I don't want to go. This means I will never meet some them or ever see a sick family member again who currently lives in DR. Has anyone else been through this?
This has me very sad, but my reasoning for not going is because I honestly just feel unsafe going. Our family is from one of the towns close to haitses. I'm very cautious wherever I go but I've heard tales about how people are greedy and are only your 'friend', 'on your side' when you have money to give them in exchange for their help or service to you and I've heard tales of our own family manipulating others family members for their own gain. I've also heard tales of witchcraft used to harm people in general. Plus, I don't have strong connections to my family there and I will just be untrusting and scared the whole time.
I'm not trying to say all DR is bad or all dominicans this is just my preception about my own unique situation basaed on what I've been told. Can anyone empathize or share any thoughts?
This has me very sad, but my reasoning for not going is because I honestly just feel unsafe going. Our family is from one of the towns close to haitses. I'm very cautious wherever I go but I've heard tales about how people are greedy and are only your 'friend', 'on your side' when you have money to give them in exchange for their help or service to you and I've heard tales of our own family manipulating others family members for their own gain. I've also heard tales of witchcraft used to harm people in general. Plus, I don't have strong connections to my family there and I will just be untrusting and scared the whole time.
I'm not trying to say all DR is bad or all dominicans this is just my preception about my own unique situation basaed on what I've been told. Can anyone empathize or share any thoughts?