(*If you're having trouble making sense of the title of this thread, "Muskrat Love" is a song from the 1970's that was recorded by various bands. It's about two muskrats in love. Read on and you'll get the connection)
Hello everyone.
Just wanted to share this tale of true love with everyone because it illustrates just how crazy some people can be. However judgmental and self-righteous some DR1 members are about men and women going to the DR looking for love in all the wrong places, maybe there is a method to their madness when you realize the shenanigans that go on in the developed world, where desperation isn't the driving force in relationships and the type of men women choose to date.
I have a friend whose brother just got out of prison after serving 11 or so years. By all accounts this guy was one of the bad guys, having his profile featured on "America's Most Wanted" when he was on the run. After a stint as an escaped fugitive, his mother found out he was caught when she passed a newsstand and saw her son's mug splashed on the front cover of one of the local dailies.
Dominican mothers being Dominican mothers, her statement to the press was typical-"Mi hijo no hizo na"!!!"
Of course not...
I'm not going to list the crimes he was charged and convicted of, but listening to the war stories, he apparently got away with a lot more than what he did time for. I thought this was a case of embellished gangster tales for the sake of increasing his reputation as a street thug, but I did my research and yes, he was the real deal.
After serving his time, he was recently released. For those of you who are having a difficult time finding employment in this tough economy, your best bet would be to do a stint in jail because somehow this guy had a job waiting for him upon release as an electrician's assistant. This was the trade he took up while in the slammer, and he was practically in work clothes the second he got out.
Ah, but it gets better. He also, after 11 years of incarceration, where even the strongest ghetto-love ties would have been torn asunder, had a woman waiting for him. Get this-she's a DENTIST. Not a dental assistant, but a D-E-N-T-I-S-T. With her own office and staff. I never got the story as to how they met, but together they are.
When I was speaking to her during his honorary welcome-back party, I was stunned. This woman is youthful, very nice-looking and obviously well-educated. This guy is still in his early 30's like she is (he was arrested when he was 21), but he's an ex-con with some seriously violent felonies on his rap sheet who has no formal education to speak of and has spent all of his formative adult years committing crimes, on the run from the law and finally in a maximum security penitentiary*.
(*I know what some of you ladies are thinking as you read this-this guy sounds like quite a catch!!! Where was I when he got out of the joint?)
The dentist gave my friend and I a stirring soliloquy of true love, that she didn't care if her new boyfriend worked or not because she has everything set up in her apartment for both of them. All she wants is-get this-for him not to cheat on her*. Nothing like two muskrats in love.
(*Real life mimics the Olympic Games. When going for the gold, you must make sure your expectations are as high as possible. Even if you don't do well in the preliminary heats, never take your eyes off the prize)
I was the only person at this party who wasn't drunk, and I now regret this decision after listening to this story straight from the horses' mouth. The only good news is that I was offered a discount on some of my basic dental needs. Eat your heart out of Dental Cibao*.
(*Sarcasm duly noted)
Hello everyone.
Just wanted to share this tale of true love with everyone because it illustrates just how crazy some people can be. However judgmental and self-righteous some DR1 members are about men and women going to the DR looking for love in all the wrong places, maybe there is a method to their madness when you realize the shenanigans that go on in the developed world, where desperation isn't the driving force in relationships and the type of men women choose to date.
I have a friend whose brother just got out of prison after serving 11 or so years. By all accounts this guy was one of the bad guys, having his profile featured on "America's Most Wanted" when he was on the run. After a stint as an escaped fugitive, his mother found out he was caught when she passed a newsstand and saw her son's mug splashed on the front cover of one of the local dailies.
Dominican mothers being Dominican mothers, her statement to the press was typical-"Mi hijo no hizo na"!!!"
Of course not...
I'm not going to list the crimes he was charged and convicted of, but listening to the war stories, he apparently got away with a lot more than what he did time for. I thought this was a case of embellished gangster tales for the sake of increasing his reputation as a street thug, but I did my research and yes, he was the real deal.
After serving his time, he was recently released. For those of you who are having a difficult time finding employment in this tough economy, your best bet would be to do a stint in jail because somehow this guy had a job waiting for him upon release as an electrician's assistant. This was the trade he took up while in the slammer, and he was practically in work clothes the second he got out.
Ah, but it gets better. He also, after 11 years of incarceration, where even the strongest ghetto-love ties would have been torn asunder, had a woman waiting for him. Get this-she's a DENTIST. Not a dental assistant, but a D-E-N-T-I-S-T. With her own office and staff. I never got the story as to how they met, but together they are.
When I was speaking to her during his honorary welcome-back party, I was stunned. This woman is youthful, very nice-looking and obviously well-educated. This guy is still in his early 30's like she is (he was arrested when he was 21), but he's an ex-con with some seriously violent felonies on his rap sheet who has no formal education to speak of and has spent all of his formative adult years committing crimes, on the run from the law and finally in a maximum security penitentiary*.
(*I know what some of you ladies are thinking as you read this-this guy sounds like quite a catch!!! Where was I when he got out of the joint?)
The dentist gave my friend and I a stirring soliloquy of true love, that she didn't care if her new boyfriend worked or not because she has everything set up in her apartment for both of them. All she wants is-get this-for him not to cheat on her*. Nothing like two muskrats in love.
(*Real life mimics the Olympic Games. When going for the gold, you must make sure your expectations are as high as possible. Even if you don't do well in the preliminary heats, never take your eyes off the prize)
I was the only person at this party who wasn't drunk, and I now regret this decision after listening to this story straight from the horses' mouth. The only good news is that I was offered a discount on some of my basic dental needs. Eat your heart out of Dental Cibao*.
(*Sarcasm duly noted)
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