I have been asked many times to explain certain Dominican behaviors which seem to be very confusing to many foreign people. Like them, I too had to learn the facts the hard way.
Here are some explanations to certain questions; better yet, I will give you the answers and you can imagine the questions.
The people who drive into cabana turisticas (sex motels) are not simply crazy single men who are talking to themselves, instead, there is always a shy girl hiding low on her seat. You just can?t see her because she is hiding low, thus, you see a crazy man talking to himself.
For her, 8pm is the time to get into the shower not the time you 2 originally had agreed to meet at a restaurant. Learn to wait an hour or so.
The uninvited female friend of your date is always the ugliest girl in town. She is always uncomfortable in every place and always orders the most expensive things on the menu. She wants to dance more often with you than you would have the chance to dance with your date. She will always has the emergency to go home early for some reason and will always drag your date with her. The ugly girl will almost always live in the furthest part of the city. A place where no man had gone before.
When you marry a Dominican girl, in reality, you are marrying the whole family (including the grandma).
50% of the times you will get the wrong food that you had ordered in a restaurant. This doesn?t mean the waiter / waitress is stupid. They just don?t pay attention to what you say.
?Horita? doesn?t mean now, it can be anywhere from 15 mins to 6 days.
?He has moved on to the better world? term doesn?t imply that the person has moved to NYC but it means that he /she had died.
?Un dia de esto?? means ?never?.
Every cell call that she would receive (on her date with you) would be from her mom or her cousin. The phone won?t stop ringing until she will shut it off completely.
After coming out of your bathroom, she changes to Dr. Jekyll and leaves your house screaming and crying.
She saw your brush full of other girl?s hair. Just make sure you don?t leave any traces behind of the previous night.
She didn?t get lost. Don?t worry about her; she is with her other gringo sugar daddy. You didn?t think you were her only boyfriend or did you?
Don?t try to change their ways, just learn the rules so you would know how to bend them towards your own advantage.
Has anyone more to add to this?
Here are some explanations to certain questions; better yet, I will give you the answers and you can imagine the questions.
The people who drive into cabana turisticas (sex motels) are not simply crazy single men who are talking to themselves, instead, there is always a shy girl hiding low on her seat. You just can?t see her because she is hiding low, thus, you see a crazy man talking to himself.
For her, 8pm is the time to get into the shower not the time you 2 originally had agreed to meet at a restaurant. Learn to wait an hour or so.
The uninvited female friend of your date is always the ugliest girl in town. She is always uncomfortable in every place and always orders the most expensive things on the menu. She wants to dance more often with you than you would have the chance to dance with your date. She will always has the emergency to go home early for some reason and will always drag your date with her. The ugly girl will almost always live in the furthest part of the city. A place where no man had gone before.
When you marry a Dominican girl, in reality, you are marrying the whole family (including the grandma).
50% of the times you will get the wrong food that you had ordered in a restaurant. This doesn?t mean the waiter / waitress is stupid. They just don?t pay attention to what you say.
?Horita? doesn?t mean now, it can be anywhere from 15 mins to 6 days.
?He has moved on to the better world? term doesn?t imply that the person has moved to NYC but it means that he /she had died.
?Un dia de esto?? means ?never?.
Every cell call that she would receive (on her date with you) would be from her mom or her cousin. The phone won?t stop ringing until she will shut it off completely.
After coming out of your bathroom, she changes to Dr. Jekyll and leaves your house screaming and crying.
She saw your brush full of other girl?s hair. Just make sure you don?t leave any traces behind of the previous night.
She didn?t get lost. Don?t worry about her; she is with her other gringo sugar daddy. You didn?t think you were her only boyfriend or did you?
Don?t try to change their ways, just learn the rules so you would know how to bend them towards your own advantage.
Has anyone more to add to this?