Stupid shit in Medellin

[JustTK]

So they can't go to a currency exchange. Ok got it Smh.

BTW. There are some exceptions. These are girls who can use USD. For example, some Venezuelans will want or accept USD bcos that is now the most accepted stable currency in Venezuela. They prefer USD if they are going home bcos then they can buy the bus ticket at the border, they can use the money in the own country, knowing that it won't lose value within one week. But this is not the case for Colombians living in Colombia.

[JustTK]

I have a question for you, since we have some experts here. I've come across a couple girls who have selfies with US currency inside their see thru phone covers. Can you tell me if there's any meaning behind that? .

Sometimes a gringo toursit will give them a tip, but they don't have enough pesos, or for whatever reason they want to give them a souvenir of the US. The girl will save the USA bcos they generally have no use for them and they don't want to give their value away in exch centres. Thats my experience of the situation.

[JustTK]

So they can't go to a currency exchange. Ok got it Smh.

Sure they can, but why would they want to give an exch office 5-10% of their earnings? Why not just bill in the local currency? Makes no sense whatsoever. Even a glue sniffing street urchin could figure that one out.

[Anthony2023]

I have a question for you, since we have some experts here. I've come across a couple girls who have selfies with US currency inside their see thru phone covers. Can you tell me if there's any meaning behind that? Because according to you guys these girls are gold diggers if they are quoting dollars. Is there a connection there, are they trying to tell us that because I find it odd many do this, like if it's some kind of trend perhaps.

[Anthony2023]

Bcos the currency in Colombia is pesos and you cannot use USD here. I know many USAns like to think that the American continent belongs to them, but really it doesn't. The only use for USD that a Colombian might have for USD is if they were some guy running a fake FB account using pictures of Colombian chicas in order to screw naive visitors out of their money.

So they can't go to a currency exchange. Ok got it Smh.

[Anthony2023]

Because she lives in Colombia where US Dollars are not legal tender, but Colombian Pesos are. So if a hooker in London is talking to a guy in Colombia, she should give him the price in Colombian Pesos?

See'Mon. Dude don't state the obvious. Some of these girls actually use their brain you know.

[Mr Enternational]

5. Don't for one second think you understand paisas. You don't. If you seriously think what works for you in the US will work here, well, I think you'll be surprised. Hopefully you read some of the posts on being careful,

Reminds me of that cat Dublin that was posting in the Cartagena thread maybe over 1 year ago. Could not tell that guy anything. Although he had never been to Colombia he swore he had it all figured out. Got there with his western logic and mindset and was run up out of Colombia sad and disappointed. A hard head makes a soft ass.

[Mr Enternational]

Like I said if I was a working girl in Colombia and talking to a guy on instagram that's from the usa and he tells me its his first time, why the fuck would I talking pesos instead of dollars?

Because she lives in Colombia where US Dollars are not legal tender, but Colombian Pesos are. So if a hooker in London is talking to a guy in Colombia, she should give him the price in Colombian Pesos?

[JustTK]

if I was a working girl in Colombia and talking to a guy on instagram that's from the usa and he tells me its his first time, why the fuck would I talking pesos instead of dollars?

Bcos the currency in Colombia is pesos and you cannot use USD here. I know many USAns like to think that the American continent belongs to them, but really it doesn't. The only use for USD that a Colombian might have for USD is if they were some guy running a fake FB account using pictures of Colombian chicas in order to screw naive visitors out of their money.

[Anthony2023]

5. Don't for one second think you understand paisas. You don't. If you seriously think what works for you in the US will work here,

Hmm I guess you know more about me than I do myself. I guess some of my friends I talk to (in "paisa" spanish) and (yes understand well to) on a daily basis are in fact not from Colombia? LOL smh.

Not sure if you knew but we have colombians here in the states too. At least in my city we do.

[Anthony2023]

Quoting in dollars = long time experienced gold digging puta. You can spin some other reasons but that is reality. Yeah, she read your profile and is licking her chops. But overpayers need love too, and maybe she will be really good at faking it.

Well I don't mind that all because that's kind of what I want. Gold diggers usually take care of themselves better because well they have the money to do so. Like I said if I was a working girl in Colombia and talking to a guy on instagram that's from the usa and he tells me its his first time, why the fuck would I talking pesos instead of dollars? Unless I was a dumb ***** that sells herself short. I would think she's stupid. So I was not surprised. Now if I was talking to girl on IG that looks like 5-6, fat or old, nasty looking. If she was talking pesos I wouldn't be surprised at all.

I prefer top of the line but to each his own.

[Anthony2023]

I have to tell you, Anthony2023. I am really impressed with your posts. You obviously know more than all the fellows here that have visited so many times they can't count them and others of us that have lived here for years. I'm surprised you spend so much time posting, since you clearly know everything already, even though you've never been to Colombia before.

For the others who don't know everything, let me mention a few of your glaringly ignorant ideas.

1. Girls do not talk about price in Dollars or Euros or Reals or Pounds. They tell you what they want in Colombian Pesos. One well-known exception is Gusto's where the girls are there to grab the new visitors who haven't learned how things work yet. They will quote you a price in Dollars. If you deal with them or someone else in Dollars you will be taken advantage of.

2. If you think your 2 years of Spanish in high school makes you fluent, you're wrong. If you think you're fluent in Colombian Spanish because you grew up in a Latino community. You're wrong.

Colombian Spanish is distinctly different than Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish, Costa Rican Spanish, Argentinian Spanish etc etc. Not only that, Medellin has its own "dichos" that will not make sense to you and won't translate on your Google translator. Your accent will stick out. Doesn't mean you can't communicate, just understand this: No one will think you are Colombian.

Here is a silly but true example. I met a couple of gentlemen from South Carolina the other day. We spoke for a bit. I could hardly understand anything they said. Their accent is so different from other parts of the country that it was a real challenge to understand. Same would be true for some people from Boston or Brooklyn.

3. If you think you're young and Latino and the girls are going to relate to you. You're delusional. A significant portion of the women in Colombia have their children in their mid to late teens. They live at home with their parents. Where is the father? He split the minute he heard she was pregnant. That is a very common story in Colombia. So why are they posting on FaceBook or other sites? Their parents tell them to earn some money to support the household. Minimum wage here is about 1 million COP monthly. Roughly the equivalent of $220. Rent, services, food, diapers. 1 million pesos doesn't get it done. They are thrilled to see some older ugly gringo that gives them 200 mil or 250 mil. They aren't trying to relate to you they are trying to relate to your wallet.

4. You might think you are going to find the most beautiful women in Colombia (and there a lot of them) and they are going to be so impressed that they are going to want to date you on your two week vacation (or whatever it is). Do you think those girls who are well educated and / or have jobs are going to want to date some foreigner who is visiting for a few weeks? If they are that exceptional in the looks department don't you think they already have a boyfriend? Do you think for a second that they don't have 2 or 3 other male friends who are waiting in line for the breakup?

Seriously dude, get over yourself. Also, parents want their daughters to date successful, educated accomplished men. Why? Because they will be good providers and aren't as likely to run and hide if they knock-up their little princess. You know what the mothers tell their daughters? "It is just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as it is a poor man. ".

5. Don't for one second think you understand paisas. You don't. If you seriously think what works for you in the US will work here, well, I think you'll be surprised. Hopefully you read some of the posts on being careful, not drawing attention to yourself, being extremely careful with your drinks (or better yet not drinking) in your room when you have company. Not wearing jewelry or designer wear out on the streets. Not pulling your cell-phone out of your pocket every time it buzzes. Etc etc. But then, you already know everything so it was just for the benefit of those others who seriously want to have a good time and not have their vacation ruined because of carelessness or arrogance.

Thank's for the advice I suppose, although nothing you said is news to me, trust me iv'e done plenty of research and watched several videos of visitors, not to mention I been reading posts here. Like I said I appreciate the advice but it's been repeated here several times. But someone new might come across it so that's good. Oh and I never said I expect people to think I'm colombian? I am well aware there are different types of spanish. I started learning spanish when I was a year old so I think I'll be ok. Well I'll just have to see how it goes, I have several great looking fb girls lined up already to go on dates that have been messaging me everyday for the past few weeks, even tho they know I'm not arriving till mid next month, so that shows some interest to me. Either way I don't care if any flake on me or if I have to cancel, because I want to see what else is out there besides facebook.

[Anthony2023]

I understood it perfectly the first time. I've seen the exact same thing 50 times before. I've also seen how it turns out 50 times before.

But I'm sure you'll be the exception.

What's the point of even challenging it. If it works out cool if not who cares. There is plenty of options.

[JjBee62]

Maybe you're not understanding correctly. Let me clarify it better for you, I haven't met her yet. I haven't fucked her yet. But so far, from pictures and videos I've seen from her, if she is a beautiful in personas she is online (100's of pics, videos, stories, friends and family, so I would be really surprised if she was fake.) I would gladly agree to to her price because to me (not anyone else) would be worth it. I'm not paying her upfront. We agreed we would meet for lunch or dinner and after getting to know her (physically see her as well) then I would decide if she's (worth it) to take back to my Airbnb. Do you understand that better now?

I understood it perfectly the first time. I've seen the exact same thing 50 times before. I've also seen how it turns out 50 times before.

But I'm sure you'll be the exception.

[Villainy]

Or maybe she's not in pre school and can read my profile that I'm from estados unidos, can see I'm a spender from all my travel photos and knows it will be my first time in Colombian. I mean if I was girl talking to an American why the fuck would I be quoting pesos instead of dollars unless I was just that desperate and sell myself short.

Like Miami boy said not every girl is so desperate to sell themselves cheap.

I have to tell you, Anthony2023. I am really impressed with your posts. You obviously know more than all the fellows here that have visited so many times they can't count them and others of us that have lived here for years. I'm surprised you spend so much time posting, since you clearly know everything already, even though you've never been to Colombia before.

For the others who don't know everything, let me mention a few of your glaringly ignorant ideas.

1. Girls do not talk about price in Dollars or Euros or Reals or Pounds. They tell you what they want in Colombian Pesos. One well-known exception is Gusto's where the girls are there to grab the new visitors who haven't learned how things work yet. They will quote you a price in Dollars. If you deal with them or someone else in Dollars you will be taken advantage of.

2. If you think your 2 years of Spanish in high school makes you fluent, you're wrong. If you think you're fluent in Colombian Spanish because you grew up in a Latino community. You're wrong.

Colombian Spanish is distinctly different than Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish, Costa Rican Spanish, Argentinian Spanish etc etc. Not only that, Medellin has its own "dichos" that will not make sense to you and won't translate on your Google translator. Your accent will stick out. Doesn't mean you can't communicate, just understand this: No one will think you are Colombian.

Here is a silly but true example. I met a couple of gentlemen from South Carolina the other day. We spoke for a bit. I could hardly understand anything they said. Their accent is so different from other parts of the country that it was a real challenge to understand. Same would be true for some people from Boston or Brooklyn.

3. If you think you're young and Latino and the girls are going to relate to you. You're delusional. A significant portion of the women in Colombia have their children in their mid to late teens. They live at home with their parents. Where is the father? He split the minute he heard she was pregnant. That is a very common story in Colombia. So why are they posting on FaceBook or other sites? Their parents tell them to earn some money to support the household. Minimum wage here is about 1 million COP monthly. Roughly the equivalent of $220. Rent, services, food, diapers. 1 million pesos doesn't get it done. They are thrilled to see some older ugly gringo that gives them 200 mil or 250 mil. They aren't trying to relate to you they are trying to relate to your wallet.

4. You might think you are going to find the most beautiful women in Colombia (and there a lot of them) and they are going to be so impressed that they are going to want to date you on your two week vacation (or whatever it is). Do you think those girls who are well educated and / or have jobs are going to want to date some foreigner who is visiting for a few weeks? If they are that exceptional in the looks department don't you think they already have a boyfriend? Do you think for a second that they don't have 2 or 3 other male friends who are waiting in line for the breakup?

Seriously dude, get over yourself. Also, parents want their daughters to date successful, educated accomplished men. Why? Because they will be good providers and aren't as likely to run and hide if they knock-up their little princess. You know what the mothers tell their daughters? "It is just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as it is a poor man. ".

5. Don't for one second think you understand paisas. You don't. If you seriously think what works for you in the US will work here, well, I think you'll be surprised. Hopefully you read some of the posts on being careful, not drawing attention to yourself, being extremely careful with your drinks (or better yet not drinking) in your room when you have company. Not wearing jewelry or designer wear out on the streets. Not pulling your cell-phone out of your pocket every time it buzzes. Etc etc. But then, you already know everything so it was just for the benefit of those others who seriously want to have a good time and not have their vacation ruined because of carelessness or arrogance.