Long Term Relationships? - The next Installment
First, thanks to all who post. There's a wealth of info here.
As you know (see previous posts) I got a novia my first time down there (or more likely she got me) and I enjoy the predictability of a week spent with someone who is dedicated to me 24/7. Picking me up at the airport with a Presidente and dropping me off with tears. We are out on the strip most nights so I am aware of all the other action some say I am missing. I have stepped out on a few occasions when she goes home in the afternoons, but never met another I would want around me for a whole week.
I am an older (single) guy but in good shape for my age and she is in her 20's, but with me mature, smart, honest, always dependable and trustworthy, and never a soap opera scene. I've said before when we go out I give her my wallet, and I always come back with more money than I would if I was picking up tabs. How many mongers here would or could do that?
We share a sense of humour about our relationship and I send her emails telling her it's my birthday, grandma died, I need a new computer, apartment burned down, I need to pay for internet and electric bill etc, so she knows I know "the game". I'm quite happy to leave it down there.
I should point out she lives permanently a long way from any resort with her mother and her bambina, and when I was there, there wasn't a tourist to be seen.
Anyway, last time down with a buddy over drinks he asks how many times I have been down and stayed with her (and sometimes her various families in different towns) Then he asks why doesn't she come visit me? She jumps at that of course, and over a few beers I say maybe this summer.
Now she's got a visa and want's to come up north (I buy the ticket of course). It's not really that presumptuous of her because down there she opens up her whole life, her room, and family to me. Also it's cheaper than going down there and I live alone, so why not? That's the big question, and I'm breaking new ground here.
So she's coming up in a couple of weeks and I'll let you know how it pans out.
Feel free to warn me about things I may not have considered.