Interesting thoughts WastedG...
When it transcends GFE, and it morphs into something more than the typical GFE, it is because they have chosen us. It doesn't usually happen for very long. Usually, the girls come back to earth pretty fast when that happens. I think that the enhanced GFE has happened to me maybe three times in Monterrey over five years, and usually it only lasts a couple of months.
I must elaborate on your comment that "it is not us." In a sense it IS "us." Perhaps it's not us directly, but it's the result of the sociological effects of Mexican culture on the typical lower class bar girl. I've found that sexually and romantically, the bar girls are especially captivated by us because we are different. To a certain extent, all women seem to be especially vulnerable to men that are different than their prevailing culture. I think our being from another culture, austensibly wealthy by comparison, and well educated by comparison, etc...has a profound effect on our success. It must be some kind of instinctual female aphrodisiac worldwide. Anyway...
If we treat them well, we stand a very good chance of receiving consistently passionate, heartfelt GFE's. I have had many more than just three normal GFE's in Monterrey over five years, and most of it I attribute to my point of origin, and to the fact that I treat them differently than they are use to.
I treat them like they are my responsibility when they are with me. That is not the way most of the girls are use to being treated. The difference is, we make love to them, we care for them, we think of them when we are not with them, we treat them like regular girlfriends, cherish them, etc...we don't just fuck them...there is a huge difference between using them in a caring and concerned way, and using them as slabs of meat to the slaughter.
But, if we actually fulfill their stereotypical "Gringo in Shining Armor" fantasy, then it seems like it's not uncommon for us to enjoy an elevated treatment from them occassionally, treatment that surpasses even the normal GFE.
As you said, it is love in a sense, not in the typical sense, but almost like we are the actual embodiment of their romantic and sexual stereotypical fantasies, which I believe causes them to give more fully of themselves in order to fully experience their anticipated "fantasy man." We get a fuller measure of their sincere attention, not just sexually, but emotionally as well when we get their "enhanced" brand of GFE treatment.
In the case of my "G" girl, I am enjoying that circumstance now. But, by now, she is resolved to the reality that "legitimacy" can never really be achieved. I have explained that we can part company if the arrangement bothers her, or if she feels that I am being insincere with her. Or, we can enjoy our times together for as long as both of us want it. It has been entirely up to her. So far, she has decided to enjoy our time together rather than not, and I stick with her because she provides the enhanced GFE that is otherwise more illusive than the typical run of the mill GFE.
I can only assume that she is still sufficiently captivated, not only by the stereotypical romantic Gringo angle, but also by the support mechanism, the money, all be it relatively and comparatively modest amounts of money in comparison to the going rate for pay for play in Monterrey. So far, this arrangement has been very satisfying. But, we both know that it will come to an end eventually. It has to...it should...and it will...someday.
[QUOTE=Wastedgman]I believe there is more to it than just finding a GFE. I believe we come to know and care for those girls to the point we sincerely love them and treat with the utmost respect that they never see with any other men, be it local or visitors. I know girls who cling on to us hoping to establish an ongoing relationship and to claim she has a boyfriend. she would be sincerely in love, not in the full sense, but to a point where she singles one man out of the crowd and pay special attention in addition to special treatment.
It is not us. It is the girls who chose to do so. We just go along for the ride and enjoy it thinking we succeeded in finding a one-in-a-million.
they brag about one of us being their boyfriend. Overlooking the age and the distance factor. Giving us special treatment and spending more time with us, sometimes without money, and getting us involved in their life outside of the clubs.
So what do you call that? GFE? No. It is their hunger for a man to call their own. some of us, like USB, me, Carlos and Mr."L" treat them just like we would treat a guest. Full respect and genuine caring. Something they are not used to and will not usually get from young studs who are there for a quickie.
Then the guilt part sets in. Just knowing we are there for the screw while they expect a possible long-term relationship. Thus an additional heart break and crumbled dreams. All adds up to a final ice queen die hard prostitute. No faith in men and no future.
One last note, I see the shower before sex is a must. Add to it that you shower them yourself ... and now use your imagination :-)
Just my 3 cents. My 2 cents are free.
Wasted - days and Wasted nights.[/QUOTE]
It's hard to guess where lightening is going to strike...
The fact that there are more incidents of drug on drug criminal killings wouldn't normally cause me much additional concern. However, with innocent bystanders getting caught in the crossfire, it suggests the mentality of the shooters is careless and unprofessional.
For that reason, I doubt that an armed citizenry would really have much effect on this kind of violent crime because it strikes without warning. It's not predictable with respect to the location of the crime scene, nor are there mutiple killings taking place where large groups of law abiding citizens are being killed by people with superior firepower. The element of surprise is what is making these victims, criminals themselves, succomb to their killers. I imagine many of the victims are themselves armed as well, and that the killings are being pulled off with an element of surprise.
However, that having been said, I totally support the right of the people to have firearms for personal protection, on their person, provided they are properly trained and can pass a thorough background investigation to determine competence and mental stability. I also believe that people wishing to possess a firearm should be required to submit to background investigations to rule out any criminal or domestic violence behaviors that might be in their past history.
With respect to my time here in Monterrey, I've tried to heighten my awareness of my surroundings. But, it should be noted that an increase in street crime is not really what's going on, so I really have no sense that anything has changed with respect to my walking the streets of downtown Monterrey at 3am. From what I can tell, nothing has changed with respect to my feeling safe from random street crime...
So, I really I don't have a sense as to what one can do to improve their chances of survival with respect to drug killings, short of staying in your hotel room, which is what I am perfectly content in doing with my "G" girl.
The thing to remember in circumstances like this is that with this kind of random violence, you really can't forecast where that violence might actually occur. It's hard to guess where lightening is going to strike, and the statistical chances of actually being struck by lightening, even if you stand outside during a bad storm, is very small.
So, IMHO, there is really very little you can do to prepare for it were you to find yourself in the circumstance where such a danger exists, other than to have a heightened sensitivity to potential danger. I can tell you that some of the killings are taking place in public places, places where you would normally feel totally safe, such as if you were just stopping into a 7-11 for a pack of gum or something.
In that situation, maybe just a deliberate effort at heightening your own awareness of your surroundings, looking into a place before you enter, checking the crowds around you, gauging the demeanor of groups of hombres that are in your midst, etc...that's about all you can do. But, to draw a parallel, it's the same as you might also try to do by staying inside to avoid being struck by lightening during a storm. But, at some point we ALL have to go out, verdad?
The clubs themselves seem to be pretty safe. I have noticed some subtle increased attention at the door to the clubs, patting down patrons for potential weapons. But, they've always done that. And generally, even before the violence started, and following the police raids, there were never any incidents of the police finding firearms, and very few, if any, drugs.
Fact is, I actually feel safer in the clubs than on the streets at this point, simply because you can not predict where the violence is going to take place when you're going about your routine business in the streets. It's kind of like any major US city is now, only I think it actually seems safer. In the US cities, you also have to worry not only about drug war activity, and the crime gangs having shoot outs fighting it out over turf wars, but you also have significants amounts of street crime to contend with, something that seems as though it's almost non-existent in Monterrey.
I decided that I should really start to worry when I see the street crime statistics starting to rise, such as to a level that is so common in places like Rio, or the barrios of Cartegena, or downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, or downtown Angeles City, Philippines. Compared to those places, Monterrey is still very safe for the average guy wanting to visit the clubs, and street crime is not even an issue here in Monterrey.
Plus, to understand why things are so safe for us, the police presence in downtown Monterrey really has a huge effect on street crime. I think they do a great job at creating a relatively safe environment within the footprint that we normally travel in order to visit all the clubs in downtown Monterrey. I think I might actually feel less safe in other areas where the police presence may not be so concentrated. In downtown Monterrey, the cops have a lid on it.
[QUOTE=Carlos Perez]Let me add a couple of things here.
Also included in a previous advisory is the State of Michoacan where Mill Just posts...
I would like to know if that fact has altered the way of life in Morelia, where MJ lives, or has he in any way detered Americans going his way?
If you check his posts in his section, he doesn't even mention what goes on over there, cause in reality, yes there is violence going on, but not where one threads along.
Same thing happens here in Monterrey, a city of 3.9 million so spread out that some of the executions happen more than 30 minutes away form where I live.
And no, NO Americans have been targeted, no civilians either, but unfortunatly in the 5 months of drug wars here, 3 innocent bystanders have been shot and bought the farm.
Which by the way is considerable less than the 32 shot dead at Virginia Tech in a single hour.
What is happening here is what Bugsy Siegel once said: "we only kill our selves" and that is precisly what is going on.
Every single one of the people killed was in one way or another related to drug traffic, drug sale or drug transport.
Let me tell you people that in no way this has stopped me from doing my club night rounds twice a week, or from doing the afternoon clubs either.
Let me also tell you that since the kilings started, not a single day has my wife told me "be careful out there", not a single one nor do we fear for our lives in general.
(Contrary to living in a country where people are allow by law to bear arms)
Ok, am a local partial to Monterrey.
Let us wait for our good friend Unspongebob to place his most recent trip report here... let's see what he has to say.[/QUOTE]