Bloviator
Apr 30, 2006, 4:43 PM
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Re: [Bill_N] An Observation... True or False?
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We got a lot of negative flack. My wife's children are waiting expectantly for her little finger to arrive in the mail from narcotraficantes. They don't understand that narcotraficantes don't usually attack 70 year old gringo grannies who have never participated in any form of illegal substance abuse.
We would love to have them visit and see how safe it is here. Unfortunately, her son-in-law is a trucker and listens to San Diego right wing radio all day, which is less than positive about Mexico and the Mexican people. They have made it very clear that they will never come here. This used to really hurt my wife, to the point of almost driving her back to SoCal. Finally, though, she has just decided "screw them."
My daughter really irks me. When she was 23, she packed her bags, got on a plane and flew to Chile, where she spent a year. She had no idea where she was going when she left and spoke little Spanish. I wasn't thrilled, but I did support her. I really wanted her to go to Costa Rica which I know somewhat. She came back a year later and became a fully certified bilingual teacher, which really ticked off a lot of SoCal locals who couldn't pass the tests. Now, she says she wouldn't consider letting her daughters come to visit us.
She, her husband, and the children did come here last Fall, though, and enjoyed themselves, though this is not a community that is geared for small children. She is still very sceptical about our move. Now that we are having some health problems, she is really screaming. She thinks Mexican health care is not good enough for her sweet daddy.
One of my best friends, between his trips to sub saharan Africa (road trip from Kenya to South Africa), to Southeast Asia, Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand, etc. and just about everywhere else, won't come because his wife now really hates Mexico. They were in the Cancun hurricane last year and it was not pleasant then or in the aftermath.
My tennis friends, a lot of whom are a little racist - or a lot racist, require me to show my green card before they will let me play tennis with them when I go NoB. I'm always greeted by "we don't allow no Mescins here, Pedro,"
All in all, it is heartening the way my friends and acquaintances have rallied in support of our move.
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