Happy love stories

famsearch says on Jan 16, 2008, 17:46:

lets see if this qualifies. met up in august of 2001, proposed august of 2003, married in december of 2004, worked the immigration paperwork from january 2005 until august of 2006, been together again since november of 2006, and have had a lot of fun since then.

dan

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Enrique187 says on Jan 16, 2008, 18:10:

My father (gringo) met my mother (Colombiana) in Bogota while both worked for the United Nations. They moved to the US after 3 years working in Colombia and stayed married for 27 years until he died 2 years ago. That was a successful match.

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fecherklyn says on Jan 16, 2008, 18:24:

I'm celebrating this year my 10 th wedding anniversary with my (considerably younger) Colombian wife. I can only wish I had met her when much younger. She, in my eyes, displays NONE of the oft suggested reasons for searching marital ties beyond Colombia's frontiers. I think those PBH's posters who propose this to be the true nature of Colombian women deserve all they get.

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Enrique187 says on Jan 16, 2008, 18:38:

My father was 60 and my mother 30 when they met.

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manINred says on Jan 16, 2008, 18:50:

I have a couple that go against the grain posted here, but typical of the kind and loving and generous colombian woman I have come to know and love:

well, let's just say that I disagree that true love cannot bloom inter-racially, no strings attached so to speak.

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adrienne79 says on Jan 16, 2008, 19:09:

I'm the gringa married to a Colombiano. Met a bit over two years ago and got married in August so it is still a new relationship but none the less is working great. Rather than moving together to the states we moved from the states to Colombia. He had been living there for 8 years and we deided together it was time to move here. No plans to move back to the US, we are both happy here.
He does tell me I am not typical gringa though for whatever that means.

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chrispej says on Jan 16, 2008, 19:52:

...she keeps demanding money from him for dubious family emergencies
...they get married, go to the states, then she leaves him (taking half his stuff)
etc...


Only half? American women got them beat! Somebody tell me I'm wrong but marriage just seems to be some form of legalized prostittion. At least in the states, anyway.....

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john_stark says on Jan 16, 2008, 19:53:

There are no happy gringo/Colombiana stories. Anyone who says they have one is lying or else the other partner is running around on them and they haven't found out yet.

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famsearch says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:12:

you're either saying that i'm lying, or my wife is cheating, which is it john?

dan

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kenbone says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:22:

I hope you're joking john stark!!! :(

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manINred says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:22:

I'm sorry John, I disagree.

I'm perfectly happy with my exnovia. She pays for my flights and all that. She's happy, I'm happy, despite the less-than-typical reversal of gringo-colombiana financial roles :)

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Chelesupercono says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:24:

The only Colombiana/Gringo relationship that works 100% of the time is the PRE-PAGOS.........period......the rest are variations of normal misery, but nothing like the nightmare of the Gringas......that is a fate worse then death !!!!

never go to bed with someone crazier then you are, you will do it and you will regret it.......

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manINred says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:26:

lol... you guys...

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Enrique187 says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:26:

then maybe the high percentage of gringo/colombiana relationships bomb because they had no foundation to begin with? (aka tourists falling in love with prepagos from the club after one week, guys falling for cazagringos/predator chicas that hang out in the gringo safe clubs, online relationships, etc) meetings like that are bound to fail.

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Chelesupercono says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:36:

The bottom line: The Gringo deserves to get the big chorizo because he's a dumb ass......lol

never go to bed with someone crazier then you are, you will do it and you will regret it.......

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goin_south says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:40:

que gringo, Chele?

..... leavin louisiana in the broad day light

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chrispej says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:50:

The bottom line (revised): If the gringo cannot date and mate the same caliber of woman from his own country then The Gringo deserves to get the big chorizo because he's a dumb ass......

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john_stark says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:53:

Lighten up, Famsearch. I am sure that you are the one in a thousand couple that is deliriously happy.

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Chelesupercono says on Jan 16, 2008, 20:59:

Good point Chris....but the caliber of women is a bit distorted by the 20 to 30 years in age difference.......and that's the rub......the dumb ass Gringo actually thinks that she loves him......that is why he deserves the big chorizo......when really she loves his ATM card

never go to bed with someone crazier then you are, you will do it and you will regret it.......

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Robert Jorge says on Jan 16, 2008, 21:22:

To answer the original poster's question - We are doing OK. We have had a few rough times, but have worked through them. It will be one year next month for our 1st anneversary, so I admit it is still early. Anyway, I think if you have a good woman / man, the most difficult challenge is the isolation they will feel. When they get to the US, they can't legally work, can't get a social security number, can't drive (usually), etc. So, they are totally dependant on you for the time being. That is rough on both people. Add that to the sheer culture shock of having nothing going on socially and with their family, and it can get pretty lonely for them. I think it is ESSENTIAL to warn your future spouse that the US does not have streets paved in gold, Disney Land isn't normal, money doesn't grow on trees, etc. Just because the US doesn't have the potential of the FARC stopping your bus outside of Atlanta and kidnapping you, doesn't mean that it is easy street either.

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

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chrispej says on Jan 16, 2008, 21:41:

Robert, you bring up a good point about the U.S not being the wonderland Disneyworld type. I cannot tell you how many women in Colombia I've tried to convince that the U.S. that you see on TV is not the real thing. But can you blame anyone for wanting a better life? You know the saying, "The grass always looks greener on the other side."

Guess I'm lucky, the grass is greener for me in Colombia......

I will say this. Communication is the key to any relationship. Men fall in love with what they see and women fall in love with what they hear.

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famsearch says on Jan 16, 2008, 21:51:

telling me to lighten up doesn't answer the question john. which is it? shouldn't be throwing out statements like that...

dan

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john_stark says on Jan 16, 2008, 21:54:

Geez, dude, I said that you were the 1 in a 1000. I was talking about the other 999.

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john_stark says on Jan 16, 2008, 21:57:

One of the standard staples of PBH is that a Colombiana worked flat on her back or on her knees before she met up with a gringo. Hell, I can't count the times that people here have referred to my wife as a whore. Do they know me or my wife? No, so who gives a fuck?

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manINred says on Jan 16, 2008, 21:58:

lol, i must fall in the 1 in 100,000 then, so on this site we have a 1 in 1000 and 1 in 100,000 when probably 100 people use the site... i smell a statistical anomly!

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famsearch says on Jan 16, 2008, 23:55:

y'know john, i've been around here for about 6-7 years now, and i don't think i've heard anyone here come even close to saying "a Colombiana worked flat on her back or on her knees before she met up with a gringo.". now first you insinuate either i'm lying, or my wife is cheating, and now, since i'm a gringo, and my wife is a colombiana, and we have met up, that she worked on her back, or her knees before we met?

dan

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eywed says on Jan 17, 2008, 00:05:

Me= fat, ugly balding Gringo, her Good looking 10 years younger sweet Paisa from Medellin.
Together 7 years , married 5 of those. We Never fight. Both of us are Very Very happy.

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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Waterdawg says on Jan 17, 2008, 04:00:

Eywed : Never fight ???? You never had make-up sex ... Oh my ! lol

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famsearch says on Jan 17, 2008, 16:20:

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dan

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pepipox says on May 6, 2008, 20:09:

You better watch out for 'those' colombian girls who only want gringo's money. As soon as she requires too much run like hell.

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