Regalos.

Only six days left until living for eight months in Colombia ,everything has been sold except the house and furniture...por si caso...even my beloved car !!
After several visits to spend time with this fantastic woman we are going to live to-gether in Bogota then Medellin.
I have met her brother and sisters before but on Octubre 7th there is the meet the parents dinner and it appears a horde of other relatives too.
I have chocolate's and Devon cakes for the madre y some booze for the dad.
But I am a little worried about a cheap laptop I have bought on ebay for the little brother ,it's quite old but looks o/k....will this be seen as cheapstake by the family,the kid is only 10 and I don't want the boy to be embarressed in school ......or should I settle for the good ol union jack pencil cases.
I know this sounds trivial but I think the evening is going to be awkward enough ( her dad dosen't approve )without looking like the mean old scrounger I know I am.........

By latinlife on Sep 25, 2006, 23:29 in Friendly Talkzone.

pedro says on Sep 26, 2006, 08:06:

Keep it simple Dunno, do what you feel comfortable with. Personally I would keep it simple. If the dinner is at their house then you are their guest, just be appreciative and respectful. No need to come across like Santa Claus, right?

If you are meeting her family then you could always bring some photos of your family and your life back home for show and tell.

By the way, how did the cell phone episode turn out?

que nota!

latinlife says on Sep 26, 2006, 11:23:

Sounds good !! Then simple it is...but a box of choc's and biscuits with a cheap ebay laptop seems pretty simple to me....

...what a plonker I was with the mobile saga ,all totally genuine but I have bought the spare screen in england for third of the price there....if I had followed a lot of the advise given here I would have thrown away the best thing that has happened to me for some time.....I have been on the receiving end of some latinas tricks before so my head went into meltdown for a while....so at the moment life is good.....pity about the dad but I will work on him !!!