Bumping your own thread?
I suppose the premise has some validity as starting point for those in the game and it is a provides protection for a MAJOR risk that one encounters out on the playing field.
however, the game has layers of complexities that are not accounted for in this basic rule.
For newbies, that want to understand the complexities of the game, go to :
https://costaricaticas.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19604
There is a whole other side to the game tha your thread misses Berk:
#1 you would be surprised how many of these girls really DO fall for their customers and then get burned because the guys were just bull shitting them. The REALITY is that most of these girls start out pretty nice and would like to find a nice man to help them find their way in life. After getting burned by a Gringo or two, they start doing the same in return. Game on.
(One of my chica friends is going through this right now and she is really hurt, I can see it. One of my favorites at ZB was crying the other day because she just learned that she was being played by a Gringo that she really liked.)
What makes me uncomfortable with this thread is the underlieing arrogance of the attitude that it promotes (no personal offense intended). We are not better than these girls, in fact I hold many of these women in higher regard as many of the jackasses that I see running around the gulch. There are many good and decent women in the gulch that are caught in a tough situation. They end up playing us, because we play them.
For those of us interested in the higher levels of the game, the premise of this thread, while valid on the most basic level, misses the mark in terms of the complexities of the playing field.
In the big picture, I see the overly simplistic attitude promoted in this thread as part of the problem, not part of the solution. If we treated them better, they would treat us better. You would be amazed how much extra play I get for not being as big of an asshole as all of the rest of the Gringos.