www.CostaRicaTicas.com

Check out this article from today's AM Costa Rica, kind of interesting.
This link is good for today but I will update it.

Sound familiar ???

http://www.amcostarica.com/080309.htm

The link has been updated and will get you to the article regardless of the day you read this.

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Patriot: Ice Road Trucking through the Bearing Sea to recovery

Basically the article says what most of us already know, the fourth paragraph says it all, ticas who are "gringo hunters with the goal of cleaning out their bank accounts."
I've seen it many times over the almost 20 years of visiting C.R. Sometimes to guys that should know better.
Flaco In Ft lauderdale

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Never paying cein

Damm good article, With different ways of looking at it.

I know not all options were covered. And I know women here in the states do it also and it is codifyed in law here. The difference is here they have to be worth 20 million or more. There it is 200K. The princible is the same.

It is good to remind us it some simple truths. Another simple way of saying it is our little head thinks for us.

Good info.

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Take a walk on the wild side.

I've been told about a school in SJ that teaches Ticas how to nail a Gringo. Getting a Gringo to either marry or support a Tica is like grabbing the brass ring. I assume the advanced classes teach them how to wipe out the poor bastard. Unfortunately this article,like many warnings on this site,will do nothing to help the Gringos that are pre-disposed to this affliction. Guys who fall in this catagory always say the same thing....."No,no,no,no (precisely 4 no's) THIS ONE'S DIFFERENT".

This article should be a sticky along with summaries of some of the more famous CRT examples of this phenomenon.

While some of the grizzled vets think that nobody can ever learn anything, with almost 20k members it would be disingenuous to claim that none of them (especially the newer ones) could benefit from reading about the risks.

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"All them women gonna make me,
teach 'em what they don't know how..." TMIB

One should follow the links at the end of the article too as they lead to some other interesting articles:
domestic violence scams
Marriage and family law blindsides unwary expats
Some women swindle with domestic violence law
Judges are a girl's best friend when extortion's afoot
Expats risk half their assets with lengthy love nest

Gender inequalities in family laws are rampant
Pregnancy prevention procedures

Illegal pimping is the engine that drives sex tourism

Expat's guide for bringing foreign spouse to U.S.

Ch*ld's first pimp might be Mom
Push against und***ge prostitution shatters myths

I'm sure there will be at least one or more lines in some of these that will initiate some responses. Garland Baker writes a lot of interesting stuff on subjects of interest to older male tourists and expats who become involved with younger chicas, some of it fairly objective but some showing some obvious bias. Personally, I suspect he's really a closet monger himself. (to be fair he also writes on other legal issues involving expats that have little or nothing to do with our hobby).

All interesting articles. A little common sense in these cases would go a long way: Rent..do not own. Do not let a chica live with you. Get a vasectomy. Have a mentality of "I can take them or leave them."

Great artical I printed it out before my next trip. But does this mean I am not really a great looking guy? My spanish has improved Ive made 20 trips Hum? The key word for me is allways next and maybe if I make a few Tica friends quit F##ing them. And god bless you if it works out for you.

Many things in this article are true. However, the vast majority of CRT stories are good stories with good endings. You read them every day right here. These guys are having the times of their lives, enjoying every minutes of their trips to Costa Rica. They earned it and deserve it.

There will always be losers in every group. Were it not for Tica Gringo hunters, the guys written about in the article would probably fall victim to some other scam. There are zillions of scammers right here in the good ole USA. These guys are typically idiots and will fall prey to any clever predator. These are the same guys who fall victim to phone scams or become addicted to drugs and alcohol and ruin their lives.

The loser who wrote this article is a 36 year old dweeb. He comes across as moralistic and condescending. He, like most liberals in the media, is pro-gringa. Along with his feminist gringa colleagues, he believes that there is something fundamentally wrong with older men having younger women in their lives.

I actually thought he was sympathetic and saying hey watch out for these types of scams. He writes so much about the topic I would guess he may have had some near misses or friends with near misses or hits. Didnt see his article as condescending in fact he was saying that these laws are unfair and onesided because the tico men dont stand up for their rights.

Hunter, here is a direct quote from the article:

"The problem with these stories is that foreigners that fool around with that type of women are usually older than 50 and the only thing going for them is the cash. Most of them have not done a good job taking care of their appearance and cannot naturally attract younger women."


That's pretty condescending if you ask me. I like to think I have a little more going for me than cash and I dress better than the average Tico.

In the next paragraph he talks about sex addicts. To be sure, there are some sex addicts amongst us but most of the CRT members are good old red-blooded horny Americans.

OK your right about that....I had just read four of his other articles which were pretty sympathetic so this guy is ok in my book. The writer is older than fifty and probably falls into that category he is just calling it like he sees that part. Yes the part about not taking good care of their appearance is harsh and just not true, I see the older gents putting on their best wardrobes down here and working out and grooming if anything they are upkeeping themselves better than their counterparts in the US certainly with more exercise!
Anyway read some of his other articles he really dives into the domestic laws deep as if he is trying to help those on this board that might fall victim. He might occasionally throw in a harsh comment or two as above but thats really needed to get some peoples attention

If you read Garland's byline it says he is 36 years old.

Correct me if Im wrong..... But isnt it just as easy in the united states for a woman to take advantage of the laws? I have friends that have spouses of equal status age and looks that have still been taken to the cleaners, wiped out in relationships of equals. One friend had a live in girlfriend in the US (6 months) and she called the police in his home after he was shouting at her and she claims he shoved her, he was removed from his house and she took almost all his stuff including a ski boat at the shop with a sherrif there! This is the US...she charmed the sherrif? (no evidence of anything just her word) My buddy said she had everything so planned its as if she had a handbook for evil women or something. This is the US.

AND doesnt CR model most of its laws after the US?
The only major difference I can see is that common law kicks in after three years instead of seven (thats huge)
The other is that most of the women you will meet here do not have documented wages so if you get her pregnant or live with her for 2-3 years you will be solely responsible for keeping her life style as it was (same as US). The difference is in the US usually your girlfriend or wife has a documented wage unless shes in school getting here PHD or you keep her home...so the pain of Ch*ld support is not as bad.

Your only out would be if you lose your job in this recession and then you would not be do some huge alimony or palimony since you dont have a job...but then you dont have money so thats not good either. But I think even if you lost your job and had no money the CR government would still stick it to your for payments to maintain lifestyle, I think patriot was looking into this never heard back on his research. The other question is would a US court uphold a CR courts judgement? Meaning you leave the country dont come back what is their recourse cross boarders? obviously any assets in CR are doomed but could they garnish wages cross boarders and what if you lost your job like patriot what then does the CR government do?

His byline says he is a 36 year RESIDENT, which means even if he got residency as young as 22 he is at least 58. I dont necessarily like the guy I just think he is calling out the information as it is which is pretty dire if you are an expat here involved with a tica. Read all his other articles and then pass judgement he seems to have examined all the angles in every nook and cranny.