Icantstayaway, I hope the recliner has served you well.
I agree that you can't turn a Ho into a housewife, but not all of the girls we meet downtown are hardened Ho's. Many are just starting out and were previously someone's housewife, until he abandoned her and her baby. As you know from living in CR, this is more the case with the newbie chicas.
However, once she experiences many gringos taking her to places she previosuly could only dream of going and then learns how to play the guys to give her more money and presents, she is worthless as anything other than being a Ho. Working at anthing else in CR is just not as attractive for her and the money she can make is much less. Only bartenders in CR seem to be able to make more money than the Hos and many of them supplement their earnings on our side of the bar. Others are just looking to land a newbie gringo who can and will support her and her baby. They have this "being rescued" fantasy as much as the gringos have the desire to be a "rescuer."
I hear that it can happen, but when any of my friends fall into the rescuer mode, I wish them the best, but counsel them that such a relationship rarely works, so if (when) theirs crashes, try to get out without being an asshole. To do anythng else is just "blaming the snake" for doing what comes natural to them.
Reminds me of an old Bob Dylan Lyric:
"At first you'll be proud to steal (buy) her anything she sees, but you'll wind up peeking through a keyhole down upon your knees."