Man, I feel you.
I've been back since September 20, and I'm still in the dumper, depression-wise.
You know you've got it bad when you get hard every time you overhear a woman speaking Spanish.
You know it's the post-C.R. blues when you look at a really hot gringa and ask yourself, "Why bother...?"
You know it's the C.R. Withdrawal Blues when you begin to figure your net pay in colones.
But there is hope, my young friend. There is always hope.
1. Read CRT every day, no matter how pointless and or mundane the postings for that day may seem.
2. Start shopping for travel arrangements for your next trip. Hell, go ahead and make travel arrangements for your next trip!
3. Masturbate frequently. Watching the hotties on Univision and/or Telemundo can help.
4. Sign up for a local community college Spanish course. Deliberately ignore the pretty young gringas who populate such classes. If one asks you out for coffee, politely refuse in Spanish.
5. Study a $100.00 bill carefully, repeating "no cien" over and over. Look at old Ben Franklin's face and realize that bill can get you two hours at ZB...or nearly five at Oasis.
6. Masturbate frequently. Listening to Shakira records can help.
7. Masturbate frequently. Did I already write that?
8. Work on your fitness and physical conditioning, so you can be hard and ready for your next trip. Masturbation does not count as exercise.
9. Make a list of every gringa you have ever wanted to bang. Then make a list of reasons why each does not measure up to a tica, nica, pica, frica, colombiana etc. etc.
10. Take on a second job, so you can save more money to take more trips to Costa Rica.
11. Call local *******. When each gives her price, laugh loudly and proclaim, "I can date an escort in Costa Rica for a tenth that amount!" and laughing maniacally, slam down the phone.
12. Masturbate. Looking at some of the sexier pics in the Gallery can help.
If you follow Doctor ciego's prescription, your next trip will happen before you know it. Stay healthy, stay busy, and set your sights on a return trip.
BTW, The Costa Rica Withdrawal Support Group meets every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. B.Y.O.Kleenex.
"If you go blind, you will masturbate."
"American married life is the doormat to the whorehouse." - U.S. author John Steinbeck