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On my last trip, a few of us were asking ourselves the following:

1. Did these girls learn the profession from their mummies? I know some other mothers know and completely approve of their daughter's occupation. I know one girl, who calls her mommy, when she has a question about something or doesn't know what to charge.

2. If the answer is yes, then is it something that has been passed down generation to generation? In otherwords, grandma to mother to daughter to baby. Is this why some ticas are so fair and have lighter eyes??? Generations of mixing with gringos. I know a tica who looks friggin' american - 100%.

3. If the answer is still yes, do they time their first pregnancies with the eventual thought of retirement in mind? So, a chica has her first baby at 16, intentionally with the thought of her golden years in mind. Let's assume this baby is a girl. This means in 18 years or so, when she is 34 and a little burnt out, she retires and then her (now) girl can start training?

I can't believe the answer is yes for 100% of these chicas, but I have to believe that for some, it is. The third question is perhaps the most disturbing. I know in some countries, it is absolutely true. Is it true in the relatively comfortable economy of CR??? I'm scratching my head and get a little sad when I think of their Babi*s. And, then when I think about 20 years into the future when I'm in my mid-50s, I really freak out.

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Chi_trekker,

The moms know about a lot of these daughters’ activities & encourage it in some cases I am sure. Look we do not understand or it does not resister with us because we don't have to face hard realities like these people! We fly in jet planes & many of them have a bicycle.... When you are starting at zero & have nothing to lose & almost everything to gain what would you do?? A poor Latina from a dysfunctional home has little chance of improving the life & can only hope she is pretty which so many are & this is their best ticket to a better life. Many see relatives & neighbors & friends die early in life so they know very well about sudden impact & are willing to take many chances with us to better the life before it is over for them & sex is just another function of life which is no big deal to wig-out about like we do!

What has been passed down from generation to generation is poverty & laziness with education of one way out that works many times.


Chi I don't believe there is any depth of planning to these Ticas it is pretty much SHIT HAPPENS!

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In my opinion these girls learn the trade exactly like young gringas do. They very early in life learn the power of the pu*sy in getting guys to comply with there wishes.

In CR they nay have a mother or sister in the business who hones them on the finer points but by and large they learn it the same way girls world wide do.

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How can you guys comment on something you have no complete grasp of... you have to know where these chicas are coming from!?!

The mother's "knowing" about how they make money is one thing...

Chi_Trekker said, "completely approve of their daughters occupation." I don't think so...

Zippy, you should be ashamed of yourself. "encourage."

"many of them have bicycles." I don't think they can afford to purchase a bike when they can hardly feed themselves. Also, keep in mind, too many thiefs around to own a bike for long.

"best ticket" Hardly, maybe the last option, but not the best.

Irish Drifter "They learn it the same way girls world wide do." Everyone has a different experience. Your experience, i'm sure, was not the same as mine, and/or Zippys and Chi_Trekkers. Think of the chicas as little snow flakes workinG the Del Rey. It's just an analogy.... but you get my point.

Don't forget that a lot of older Ticos get to these girls when they are young and innocent. Then when they get tired of 'em they dump the chica for another younger chica, leaving behind an emotional wreck with a broken heart. This is enough to completely change your perspective on life, love and happiness as you know it. Especially if this happened to them when they were young chicas. I've seen so many old, ugly looking ex novios of some of the chicas and i'm left thinking, "how the hell did this Tico hook up with her? What did this chica see in this Tico?"

It's a different world, but it's not that difficult to understand if you make an effort to dig deeper.

sorry if i'm coming off like i know what i'm talking about but you guys should think about this again.

You have to understand were they are coming from in order to better understand the decisions that they make in life. Poverty is a bitch... and it doesn't help that there are not many jobs available that pay enough for some chicas to make a living... especially working for Tico wages.

NO mother wants her daughter to grow up to be a puta.

NO young chica dreams about working as a puta when she grows up.

NO CHICA WANTS TO BE A PUTA.

TP,

Many of these Latinas don't want a lot of things but accept it much better than we would. Many are unplanned pregnancies & the mothers look at the realities & know how they ended up so they do not stop the daughters from chasing Gringos from what I have seen. The ones with money & unbroken homes with good role models are a whole other story. What I am talking about is dirt poor ones from broken homes & I don't see many doing much to stop the daughter from doing what they know they are doing since after all that is how they keep the lights on.

By the way I am always ashamed of my self since I am always full of DEBAUCHERY & you seem to be a mongerer too it seems so welcome to the club house.

Like you said all of our experiences are different & so are theirs. You have to realize many people are capable of things we are not & think nothing of this. Some people in other countries sell their Ch*ldren as sex slaves & see this as OK. Well no way in hell for me!! I would go crazy seeing someone do this & not even know them but that is just me. Look how people behave in war etc. All the genocide in Rwanda where neighbors killed their fellow neighbors. I think you are naive to think that some of these mothers don't take advantage of some of their loved ones for their own benefit.

I bet most of us have family members that would take advantage of us if they saw an open opportunity or saw you where weak & they could get away with it especially over money or survival.

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Hey TP,

I never commented, but asked questions. I don't understand everything behind it, which is why I posted.

I DO know of chicas that ask their mom's questions. I also do think some chicas are bound to this type of work because they are money hungry and lazy.

TP - you and I have had some talks about this. I know personally some primadona chica that will never do anything else. She is lazy and spoiled rotten. She (at least now) doesn't live in poverty by any stretch. She has a house, a new car, and a pedigreed dog. She might make MORE than many of us. OKAY GUYS - READ THIS - SHE MIGHT MAKE BETWEEN $50 AND $80K PER YEAR AT HER RATE. IMHO... she is addicted to it. She waves at me and laughs when she is about to go up the escalators in the DR.

My original questions were pointed towards the average working chicas. I KNOW they don't want to do it. But I believe for some it is a family hand-down. Their moms did it. I think they are trained by their mommies and so on.

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I am aware that some mothers know how their daughters make money... but i also don't think they "encourage" and "approve" it's just accepted.

Zippy, didn't mean ashamed for what we do, but more surprised by your comments specifically "encourage." That's all.

Do some of these chicas work the system to their advantage? Yes, but not all, in fact not even most. But I can't blame them. How many times have you said or heard some guy say, "damn, if i was a broad, I'd be a fuckin' whore!" Sometimes you have to work the system in order to get what you want, whatever that might be. Chi_ think about greedy and corrupt Mayor Daley and his cronies, even by Chi-Town standards.

Chi_Trekker, "On my last trip, a few of us were asking ourselves the following" Your spanish has improved from what i gather, good. On your next visit talk to the chicas and see what theysay and how they feel about what they have to do in order to survive. Then let me know what they tell you. I'd be interested to hear what they have to say.

I wonder what the chicas think regarding our motives for P4P. I'm not a monger, i'm just living life, and at the moment im exploring the scene in Costa Rica. I'm not in it for the long wrong... just passing through.

Speaking of "training", I know a guy who went to a "rub-n-tug" here in PA. When he paid for his massage the girl asked him if he would mind if she brought a new girl along who was in training, effectively giving him a two for one special. Has anyone heard of anyone getting this at one of the SJO MP's?

Talk about a sweet bit o' luck.