Lately I’m tired of poor people, and people who don’t want to work…and I'm not talking about the "real" poor people in Mexico who are struggling to work 2 jobs to feed their families tortillas and rice, I'm talking about all these foreign runaways and con-artists, who end up in the City of Broken Hearts and somehow adopt this “mañana” lifestyle attitude of play hard, work not.
My best friend (who lives entirely on donations) recently called me up and suggested we go out for lunch: "We can go somewhere cheap and split a meal?” No, I don’t want to split a hamburger, I want a whole meal!
The boyfriend has gone one week without credit on his phone and said he lost his bank card. He lives day to day, peso to peso. I say to him, “How can you live like that, don't you have any savings or credit card?” I was talking with a Canadian friend of mine who also had a boyfriend who used to call his bank and ask why his card was not working. I told her, “I doubt there was anyone on the line, it’s all a made-up story to get us to pay for them”. Then my friend said, “In Canada, we just don’t live like that, we have credit cards when we run out of money, it’s just a different lifestyle here”. Then she asks, “Do you know any people with money here?” I said, “Let me think….no!”
I used to give my ex-boyfriend a hard time when he didn’t want to tip or pay for his meal, and I would say, “Don’t be so cheap!” And he would throw up his hands in despair and in his broken English he would respond completely innocent, “It's not because I'm cheap, it’s because I don’t have”.
I’ve had 5 grown, able men ask me to lend them money ~ I’m not a bank!
I went on a date awhile back for a coffee and as history repeats itself, he didn't have any money!! I show up and he didn't respond to my last text because he said he had no credit and not even 20 pesos for the weekend....then he proceeds to tell me that his ex has a restraining order against him, he's completely broke and hasn't had a job in 5 years, and was thrown in jail by his ex-business partner...it was like one explosion after another. I appreciated his honesty but…the man should know this is not going to impress a woman!
Then later he says, "You could buy me a coffee?"
I said, "No, I don't maintain men."
I'm so tired of this type of man, just looking for a foreigner to pay for them.
He says, "You look like a rich heiress from Vancouver. I'm hoping a nice kind soul will lend me some money to get through the weekend.” I'm thinking, Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. Ok, maybe I do need to dress down a bit, maybe not look so nice?
I told him, “I’m really sorry that happened to you and I hope things get better for you”. I never offered to pay for him, we sat outside at the coffee shop and didn't drink anything.
I’m growing a thick skin now and have a very low tolerance for BS these days. Seriously, who invites a woman out that has no money to even buy a coffee? I won’t even pay for my friends anymore ~ why should I live with less coz they don’t want to work?
Then he says to me, "I'm really good at sales, I can sell you anything"...and in my mind I'm thinking, Well, you sure haven't sold yourself to me yet!!!
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