Posted by Aardvark on March 05, 2001 at 10:45:03:
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Let me relate an incident that occured to me awhile back that led to "my" slow spiral into the "love zone". As I've stated, I learned (or wisened up) quickly that there really is no such thing as "true love" in the zona. Oh, there's various versions, but nothing that can & will withstand the test of...time. Now, names will be mentioned so if you're against that sort of thing...stop reading now. Alittle less then a year ago, I came down to TJ for the first time in about 3 years. I was hooking up with some guys I met on Redsnake and was looking forward to the break. Long story short, I hooked up with a CC chica named Nicole. We spent 2 nights together and had a great time. When she left the last morning, she left her little change purse in the hotel room. I came down to TJ again in about 3 weeks and when I saw her in CC, I gave her the purse (including a key & about $40 that were in it). She was amazed that I would return it. We proceeded to spend the next 3 nights together and I only paid her for the first night. Now, we had allot of breakfasts, lunches, dinners, movies, & bar-hopping trips that I paid for...but actually I only paid for sex 1 night. During this trip, she introduced me to her amiga (novia) Smith. WOW! I didn't make it back down again to TJ for a few months and then hooked up with a new bunch of guys who I have maintained friendships with. Nicole was gone to GDL, so when I saw Smith at CC, I snatched her up. I tried to talk her into an allnighter but she couldn't because of an "amigo she lived with in TJ and who picked her up at 2 or 3 every night she worked". She remembered me from Nicole and she knew that we'd have a good time...but she couldn't do an allnighter. Well, Smith ended up being the first (and only 1 of 2 ever) chicas I took up to the bar hotel. FANTASTIC! During my subsequent trips, I would always approach her at CC and chat and always ask if she still had her "amigo". She always said "yes" and I would feign heartbreak and kiss her on the cheek and move on. On the one fateful trip, she was dancing on a Wednesday night and I approached her with a tip and asked the same ol' question. Well, now he was a "novio" and the heartbreak was alittle real this time. I went in to CC on Thursday night and she was standing against the back wall. Her smile when she saw me seemed genuine and I motioned for her to come sit with me. We had a few beers and I again bemoaned the fact that we couldn't spend any length of time together. She then asked me, "What I was doing at 5:00?". I said, "AM?", and she said, "Yes". I said, "Sleeping" and we both laughed but then she offered to come to my hotel at 5:30 when her novio left for work in SD. It took me about a 1/2 of a second to say YES, and I waited around to watch her dance and give her cab money. Long story short, she arrived at the Pueblo Amigo at about 6:00 and we had a fantastic time. When we finally got out of bed at about 12:00, I asked her, "How much I owed her?". She looked at me and siad, "Nothing, I don't work at 5AM!". I was amazed but before you all start snickering, over the following 5-6 months, I have paid her plenty (with a few freebies tossed in for good measure). She broke up with her "novio" at one point and we spent 3 fantastic days/nights together. She even brought a friend to our last allnighter recently which totally blew my mind. She also flaked on me a few times with no real excuse. My point...Yes, I was in love with her...still am! Did I have visions of a future...SURE. Can you guess the one (main) nagging thing that was on my mind? If she was with this "amigo/novio" for so long and he was paying for the TJ apartment and taking care of her...and she "snuck out" to be with me...how could I ever trust her not to do that with some other monger? Sure, there are a (very) few relationships that start and flourish in the zona. I'd be willing to bet though that even in those ones that work, the "seed of doubt" is germinating in the man's mind.
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