I hooked up with a wonderful girl early in my 19 day stay. Actually, I reconnected with her since during my last trip here I had spent three nights with the same girl. After spending 8 consecutive nights with her at a discounted price $125 (she refused to accept more, given our history together) ...and having spent those nights experiencing moments of sheer bliss...shared intimacy in and out of the cama...I came to trust her implicitly...so when she asked, I agreed to pay her in advance for my remaining nights here. This so she could replace her broken cell phone, buy Christmas presents for her two year old daughter, and purchase a new outfit for a big night on the town with me....I am now 1,200USD poorer and much wiser....THE funny and sad part of this story is that I spent the next two nights thinking she would phone or show up at any moment, not wanting to believe that I had been had...

I have learned a very hard lesson....do not tempt a good chica....think with your head and not your heart....and chicas everywhere, even Argentina, are not to be trusted without some reservation...

Ouch. I feel for you, brother.

Hey I know that kind of a hit hurts. Let this be a lesson to all mongers.

Pain inflicted!!!! But give her the benefit of the doubts, may be she's affraid to go on w/ you further since you two had "history" together. And if she has other monger offering her a better deal during this Holidays season, I'm sure you'd be happy for her and her kid. Good lucks in the next 11 days. Variety is the flavor of life!!!

You can't trust women period. Or most men come to think of it.

You got off cheap if you have learned your lesson, but I doubt that you have.

Be it a maintenance plan for your dvd player or a ten dollar street girl, never pay in advance. If you do your chances of being disappointed are a hundred times greater than if you refuse. If you learn to refuse graciously you will filter out the girls who know that you will regret paying them in advance from those who merely ask as a matter of course.

Oh Man..I agree..Ezy. I am schoked that a veteran to Buenos Aires like you fell for such an old trick..It hurts me as much as you that you lost 1,200 Bucks! You can have an orgy with 10 VERY GOOD LOOKING women in BA for 1,200USD. I always tell my fellow mongers these basic rules

1. NEVER pay at the beginning of a sessin with a PRO...instead tell her that if her attention and comittment to giving you the fuck of your life are good, you'll throw something extra cash when she leaves. You will be amazed at how ALL girls end up screwing me for 5 hours....at the end I just add anywhere from 20 to 50 buck tip...trust me!! Do the math..I end up paying 150 bucks for 6 hours sometimes. Including a full body massage to ease my stress.

2. If she insists on payment up front, negotiate to pay half, tell her you want to make sure you are pleased, if not no deal..trust me 99% will not back down since they are already in the room with you. (Unless you are a complete jerk to them)

3. ALWAYS BE NICE!! This I found, has resulted in free sex from time-to-time, or better yet she will throw in one of her girlfriends on the house....LIFE IS GOOD!

4. Finally, Never under any circumstances take a pro shopping or allow her to convince you to buy her jewerly. Chances are she will sell it and make a profit. These women DO NOT fall in love with anyone, they are merely in it for the money..sure they enjoy sex, but do not think for a second that you can turn a whore into a housewife..it's a mistake you will later regret.

si, yo se ahora! I have never before paid an escort up front. But at the time I had ceased to view Lucia as an escort, more as a lover and a friend. I should have paid attention to the don't date an escort more than 3x's rule....live and learn...I wrote about my "relationship" with this chica in my Moondog & Ezy do Buenos Aires report, part 1: Lucia.

I'm recovering emotionally and financially(thanks to a nice bounce in a couple of tech stocks I own) ...and preparing for my next mongering trips...Quito next month, followed by BA, followed by Cartagena (tentative)...

later this year I want to go to San Jose....I have to go to Phoenix, so I may try and take in Nogales before 2002 has ended. The scars should be healed by then....