I was reading one time on Dominican Today where this poster commented that all Dominican women are ‘coin-operated’.
So I thought of all the Dominicanas that I have been reasonably well-acquainted with and how many of them had asked me for money, or gifts or to buy them a meal (I am excluding buying a chica drinks or giving her cigarettes).
I am talking about pros, semi-pros, non-pros; the whole gauntlet.
Almost all of the pros I have gone out with have asked me for cash (outside of the actual transaction for the services rendered) or gifts. They have asked for more money, be it for a tip, for cab fare, to take an English course, to get their jewelry out of the pawn shop. Some have asked me to buy them perfume, hair extensions, a dress, a stove for mother. Even some pros who I did not do business with have asked me for money for just having them sit with me.
Some non-pros have asked me for money to buy medicine for themselves or for their sick mother (an old classic that never seems to die).
I know most Dominicanas view us foreign tourists as walking ATMs. But I would just like to know by your experiences some of the things Dominicanas have requested of you.
Based on my experiences with Dominicanas I would say about 90% of the ones I have been somewhat acquainted with have asked me for something. So yeah, I would say they are coin-operated.
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