Normal Moments in Latin America

This is probably one of my favorite responses of yours out of everything you have written. Great stuff.

“I was thinking about back home where it was snowing and cold and horrible and here I was”

That’s funny you say that. I don’t know how cold or snowy the UK gets but it can be bad in Iowa. In Iowa, it tends to be very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer. Though I remember my days in Iowa as a kid and how the snow was terrible — having to scrape the ice off the windshield of my truck before going to high school or walking from middle school and my toes feeling terrible because I didn’t have boots lol.

On the other hand, I remember being a child and playing with my sister and how nice that was in the snow.

I actually miss the snow but I don’t miss it for long periods of time. I’d prefer it if Mexico had snow for like a week out of the year but that’s it. Anything more and I’d get tired of it. But I know that’s not how it would work and we’d have it for much longer obviously lol.

I agree also with your statement about getting tired of sleeping around. I often tend to make jokes about sex and all in these articles to bring some mild humor to them but sometimes actually write about real experiences in other articles. Mostly just because also it’s part of life down here and seems to be a popular topic with foreigners who are interested in the local women so I feel it’d be an elephant in the room that needs addressing or talking about. It is part of life down here anyway though I try not to make my whole website about it. Usually I aim to keep dating articles at around 10% of my total article content.

And I agree with you also that you start to look for other things in life beyond sex as you get older. I’d also say you tend to look for it when you have been with enough women and it starts to get old to a degree or not as exciting.

“Another thing as well is that living abroad changes you”

That’s a great observation and thank you for reminding me of it. I’ve been thinking of new article ideas to write about since I’m around 200 now and have 50 left in the arsenal. That’s something I have noticed also. In that I move back to the US and a lot of the friends you had before have moved on. You also don’t relate as well to some of the things that go on back home anyway and it’s been a while since you have seen family also. Just all around you feel different in a sense — the experiences as well have an impact on you also. I’m not sure how long you have been abroad or where to so I’m sure your experiences with this are different than mine. Thanks again for bringing this topic up. I will write about it shortly.

“I want to leave again after a month or so ”

That’s true for me also. Give me about 2 weeks to 2 months roughly and I’m ready to hit the road again.

“I think the longer you live abroad and accept that life where you have chosen has its positives and negatives and you acclimatise to them to the best way you can without it causing you inner turmoil – then a yearning for home disappears, or it did with me.”

I agree you have to accept the positives and negatives. I wrote in another article on a similar topic about getting past the honeymoon phase. Though I’m not sure I’d agree the yearning for home disappears. Perhaps for you and maybe I will feel that also with enough time down here. Who knows. I’ve been here for about 5.5 years roughly so maybe it hasn’t hit yet. We will see.

“There is also a time – if so inclined – the realisation that it is time to go home. The expat experience is different for everyone, not everyone should want or needs to be an eternal expat – if it is time to go home then it isn’t a sign of failure or a sign of success.”

That’s true also. I don’t see it as failure or success either. Like I have said in other articles, I’ve known various dudes who have gone home after a while. I don’t have any desire to go home myself anytime soon. Personally, I’d like to hit the road and travel around Latin America but the covid situation with travel restrictions makes it risky for me. Either way, I’m content with Mexico City and it doesn’t bother me to stay here. Though, as I wrote elsewhere, I think I will end up settling down somewhere much farther south like Chile perhaps in about 7 years or so after I finish traveling from country to country.

Anyway, great comment again. Always glad to hear from you.

PS: North America and South America are separate continents lol 😉