"dating " in the DR...

mamielizabeth · #1 04-07-2008, 06:56 PM

What is the dating process like in the DR...??? When does a guy asks a girl on a date ,what do they typically do? and how do you say "date"????

AnnaC · #2 04-07-2008, 07:56 PM

Between Dominicans? You are not asking about tourists and Dominicans, right?.

mamielizabeth · #3 04-07-2008, 08:16 PM

Well i was just asking in general,, something that popped in my head today,,but yes how bout between Dominicans.....

Hillbilly · #4 04-07-2008, 10:09 PM

It depends a lot on the family and how they were raised. Some kids are into sex at terribly young ages, having been exposed to sex since birth, since they might sleep in the same bed as the parents or next to the parents. Besides that there is a culture of sex, and the current musical trends seem to reflect a lot of easy sex. One says "Your parents don't like me so lets do sex on the telephone!"

However, among the upper middle and upper classes it is somewhat more formal. Oh they "do it" alright, but with a bit more protocol. Usually there is a period of courtship where chaperones are involved until a "noviazgo" is conceded. A 'noviazgo' really close to being engaged, but not quite. That move is the 'compromiso' and things are now formalized, dates and invitations are nearly on the horizon.

Do kids or young adults have sex while dating? Yes, and we have thousands of unwanted pregnancies each year, many with the attending abortions. Among the poorer classes, in Santiago for example, we had over 2500 births to mothers between the ages of 11 and 18 last year, and those are just the formal figures...

Most young adults go out in groups for their fun...only more formalized relationships are seen out alone.

HB

DRob · #5 04-07-2008, 10:57 PM

Responses like that, ladies and gents, is one of the reasons why Hillbilly is tha man!

leekiv · #6 04-07-2008, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DRob

Responses like that, ladies and gents, is one of the reasons why Hillbilly is tha man!

I agree. Said it many times before. HB and one or 2 others can leave a response that let's the OP and others know that there is respect and dignity in the DR.

Kyle · #7 04-08-2008, 07:41 AM

HillBilly needs to write a book, "Dominican Republic for Dummies". this is not calling the OP a dummy but my response to HB's posts....

Hillbilly · #8 04-08-2008, 08:15 AM

Thanks guys.

I should have added that there is a lot, and I do mean a lot of sex going on. For goodness sakes, just look at the number of Motels around the country. And it seems to be a "growth" industry! (Sorry, I just could not resist that opportunity.)
But seriously, as long as there are some controls on pregnancy, sex seems to flow pretty freely. One person I knew had his girlfriend taken to the doctors each month to have an injection. No pills, no condoms, no ooops! She was his "novia", a stage at which sex is pretty much taken for granted in many cases.

HB

ybonabeach · #9 04-08-2008, 11:55 AM

I wish I had half the knowledge HB does!!! hmmmmm maybe a brain transplant........
Keep up the great replies !!!!!!! I learn so much!!!

drloca · #10 04-08-2008, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ybonabeach

I wish I had half the knowledge HB does!!! hmmmmm maybe a brain transplant........
Keep up the great replies !!!!!!! I learn so much!!!

I agree, the man truly is a marvel.