A lot of generalisations there. I know Dominican families that certainly don't fit the description.
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So many families without a father
Thank you. Mr AE is one of 5 brothers. They all raised their own children, him in USA, the other 4 in DR. Ditto his cousins. Some like to paint with a very broad brush.
No. Heres the deal with my post. I posted from a particular viewpoint that i have lived based on my experience with many Dominicans i have known or met. I doubt anyone would refute the many many cases of the angle I posted as my take. My take. Not another member's take. Are there other segments and behaviors, yes. Maybe folks don't like my attempt at humor or sarcasm. But that's how I chose to draft it up. So, kidding aside if you took out my colorful storytelling, it's easy to see my point. I personally believe there are more of the segment that i made an example of than the other. Recall, we were on the theme of fatherless families. Fatherless in the sense of "sperm donor" as another member put it. Now, im certain everyone has their take based in their experiences. Just as i have my opinion of Thrujillo that i have assembled through my experiences with the Dominicans I know.
I didn't know the meaning of scrogging.
But now that I do, I didn't know it was technique employed all over the D.R.
Who woulda thunk it?!
Aprendo un chin cada día.
I dated some sorority types in college. I recall one in particular, this was her term for having "relations" in irresponsible manner.
Well I certainly know a few Dominicans that fit into your catagory but I also know a lot of responsible Dominican fathers. My wife's cousin has four daughters of his own with three different women. He has paid for them all, now he is with a woman with two kids that aren't his and he has no problem paying for them either. Lots of Dominican guys are with women that have kids from another guy and they don't have huge issues with supporting those children.
And here I thought you were referring to the technique of ensuring branches are exposed to the source of light... as in cannabis.
For a moment, I was under the impression that Dominican youth (or "yutes", as Joe Pesci would call them) were maximizing the power of the sun or artificial lights in order to yield better crops.
While there certainly are many fatherless households in the D.R., there are also many responsible men amongst D.R. society, including those who raise other men's kids as if they were their own, as Saunders pointed out.
I'm also talking from experience.
I'm also talking from experience.
Same here...
My wife's sister (both Dominican, same class, 4 years of age difference), have been married for almost 20 years, they have 3 kids who are very much fine people... The oldest likes to go out a bit more, yes, but still... My wife's the same, we've been together 13 years now... Obviously, we raise our kids as do my wife's sister, and they do an awesome job...
But then... My wife has a friend who has a young kid who she is unfortunately raising alone as the father lives in the US and supposedly was organizing the papers to go there, but nothing has come out of that and they have been "doing papers" for the last 4 years... The father though, does support the kid... My wife has another more distant friend who was also left alone with her kid... So yes, we know people from both side....
My spouse's extended family is fairly large. A few of the cousins have children they are raising alone without the father. Since it is a big extended family many of the males in the family step in to provide that "father figure role". My SIL raised her two children as a single parent after her divorce, but the father did and does definitely help. I know just as many women raising children as a single parent as I do fathers raising their children.
After seeing this silly post and your other post about so many people sleeping in one bed, it is obvious you are:
1. A troll, just looking for clicks by making silly posts
2. An inexperienced traveler that should stay in Minnesota, and not a good fit in DR
Please explain scrogging. I cannot find this word anywhere. Neither la palabra chin en espanol
Why didn't your wifes cousin marry any of these 3 women he had children with?
Google: Emely Peguero
Then tell me if fear of retribution from the fathers is valid reason.
SMH...
Your need to explain it tell me all I need to know about it.
You could have avoided the perception that you have a narrow mind and are quick to stereotype by adding a simple statement that not everyone is like that but you are simply describing what you have seen.
Would you say: "Gringo negros are ok. In fact, I have one as a friend". LOL!
You did not state that in your first post. That there are exceptions to what you have seen.
When you engage in human or sarcasm you risk getting Will Smith'ed. Maybe not in real life but certainly here in the forum. Take it like a man. And it does not matter if there are more than one type or the other. You fail to understand that you stereotyped in your first post. So don't get all sensitive and start doing the Moonwalk on us now that others are calling you out on it. You believe what you believe. This is an opinion forum. It is rare you actually find a fact posted up in here. I got no problem with your believe. If you need another view on the subject based on what I have seen, check out my earlier post.
It would be interesting to hear your opinion on the man that eventually got so bad, even the government that supported him eventually decided he needed to be taken out and so they green lighted the hit. Your humor and sarcasm about that subject is greatly anticipated (at least by me).