Who cares about the recent Mexican elections?

[dongringo]

Connorkilleen: "Be a bubble-pat...I refuse to be."
Now that is cute and succinct. Where did you dig up that expression?

[Isla Verde]

Originally Posted by conorkilleen

I'm not leaving. Just being smarter about how I conduct myself professionally and personally. Adapt and overcome.

I hope that things work out for you here. It's never easy learning to adapt to life in a culture different from your own, even if you have a spouse who's a native of your adopted country, as you do. It's something I've been working on here for many years, and I still don't have it down pat, but I don't feel the negativity about Mexico that you have expressed in your last few posts.

[conorkilleen]

Originally Posted by dongringo

Connorkilleen: "Be a bubble-pat...I refuse to be."
Now that is cute and succinct. Where did you dig up that expression?

I made it up.

Bubble-pat: An Expat that is blinded by the current issues in said country, either emotionally or physically, and refuses to believe that there are greater issues outside of the "bubble" that he/she ives in that effects their or anyone elses life.

ex. The shootings in the Mexico City airport do not effect me because I don't go there.

[Longford]

Originally Posted by conorkilleen

Furthermore..the bombing of the casino does not have anything to do with hundreds of thousands of people like the DF airport shootings did.

To each his own opinions, but I'll wager that your viewpoints on this are not shared by the overwhelming majority of people who live in Monterrey or the rest of the country and reflect an insensitivity to the Monterrey tragedy and its impact on that community.

[conorkilleen]

Originally Posted by Isla Verde

I hope that things work out for you here. It's never easy learning to adapt to life in a culture different from your own, even if you have a spouse who's a native of your adopted country, as you do. It's something I've been working on here for many years, and I still don't have it down pat, but I don't feel the negativity about Mexico that you have expressed in your last few posts.

Thanks. Seems to be working out just fine...however I just need to change and adapt my strategy for success.

[conorkilleen]

Originally Posted by Longford

To each his own opinions, but I'll wager that your viewpoints on this are not shared by the overwhelming majority of people who live in Monterrey or the rest of the country and reflect an insensitivity to the Monterrey tragedy and its impact on that community.

This coming from someone that has never lived in Monterrey? I am sensitive to what happened.

Tell me...why did everyone stop talking about it 48 hours after it happened? Do you know? Oh wait..you live here in Monterrey. Of course you know.

[dongringo]

Originally Posted by conorkilleen

I made it up.

Bubble-pat: An Expat that is blinded by the current issues in said country, either emotionally or physically, and refuses to believe that there are greater issues outside of the "bubble" that he/she ives in that effects their or anyone elses life.
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Yeah - I´m a bubblepat, sort of. Locally, in Mexico, I don´t feel drug murders affect me, neither do the elections. But I´m happy about the continuing devaluation of the Mexican peso but not about the disappearance of sport fish along the Mexican coast.

How is that about a potential hijack - except no one gives a hoot about sport fishing.

[conorkilleen]

Originally Posted by dongringo

Yeah - I´m a bubblepat, sort of. Locally, in Mexico, I don´t feel drug murders affect me, neither do the elections. But I´m happy about the continuing devaluation of the Mexican peso but not about the disappearance of sport fish along the Mexican coast.

How is that about a potential hijack - except no one gives a hoot about sport fishing.

I just picked up a new spear gun for my vacation down to the Oaxacan coast. There is a laguna that is great for shallow water spear fishing. I love fishing.

I trust no cops or military, either here in MX or in any other country. A lot of cops from any country would give the same advice. Lucky me, I don't drive here, which avoids the majority of potential contact with cops in MX.

I trust my friends and a few neighbors here to some extent, but I wouldn't give them the keys to my home. I don't trust anyone else, and don't open my door to strangers. My MX neighbors do the same thing.

Mexicans don't trust each other either. Maybe it's a cultural thing. Has a cashier in any big supermarket or store ever had change available immediately if you handed them a 500 peso note for a 200 peso bill, without calling a supervisor for change? With labor as cheap as it is in MX, why do parking lots use automated machines to take your money instead of a live person? Management doesn't trust their own employees or potential thieves over a few thousand pesos in a drawer, why should I? My neighbors did as I did, and didn't answer much of the Census or IFE polls either.

As far as youth, they don't seem to be in gangs or working for the bad guys locally. Several hundred youth have been out in the streets for the past several weeks here as PAN vs. PRI unfolds, both before and after the elections. Haven't seen anyone who looked over 30 doing the same, but they might be working behind the scenes.

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[Isla Verde]

Originally Posted by GringoCArlos

I trust my friends and a few neighbors here to some extent, but I wouldn't give them the keys to my home. I don't trust anyone else, and don't open my door to strangers. My MX neighbors do the same thing.-

I trust my Mexican friends, the woman who occasionally cleans my apartment, the students who come to my apartment for class, and some of the neighbors in my small building. In fact, I have actually exchanged keys with two of them in case one of us forgets or loses our keys. Sorry that you wouldn't feel comfortable doing the same.