Not Every Peruana Wants a Gringo

Posted on 25. Nov, 2008 by Colin in peru

Mike came to Arequipa to learn English. I knew his sister in Denver. We’ve been hanging out ever since he arrived and, as a joke, Nicolas actually gave him a key to our apartment. Mike has a girlfriend and doesn’t cheat, but he’s willing to be my wingman. We go out with the plan of him playing his position while I tell girls that Mike needs to practice his Spanish.

We went to a bar downtown last week. After being annoyed by some drunk Peruvian guy for twenty minutes, we joined a table of two young girls behind us. We talked for a long time. I don’t remember their names, or their faces so much. One was nineteen and the other was twenty. 

The girls had a pitcher of pisco and Sprite when we joined them and we had our beers. We talked for an hour or so and ran out of booze. Mike and I offered to buy a pitcher of pisco and Sprite. After finishing it, we had a second. After two, we all decided it was time for bed. I got up to pay the bill at the bar. After paying, I turned around and the girls were gone. Mike said they bee-lined out as soon as I stood up. He walked after them for a second and called to them with a sarcastic “Bye?” They came back, hugged him, air-kissed, and said goodbye. By the time I’d returned from the bar, it was over.

NEWSFLASH: Not every Peruvian woman wants a gringo. In hindsight, I think these two had boyfriends. I’m not trying to be cool here – I’ve been taken advantage of for drinks before, but we were talking to them for an hour before we ever bought anything. For all the time invested, there wasn’t a whole lot of money spent. Everybody was laughing and engaged in the conversation the whole time. I think they had boyfriends and wanted to skip the inevitable goodbye, phone number exchange, kiss attempt, etc. They were right, because I was going to ask the slim one for her number.

What can you do? Get back out there.

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