G R I N G O S

When I lived in the States people would ALWAYS feel offended whenever they heard me or somebody else talk and the word "gringo" came up...
It took me a veeeeeeery long time to try to make them understand that gringo is not an insult. Of course, there was always some wiseass who would prove me wrong by adding a not-so-nice adjective right before (or after) it...
However, if we're not using any offensive adjectives, the word gringo is not an insult... It simply means "foreigner".
Now, gringo doesn't necessarily mean "American white boy" either, because we call EVERY foreigner gringo... You can be Norwegian, Swedish, French, Swiss, British, Canadian, American, or from any other country where people have light-colored skin, and you will be considered a gringo...

So why am I talking about gringos?
Because I was looking up some info and for some reason I found this picture of a tote bag and it just cracked me up!
It is exactly the kind of tote bag I would walk around with! :)
Yup... The truth is I, too, LOVE GRINGOS!

Now, wait... This doesn't mean I ONLY like Americans.
I do love Americans, but when I say gringos, I'm being a regular Ecuadorian who really means foreigners.
I LOVE foreigners, for some reason.
It is not that inferiority complex that so many people talk about... I do NOT think just because a guy is a foreigner he's gonna be better, or less of a cheater, or less of a douchebag than a local guy. Not at all. As a matter of fact, I've had plenty of experiences with foreigners that have actually PROVED me that no matter where a guy is from, it's just his nature to be an ass, gringo or not.
So no, it's not because they are better...
There is just something about them that makes my head spin like crazy... There's something about foreigners that almost makes me want to forget how much I hate men at the moment, and fall in love again!
I know, I know... How cheesy and lame! But I can't help it...

For some reason, local guys don't do anything for me... Yes, I've seen some local guys who are pretty hot and do make me stare for a minute or two... But after that? Nahhh... All interest is gone. I just don't care...
It could be the fact that foreigners speak a different language, or the fact that they try to speak Spanish and they do it with that gorgeous foreign accent; or it could probably just be that beautiful light skin with those amazingly captivating blue eyes and that perfect smile that makes every ordinary thing they do look simply and extremely sexy.

*sigh*... I don't know... All I know is I'm very glad I get to see some of these wonderful men at school and forget for a little while that I have to look at local not-so-appealing men 24/7...
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with Ecuadorian men, like I said before, some of them are hot too, I guess... But they just don't do anything for me...

I love gringos, I find them interesting, atractive, sexy, intriguing... Oh, and I could go on for hours.
And yeah, why not, I love the contrast their skin against mine would make... Is that a little too much info?
Oh, well...

Thank God for Gringos! :)