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Subject: Re: OMG. Daughter moving to Argentina with boyfriend!!!! Posted on: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:45:38 -0600

"Chuck" wrote in
news:Dk6Jf.32014$id5.21721@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

> "Kaye" wrote in message
> news:Uk3Jf.835$kS1.415@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...
>
> I would be careful. Foreigners are usually targets -- mostly in Buenos
> Aires (express kidnappings). Forget about going to the police (which
> is instructed to be soft on crime).
>
> Any place outside Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area would be fine.
>
> Chuck
>
>>I need to vent. My daughter is moving to Argentina to live with her
>> boyfriend. Don't ask me how she plans on making money cause I refuse
>> to be a money machine. Buenos Aires is so far away and I am a little
>> illiterate when it comes to the area. I don't know anything about the
>> region. Emily is
>> 25, and her boyfriend is 28. They are both old enough to make their
>> own decisions, but as her mom I just don't feel right about it. We
>> don't know enough about this man to feel truly comfortable.
>>
>> I also have a couple practical questions: What kind of job can an
>> American get in Argentina? How do Argentinian men treat women on a
>> whole? When are the cheapest times of the year to fly to Buenos Aires
>> - we plan on flying down there as soon as we can? What kind of phone
>> service should I use to call that far away? Am I just being a
>> worrisome mother, or do I have legit feelings? K
>>
>
>
>

BA is a huge city with alot of abject poverty and unemployment problems.
I trust that your daughter's boy friend has some reason to go back so it
might not be bad, but as one writer said outside of BA Argentina is a
deal and a wonderful country.

--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/