This is a strong female community. They organize all sorts of fun activities.
Movie afternoons, beach trips, wild--incredibly wild--nights out with some sort of dress up theme doing a bar crawl, coffees and it goes on and on.
All while the men sit back and keep a low profile.
Let me give you an example.
Yella invited 13 women for a Sunday morning get together. It started at 10 AM and was so wild that before noon one of them had broken a lamp, end table and floor tile. Now, I'm not implying that these parties are alcohol fueled because most are not...but this one had a couple of sauced ladies in the midst of a majority of sober ones.
I am getting to my point soon...
All 13 women had spouses. All 13 men spend the morning alone. I went to the beach, alone. None of us even thought about calling one of the other men to doing something.
Men are simply socially inept and poorly motivated in the get together realm.
(I'm not writing this from my pity pot. We men have our ways of socializing too. We just aren't pros like the women.)
Women not only have fun but also do the most amazing things that benefit people and the community.
One lady started a spay and neuter clinic that each month handles about 100 dogs. This village used to be overrun with starving, flea-bitten dogs. No more. She powerfully impacted the quality and health of the dog population.
And there are at least a couple dozen other ventures equally impactful.
So, I take my hat off to the ladies of Boquete! Way to go! I am impressed.
2 comments:
Love Your Blogs... we men are just inept at about everything but loyalty. but, at that, we Shine.
in your previous blog, You surely must have stopped resisting the utility companies, because to have that all done, in a 3rd world country, by 9:30, competes with what Jesus could do. Miraculous. On my project, as the owner's rep, I just had to set up a 3/4" water tap and meter. After about 6 to 8 phone calls, from 5 to 20 minutes, and a chase for records, legal descriptions and the like, lasting over 15 days, I finally had the great idea to just go down there and physically show up. they have offices in 3 areas, all within a block of each other. I remained cheerful and patient. they sent me from one to another office - just like on the phone, but with no voice mail. as I began to show up at each one of their desks for the second or third time (seriously) in about 45 minutes, I stayed cheerful, and cooperative, and a natural guilt began to take them over and they started taking care of me, and even started calling ahead and behind. It was great. I had a good time, and was done and out in an hour and a half. (and that's the U.S.A.) - so You can see why I am impressed with Your Panama Coup! Love You, Darshan
Thanks, Darshan. I always know you will get it.
Your adventure with the bureaucracy in the US was great. You followed about the only path that could end up with a result. Frustrating to have to be nice and patient with Fu#$#@! idiots. Well, not idiots but a system that breeds complacency.
Love you, Tom
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