What happens when you bring them home: success story

A few years ago during COVID I (38 white male) moved to Guadalajara, Mexico for better weather, better food, and better woman. I downloaded Tinder to have some fun. To make sure I wasn’t wasting my time, I’d schedule a phone call before I met the girls from Tinder in-person (I speak mediocre Spanish). I found most of my matches were either expats, foreigners traveling through, or Mexicans who lived or studied abroad in an English speaking country. I also met a few girls at bars and coffee shops, but all the good looking ones had kids (this is typical amongst most Latin American countries).

Eventually, I met a cute Mexican girl named Marbella who had just moved back to Mexico from London. She was in grad school in London and was working there for a couple years. Marbella was 27 at that time, 5 foot 3, 110lbs, brown hair, beautiful brown eyes…she’s not a Mexican supermodel, but I’d say she’s slightly above average for girls from central Mexico.

Marbella and I started going out once a week for the next few weeks. We slept together on our 2nd date. Then once a week turned into twice a week, and then nearly every day. We also spent a weekend in Tulum. At this time, I was still thinking this was a fling and had no intentions on continuing to date her after returning to the states.

After a couple more weeks, the time came to move back to the states. I asked Marbella if she’d be interested in visiting, and she immediately said yes. She bought her plane ticket for a month later and I went home (she has her travel VISA for the states).

When she came up to visit, things went back to how we were in Mexico. Lots of fun, exploring, partying. She kept extending her trip until she had to return (Travel VISAS last 6 months). A couple months after she left I returned to Mexico and we tracked around together for 3 months. We went nearly everywhere in the country.

At this point, my relationship with Marbella was extremely easy with little to no drama. She was easy going, kind, friendly, cute, educated…nearly everything I was looking for.

Marbella came back to visit in another month, and I asked her to marry me. Fast forward 3 years, and we now have a daughter, house, careers.

The only big change I’ve seen in Marbella since getting married is when we had our daughter. She’s definitely become more difficult since having the baby, but I think that’s universal…nothing unbearable.

We travel back to Mexico every couple years to visit family and are generally happy. It’s been 5 years since I met her, she seems to be a much better partner than most American women. Educated, fit, honest, comes from a good family, etc. But that could all change as many of us know!!!