oh yes...
I must admit...
after (let me take a moment to count..) 4...long term relationships that spanned most of my life...and a couple short term ones as a young fella...
and after the last break up...(and strangely they always come back to un-break what they broke...)
I have had more than a full lifetime of North American women.
I got quite fed up with the concept they have of disposable partners.

Determined that if I fell for anyone it was going to be a good and proper catholic girl (well "good" IS after all a relative term) who has her head screwed on right...
from ANYWHERE...
but bloody North America.

Met her in Veracruz when I was crazy enough to go walking about ...in a city that... it is quite foolish even for the locals to go walking about in...
She is downright a marvel frankly...
on one of our dates...we were both robbed by a gang with machetes ...once they got that I was canadian...they at least didn't maim, bruise , break anything or kill me...
Quite polite bunch.
Though I kept telling her to just keep calm and don't upset the gentlemen...she chased them off which I find remarkably fearless...
later she told me she was filling her underwear she was so scared...
But I saw none of that...none of that showed...
I know precious few people... who have that much guts..
and for a girl 5'8" and a 100lbs ....
yelling down and chasing off a bunch of guys much larger ...armed with machetes...
incredibly impressed ...

Frankly ...she amazes me..

Great family
Spent a lot of time with them
...and her mom and aunt both remind me of my grandma...
love 'em to bits.

yup proposed already...
It may be a while before the wedding though...
Hell..I need to pay down debts...and bills from buying a house....
before I can go affording weddings..