People reading this outside of Mexico will find this hilarious. I laughed for about half an hour straight when it was explained to me, although my Mexican readers might wonder: "What's so bloody funny, pendeja?"
There are a couple of factors in Mexican culture that make it quite unlikely anyone that isn't married is going to be able to have sex at home. For starters most people live with their parents till they get married, especially women. There is a small number of professionals that move out, but that's a minority that tends to be over 30. Second, more likely than not, there's usually going to be someone at home since a lot of women are still home makers and most families have at least 2 or 3 children.
Then there's the morality issue (or the pretending to have morality issue, at least). Mexico is a Catholic country and we get a bit carried away sometimes. Well not really we, I'm not even baptized (which makes me the spawn of the devil as far as most people here are concerned). Having sex before marriage is generally frowned upon, again, particularly if you're a woman. Getting caught at home would probably involve either getting kicked out or being locked in for the next 2 years. I'm possibly exaggerating, but in any case one would be in BIG trouble. And anyhow, who wants to get caught doing it by their parents?
So does everyone abstain and behave like good little chaste boys and girls? Not on your life. Fortunately, some enterprising soul came up with motels. Motels, you ask? Aren't those like hotels except you park right outside your room? Not here. You want somewhere to spend the night you go to a hotel. You want somewhere for a little privacy and love (okay, imagine Barry White's voice for this), you go down to a motel, baby.
I always wondered why all the Motels around here have really high walls. The layout is basically the same, one drives in, pays up at a window (or someone comes out to get the money), and is given a number. The number indicates what garage one's going to drive into. They have little automatic doors to eliminate the worry about anyone seeing your car at a motel, tsk tsk. These places charge about 26 dollars for 9 hours for a simple room. A suite with a jacuzzi will cost twice as much. Quite the business. Maybe not as good as sitting outside with a camera and blackmailing people though.
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i used to have a conversion van, with a bed, chairs, a table, and a fridge. wow that came in handy. when i was really cheap, a blanket, a bottle of wine, and the nearest patch of secluded nature sufficed very well.
Mmm a van would come in handy...but where to park? And alas, we dont have much secluded nature although i expect people do drive off to the sand dunes out of town.
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