There is a lack of men in San Miguel and an abundance of single women. Given your point of view, this translates into either a shortage of men or a surplus of women.
This post is about the shortage of men in San Miguel. The joke is that most men in San Miguel are either married, gay or going home on Tuesday. So that leaves THE REST.
Here are two of the San Miguel Hotties that aren’t gay, married or going home Tuesday.
Okay be honest – first reaction? Do you now have some sympathy for the Single Women of San Miguel and why they would form an organization. If the barrel of single men is not very full then you you know you aren’t too far from the bottom.
Here are two more from the Single Men Barrel. Sorry single ladies but I am informed that these men are not the market.
And the Barrel gets emptier and emptier.
I’ve been reading backposts in the blog all night – thank you ever SO much Laurie for leading me to this …. fount of ….. I’m sorry, I am speechless. I had never considered moving to SMA (I still have my coyote full circle skirt from Santa Fe thank you very much and so thought I was over THAT phase of my life) UNTIL I reached this page. I was ready say that life in SMA is just too, too precious (is that how one spells pretentious?) … but right now I don’t have a man in my life … the photos of these parfaits hommes du monde in their finest make me want to grab el proximo vuelo.
You are a wonderful, talented, word-master writer. Thank you for the great, insightful views of the San Miguelisians!
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Single Men Barrel Gang: I have always felt that meeting asingle barrel man in San Miguel is highly unlikely. I believe that I would have a better chance if I was home in CA, feet up on my couch, watching tv and a man would come up the driveway, knock on the door and ask me out for a cup of coffee, saying, “Now, tell me a little about yourself.”
I was discounting moving/visiting the area because of the diseases, insects, smoky atmosphere, bad water, horrific traffic, and so on… until I read this blog. Now I’m convinced I’d fit in like the big toe in a shoe.. I’m one of the ones he’d surely photograph.. I’m tall and lean, wear what I like rather than what ‘they’ like, wear comfy shoes, dote on my dear canine companion, love hats, love shoulder rugs, am retired and then some, looking for a suitable tall wealthy male with a lovely home and a happy family of children, and so on. Best blog I’ve read so far, and I’ve read a lot of them… More laughs in an hour than in a year. -smile- Thanks for the humor. Keep it up.
There are gangs here that are very exclusive, you have to be a full-time local of 8 or more years…they look upon the Gringo men who sit in the Jardin with hip disdain and call their male bonding meeting place the Viagra bench…maybe you need to post a Viagra gang…the exclusive nameless gangs are hard to track down and only go to centro to buy bulk coffee and get their mail…very mysterious…..
Hmmm. As a spinster of an uncertain age, maybe SMA is not for me. I think I’ll stay in Honduras, where the HIV rates are among the highest in CA.
Well, you missed one here. That’s me in the stripe shirt with my husband Richard…gay and proud!
Yes I left on a Tuesday in March and Todd wear a big wedding ring if you sit in the Jardin..
Todd, as I understand it, Lander is just a SMA part-timer. How he manages to stir up so much (fill in the blank) as a part-timer is a credit to his imagination and his wickedness.
I see you have a thumbs-up already. It came quick, so I imagine you awarded it yourself. You are a good egg, so I´m gonna give you another. And, of course, one for myself here. Ta-ta.
By some odd coincidence I will be leaving for San Miguel in the morning.
And I do hit 2 out of the 3 things they say about men in San Miguel. I am married and I will be leaving tuesday.
Maybe I will see you on the Group W bench in front of the church!
Todd
Why are the snippy people always anonymous? I gave him/her a thumbs-down, and I gave you a thumbs-up. I´ll be giving myself a thumbs-up too.
No simply retired with lots of time to fill
Are you people superficial or what!?
Richard, sometimes you have to grab for life´s little pleasures. I gave you a thumbs up too! You deserve it.
Michael, please give yourself a thumbs up all you want if that works for you. Glad to provide some technology that gives some temporary pleasure.
Steve:
Protection comes from knowing what I look like and me knowing what you look like. My friends in SMA, know to be extra careful when they see me with a camera and I never, put pictures of friends on the next although I keep threatening Babs with a picture I have of her.
And I accidentally gave Cotton a thumbs up, thinking it was my initial comment. Sometimes it pays to slow down, look before you leap. But Cotton deserves a thumbs up, so let´s not dwell on that. His bringing “the finger” into the discussion is a little tacky, however. I´ll give this one a thumbs up too, by the way.
By the way, just want to admit again that after leaving a comment here I always immediately give myself a thumbs up. I´ll do that on this one too, just so´s you know.
Guy in the top photo on the right would look promising, I imagine, but then you notice the purse strap. Guy next to him looks okay too if you like cigar smoke. I like cigar smoke, but I prefer women, preferably one who does not smoke cigars.
But I am happily married, so this is just an academic observation. Or something like that.
The two guys in the second photo illustrate why men never should give up on barbers. Barbering is an honorable profession.
Guy in the third photo, well, his look is maritime elf. Are those brogans on his feet?
By the way, I thought it was that men in SMA were either married, gay, going home on Tuesday or insane. You left out insane which, I wager, is the most heavily populated category.
Something just struck me, Richard. If I move to SMA, I become a target for your roving lens and finger. Hmmm. Another factor to consider.