What Puerto Ricans Think About Dating Gringos 💋

"Would you date a gringo?" What Puerto Rican women and men think of dating Americans in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[@Mistaking03]

My wife is from Puerto Rico. We have 2 kids together. Im a gringo 😅. I absolutely love the culture..

[@dougkalagian]

❤️

[@adamlopez3561]

I used to think Puerto rican women were like that nice actress from the Wedding Planner but I was wrong.

[@dougkalagian]

@adamlopez3561 haha what do you mean

[@adamlopez3561]

@@dougkalagian Thought Puerto Rican girls were like Jennifer Lopez from Wedding Planner but I don't think they are.

[@dougkalagian]

@adamlopez3561 haha dang I haven’t seen it. What was her character like ?

[@coreysmith2774]

I'm a gringo and I have been married to my beautiful Puerto Rican wife for over 13 years, and wouldn't change it for the world. Best part is sharing the traditions and foods.

[@dougkalagian]

Love it, thank you for sharing!

[@jrx2662]

you'll one bless guy!

[@echohunter4199]

I’m a typical white American man and fell in love with a Puerto Rican lady 33 years ago, we’re still happily married and we made two daughters together. I went to Spanish language school at night to learn Spanish to better understand her family and culture.

[@dougkalagian]

That’s a very sweet story, thank you for sharing!!

[@dougkalagian]

Have you become fluent in Spanish?

[@echohunter4199]

@@dougkalagian it depends on who I speak with since there’s a LOT of different dialects and they often use different words that confuse the hell out of me but, with Puerto Ricans and Cubans I understand them just fine. I’d place myself at around 40% fluent but when I’m in PR or Spain and I’m surrounded by Spanish speakers it pushes me to learn and speak more Spanish and I don’t have a typical guero accent. Watching TV commercials where some white guy is speaking Spanish horribly is like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard.

[@anactaneustheeleventh2542]

@echohunter4199 👍 Nice!!!

[@joa1469]

No bad experience with Americans never again I stay with my Hispanic born in the island 🏝️!

[@user-ub8uc8gq7r]

You wouldn’t date us Hawaiians?

[@ramonsantiago5766]

I feel the same way. The value system is different. In the Island we put family over everything. In the U.S and most other places, the object is to leave as soon as possible and the in laws are shunned and treated like crap. They act like they have to pick a side for everything. We have massive family get togethers flr everything. They do it once a year and call it a family reunion. There is no warmth or culture in the US it's a gender war, and life is work, home, work home, work, home u til you are old and grey. Hell no. Give me my Puerto Rican woman with nice nalgas who can cook, and we can take our family to the placita to party and enjoy the holidays instead of being stuck working on the holidays.

[@ramonsantiago5766]

@@user-ub8uc8gq7r Sure. Same island warmth!;-)

[@Toxic_Diamonds]

I'm half Puerto Rican and half Canadian. Idk what to say to that tbh. I said the same thing when I had a bad experience with an African American guy (I'm a girl). I was like never again, sorry. I don't hate the race, but I just wouldn't date one again. He cheated on me and some other things I can't even say here.

[@joa1469]

@@Toxic_Diamonds is the culture is different and if they didn’t have example even worse

[@goseemekah]

Awww that young man just warmed my heart. Idk how I even got here, but I'm happy I'm here. ❤

[@dougkalagian]

Glad you enjoyed 😌 Thanks for stopping by

[@dianegron]

We do intermarry A LOT and shamelessly. If you’re nice to us, you have a marriage for life. If you don’t, hide.

[@dougkalagian]

[@dianegron]

@@andrew.kusuma It means we will actually have a genealogy, generations to live on. It means our culture will enrich the world and will be enriched by other’s. It means we will survive and thrive while others opted out. Basically , the world is ours.

[@dougkalagian]

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[@dougkalagian]

@@dianegron I hid him from the channel, which hides all his past and future comments. I 100% support healthly dialogue and conversation, which is why I make content - but he admitted to having chatgpt type out his multi-paragraph response which to me is spammy, and then he used profanity to insult me lol.

[@dianegron]

@@dougkalagian 😯 Thought it was you being weird. My apologies.

[@jungulbuny3159]

I'm a man from Mayaguez Puerto Rico and I've been married to my American wife for 28 years and we have 2 wonderful kids. I absolutely love my wife and she loves me. We are going to be grandparents in a few months and life is great. Love can found and if you do, please don't be afraid to compromise and make sacrifices as both have to make sure we provide a good life for our kids and us.

[@dougkalagian]

That’s great! Thanks for sharing. Did you guys end up living in PR or the mainland?

[@jungulbuny3159]

We live in the mainland but we visit the island every 2 years or so. We like to keep our kids close to family from the island and we enjoy the culture.

[@dougkalagian]

@jungulbuny3159 awesome! I’m a gringo and my fiancé is boricua. When we have kids we’re thinking the same thing, to at least take them for a month out of the year if possible so they can identify with the culture

[@jungulbuny3159]

@thenearhorizon Hope you have a long happy and exciting life together. Thank you for the kind words.

[@dougkalagian]

@jungulbuny3159 igualmente! Gracias! 🙏🏻

[@hippiewithacowboyhat]

Man, that last guy brought a tear to my eyes. The lines on a map dont matter, we are much bigger than that. Well said !!!

[@dougkalagian]

💯 agree, I teared up while filming 🥲

[@wattacatch3040]

No, no and no. Relationships are already difficult, stay within your own culture, beliefs, values, etc.. . .everyone can relate and be much happier.generally. I love my Puerto Rican culture, the people, the music, our identity our love for our land can only truly be shared and understood by and with another Puerto Rican. Que viva mi gente, mi cultura y mi tierra, PAN, TIERRA Y LIBERTAD!

[@dougkalagian]

Thanks for sharing!

[@aztecmayatainowarrior]

Me personal as a taino to each of there own i wouldnt we are completely different and its unequally yoked i stay to my own

[@fnsilly8983]

Aka wht guys

[@relaxionlife9200]

Wait are puerto ricans not Americans?

[@dougkalagian]

They are Americans and have US citizenship, but have limitations on their rights while living in Puerto Rico. For instance, they can’t vote in US presidential elections. But if they moved to the mainland they would have all the same privileges. Even though they have citizenship, many Puerto Ricans don’t consider themselves Americans.

[@KevenCulp-m9m]

The girl at the 1:27 mark is beautiful.. wow

[@JahLives]

Gringo is a term that is used to describe American Citizens. Puerto Ricans are also American citizens.

[@alejandroangel5908]

now its used against white americans

[@hectormunoz7966]

Puerto Ricans with statutory citizenship. It's like telling a Sicilian that he's Italian. We represent Puerto Rico as it's own entity during world games, etc. blessings.

[@coquireport]

@JahLives No! Gringo mean foreigner

[@James-i3r5g]

Jah is JAH mi vida I love Puerto Rico esse fantastico... nevermind I'm a crazy diamond

[@James-i3r5g]

Hehe

[@731fault]

What do you mean when you say gringo? Is a white European or a person that speak English from the united States Regardless of color?

[@dougkalagian]

Great question! We made a video on that very topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6nEeXRplrZ1qbs

[@dianegron]

@@731fault Gringo is a foreigner (usually English-speaking, but it could speak Greek, Russian, Chinese, etc.) that doesn’t speak Spanish or can’t be understood by Spanish speakers.

[@luisroman7140]

I always dreamed of marrying a gringa but they always rejected me 😅

[@dougkalagian]

Bendito

[@reneeracine2240]

Id rather just have them only to breed with each other so the race won't wipe out.

[@dougkalagian]

So no marrying gringos?

[@reneeracine2240]

@@dougkalagian probably not to be on safe side

[@Billy-qv7dc]

​​@@reneeracine2240Are you ignorant or stupid?Or both?The overwhelming majority of Puerto Ricans are racially mixed.To various degrees.Nothing is worse than ignorance....Read....

[@JahLives]

Puerto Rican isn't a race.

[@Toxic_Diamonds]

​@@reneeracine2240Puerto Rican is an ethnicity, not a race!

[@7Forest7]

Very romantic

[@dougkalagian]

Puerto Rico awaits thee

[@leslielajaeee]

Why is this a thing 😂 ppl are ppl

[@dougkalagian]

Haha I agree. My fiancé is Puerto Rican and I’m a gringo. Love is love 😁

[@elicordero4019]

What the hell is a gringo?

[@dougkalagian]

Good question! We made a video on that topic. Puerto Ricans define the word gringo and then explain their feelings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6nEeXRplrZ1qbs

[@luketornblad4605]

To put it simply, it's a foreigner. But if you're from Mexico, specifically, due to some American units during the Mexican-American War (1836-46) wearing green uniforms, they were called Gringos

[@leighcoto2658]

😆

[@jrx2662]

remember puerto ricans are american's too!

[@dougkalagian]

The Complexity of Puerto Rico and U.S. Identity kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6G4hpiHmLmHppI

[@scotmarq]

Can we show the worst example of P.R. women? wow!

[@dougkalagian]

In what way?

[@teddydavis2339]

Puerto Ricans general ove white gringos. Black gringos, not so much.

[@Toxic_Diamonds]

Yeah because I had a bad experience with an African American. I'm not against the ethnicity, just wouldn't date em.

[@TheBeautyofKarma]

Dating Americans? We ARE Americans

[@marcotorres8779]

Are you from Puerto Rico? Or the USA

[@TheBeautyofKarma]

@@marcotorres8779 I was born in Puerto Rico

[@raulvazquez6594]

The United States is in America, the Caribbean is in America. We are all Americans.

[@warriorshedge6772]

@@raulvazquez6594 then you know nothing about race and culture, to think an all mighty unbeatable people are equal to those they can influence with ease, will respect the notion of being called American.. As if its an open title, granted, only those who face hardship from foreigners, sill come to understand the importance of your own.

[@raulvazquez6594]

@@warriorshedge6772 and you my man are on a trip. Thanks for the troll.

[@e.rivera4251]

Take note in PR "gringo" is the same as "American" or "from the states" or the north. We like to put short names to everything to describe their origin. Do not associate this term with something bad.

[@dougkalagian]

👏🏻💙🌟

[@amgooder]

Love is love...but stop mixing and diluting our culture😑😄 Gringos are "white Americans" I don't like to use the term... I was born & raised in U.S. So that makes me a Puerto Rican American not a Caucasian.

[@dougkalagian]

Interesting! I thought Gringo referred to all Americans, not just whites?

[@amgooder]

@@dougkalagian Not sure if you know ...but Gringo...actually means "green go" When White Americans would invade territories , natives did not speak English...so they saw soldiers dressed in their green military uniforms...and would yell at them🗣 green go!!!!➡️

[@JoshuaBall-p5j]

You are Caucasian like the rest of us and probably more European than most white Americans. If your a white Puerto Rican your ancestors came from SPAIN which is Europe. Viva conquistadors !

[@coralarroyo2329]

​@@dougkalagianpersonally I experienced racism so much from gringos so i definitely wouldn't but thats just my opinion

[@dougkalagian]

@coralarroyo2329 can I ask what happened?

[@Aliensgoboom94]

I would absolutely love to date a Puerto Rican my gooodness I would love them forever . 😮 seem like such down to earth nice warm people. I love how they all put the high perspective on love !! 💕 ❤❤❤❤ and not so much race !

[@dougkalagian]

Yeah love is what matters in the end 😌