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How much money should I send for a very nice doll for a 5 year old girl.

Hi everyone:

I have been talking to a Paisa girl from Medellin for a month now. She is my Primo ( Cousin )wife's very good friend. She has a 5 year old daughter who is going to have surgery next month on her eye ducts. I want to send some money down so that her mother can buy her a very nice doll that she can take to into the hospital with her from me.

How much should I send 30 - 40 american dollars ? I am doing this because I love kids and I want to make the little girl smile. I am very impressed with this paisa woman... I call her on weekends from Canada with my cousins wife on the phone here to help translate.. She always worries that I am spending too much money on phone calls to her.

She is a 27 year old woman and the father of her child died before the child was born. She works about 70-80 hours a week at her job in the office. What a work ethic... We shall see how this goes... No music bands... jajajajaja

It looks like it could be a paisa woman for me.. As my cousins wife family in Medellin has other women lined up to introduce to me... My cousin just came back from Colombia 2 months ago after a long stint there off and on.. He would have to leave the country every 3 months and go back in.

take care everyone,

Jeff

By WidowerfromCanada on May 22, 2005, 15:22 in Friendly Talkzone.

carolain11 says on May 22, 2005, 15:47:

sure it depends what kind of doll you want the mothre to get for hr daughter, barbie dolls are about 20, 30 dollars... other dolls are more expensive, around 40 or 50 dollars

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calipro says on May 22, 2005, 17:07:

Don't send money... Buy it on line and have her pick it up.

http://www.virtualexito.com/

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WidowerfromCanada says on May 23, 2005, 00:25:

thanks calorain and calipro

Love is like a butterfly , if you chase it you will not catch it but you can hope the butterfly of love lands on your shoulder.

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Bruce V. Shrader says on May 23, 2005, 05:42:

dolls you can also buy them on line from La14,
here's the link:

http://www.la14.com/tiendala14/

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viewpoint says on May 23, 2005, 08:56:

Or try Carrefour http://www.carrefour.com.co/indexportal.php

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dwmte says on May 23, 2005, 09:04:

jeeeesh..... my daughter must have about 20-30 barbies....

if i knew we were paying $20-$30 apiece, she wouldn't have a one.

i can't believe this. we--mom,daughter,family--have been buying these for years. maybe i'm an old frump, but if i was aware of this, i'd just give our daughter the money and have her save it.

at those prices, we're over $600.00 in these silly dolls.

widower...think about that. i've raised eight kids, and i didn't know we were paying this kinda money for these dolls. this is foolishness. sorry.

that's what i get for trusting mom and the kids...

dw.

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Mr. Hollywood says on May 23, 2005, 09:35:

Fresita Strawberry shortcake is AKA "Fresita" here in Colombia and very popular. Tinto make a good point about Barbie not being very cuddly. Stacked, yes, but not very soft.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 23, 2005, 09:41:

have you been cuddling barbies Mr Hollywood?

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carolain11 says on May 24, 2005, 08:33:

barbie dolls I'm a huge fan of those and trust me, the cheapest one here in colombia is about 35.000 pesos, but I agree with tinto, if she wants a doll to hold on to while being at the hospital, get her a different kind of doll

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