When you are married to a Colombian, or in fact anyone from South America, you can kiss goodbye any future small gatherings you may wish to have in the near future, or indeed forever.
Gone are the days of nice relaxing sessions with some close friends, soaking up the sun, having a chat and a nice meal together.
Tomorrow we are having a BBQ for Australia Day where we invited four people - somehow this has ended up to a platoon of people and it would have been more if I did not put my foot down. There is also the strong possibility there will be a few surprise guests turning up on the day. This is because Colombians and their South American counterparts do not understand that it is not okay to invite other people to someone else's house. They believe it is the fiesta so surely this means every single Latino in our hometown must come...........................!?
To Our Dear Latino Friends,
We would like to extend our invitation to you to join us for a casual BBQ at our home to celebrate Australi Day.
See you There
Love Ponquecita
Disclaimer: This does not mean:
- Anyone’s family or friends who happen to be visiting
- The local Latino dance company samba girls
- Lance Armstrong and the Tour Down Under bike team
- Sydney Salsa Congress registrants
- Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Bunnies
- Potential new house mates
- The garbage men
- Your next door neighbour
- Work colleagues
- Marky Mark and the funky bunch
- The old lady from across your street
- The QANTAS pilot flying over your house and all the passengers
- The check-out girl from the Coles supermarket
- Any new Colombians, Chileans, Venezuelans, Brazillians, Argentinians, Peruvians, Mexicans, Equadorians, Nicaraguians, El Salvadorians, Cubans or Space Aliens who "have no one to celebrate Australia Day with".
Now dear readers, please excuse me while I pop out and buy another 20kg of asado meat