And I was occasionally running into this in Chisinau.
There was the labor recruiter from the UK (I want to say Orkney, but that seems as remote as the North Pole. It might have been closer) who tried to ingratiate himself to me from the start as he carried on an affair with a local woman for whom he could provide a good time - food, nice apartment, etc.
Then there was the time I went to one of the better hotels to have a B & B and some uninterrupted internet. As I was sitting, I overheard a conversation between a local guy and an American businessman who didn’t give a fuck what he had to do for his job, just as long as he could satisfy his desire to get laid. The local guy was there to facilitate the process.
Conversely, there was the German university student who was taking a little r & r from school for the summer and stretching his Euros. He had friends in Chisinau, like me, but I could tell his priorities didn’t center around finding a bride or a “cheap lay”. This guy had a good head on his shoulders and I liked him very much.
