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Hey!

Very interesting.. thanks for the info. Nothing Like a summer romance.. but honestly to tell the world about it. Won't they be popular! Do you have a nationality or last names of these guys?

I can't wait to read the article. To see how acurately it is all portrayed. I looked for the magazine but its not on most of the newsstands yet.

Guys ,..they don't know what they want. They go to Club Med 'cause they can't find any girls in the real world and from what they heard (even in an interview, i swear!) they gonna get laid in CM.Then they go there , get bored of getting laid, disrespect womens in a magazine,describe US like hunters....They left as hunters to go to Club Med!!!!No one force u guys to stay there....

ok, I finally read the article. Its not as bad as some people make it out to be. They are only giving one side of things, like most articles. Sure a lot of GO's sleep with a lot of woman and yes they make light of it. And yes a lot of woman go down looking to get laid, hey why not. A lot of the GO's are great looking. It doesnt mean that every GO and every GM gets laid every week. Some people definately go overboard and a lot of GM gets brazen but who doesnt after drinking and dancing all night. And in reply to JK comment of saying her has to pee and disapearing, I have done the same. thing.

I am not naive, i do acknowledge that some girl must go there to get laid...some guys too. all i am saying is not the majority of the girls go there with the goal of sleeping with GO. Some GO are grinding a lot when you resist them And the more you resist, the harder they come after you. Yes some GO are good looking, spending their time getting tan.Everyone looks good with a tan...In canada, we have a lot of tan arms connected to white torsos :)

ohhhhhhh would you please stop your damn crying. did the article mention your name, or did you want it to?? take it in stride, we all get dumped on at some point in time and if you think that this is the first time a man ever did this to you,,,,GROW UP, WAKE UP and SHUT UP. 70% of all the people that go to club med know what the deal is. it's a 7 day vacation, what did you expect, a lifelong commitment? it's been that way for 52 years now. and at turks there is nothing to do there except compare notes at the end of the week. (like that doesn't happen on the ride back to JFK) if you want to bitch at somebody, bitch at the bitch that wrote the article or maybe the bitch that is the bitches editor. or much better yet call the main office in miami (800-CLU-BMED) they got alot of bitches down there, and tell them that you are mortally offended by the way you were treated like a bitch by the staff and you are personally going to start your own bitchin capaign against club med's degrading treatment of female guests. in other words ladies, if you got a problem, go fix it. complaining about it will only make you sick inside and loose you a few friends. all my love to nancy t., barbra j., stacy g., joan n., carol j., debbie t ., debbie r., debbie o., debbie s.,debbie v., lydia l., donna d., dana k., ilene w., latoya d., kim g., cyndi g., cynthia h., alice e., evelyn m., franny t., georgina s., kathy d and kathy f., and all the other wonderful women who were kind enough, loving enough and most of all passionate enough to share themselves with me at turkoise during the month that i was employed for the club. thank you.........aa

Bah-ha-ha-ha!!! You crack me up abdellabdella!!!

I agree, it's not the GO's we should be mad at, it's the bitch who wrote the article! After all, we women (and the men I became friends with) gossip about the "hook-ups" that happen. It's not like we don't know it happens, it isn't that we don't believe that it's talked about, but to put it in a magazine is crazy! And that article was completely one sided. I personally did write to the author, Claudine Ko, and to 8 or 9 of the senior and managing editors of the magazine to voice my complaint.

But thanks for that laugh!

When where you a GO at turks?

- Lisa (a.k.a. FlyGirl)

Abdellabdella
I have not been dumped by a GO.... I still live with him after 2 years commitment But thanks for the tip! I thought this was a forum to say your opinion, not to tell others to shut up...I am so sorry I got u so upset over nothing....

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Abdellabdella
I have not been dumped by a GO.... I still live with him after 2 years commitment But thanks for the tip! I thought this was a forum to say your opinion, not to tell others to shut up...I am so sorry I got u so upset over nothing....

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i was not telling u specifically to shut up, but everyone in general. sorry u can't take a joke and laugh a little.

hey flygirl, i was employed at turks from april 10th, 1999 to about the middle of may when they fired me for calling the new york times to see if i could get them to print a list of the names and addresses of all the women that i slept with. the times said i would have to buy a full page ad. i could not afford that much. i was sad.....aa

I am guessing most of you are former GOs. I apologize if I am wrong. I have always called them the "one week meaningful relationships". I have only hooked up with one female GO, and we had a good time. But the female GOs seem less likely to hook up with guys then GO guys with GM girls. I didnt go down to the Club expecting anything to happen. That one time it just did. Just to let things happen naturally is why I enjoyed it. I did not go down saying "I will meet a female GO"

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Originally posted by abdellabdella

they fired me for calling the new york times to see if i could get them to print a list of the names and addresses of all the women that i slept with.

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Well, first of all, MAN am I glad I never met you!! I mean, I'd hate to think that a guy I felt I connected with was that nasty as to do something like that.

Secondly, I honestly don't understand why would you want to do that? I mean, that's just so wrong!! I didn't think it was that nice of you to put all those women's names on here, but at least it was just first names and the first initial only of their last names. Do you really have absolutely no respect whatsoever for these women?? Because these actions would say that you don't. You must be a very sad, angry person if you would even consider doing this. I would hope you'd go for counseling so you can work through your issues.

- Lisa (a.k.a. FlyGirl)

uh flygirl........i was being sarcastic.....lighten up. i got the boot from the club for trying to change some of the unsafe practices they had for the staff. we had three fatalities in scuba in a three month period. one of which was a friend of mine, a fellow GO. myself and several others on the team opened our mouths and now now of us can work for the club again. i have heard that the rules got changed on paper but in real time it's still the SOS...

Abdellabdella, for the record, I had a good laugh about this discussion. Thank you for brightening up my day...

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Originally posted by abdellabdella

i was being sarcastic.....lighten up.

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You would think that by now, with several people obviously mis-reading what you wrote, that you would get the clue that sarcasm doesn't come across very well online. Especially when you don't insert those annoying emoticons.

Now, from what you said about the scuba, that's really scary! I mean, speaking from a legal standpoint, you would think that Club Med would know better. If someone's family sues them for wrongful death, and the family's attorney does some background checks, this will come out! Things can happen that are accidents, yes. But as a worldwide corporation, you'd hope they would learn from those accidents and correct the situation. And that means more than just ON PAPER.

Guess it's lucky for me that I have inner ear trouble and can't scuba-dive. ;-) (see, that's the emoticon I was talking about to show "just kidding") ;-P (that is a "jesting" sticking my tongue out at you.)

- Lisa (a.k.a. FlyGirl)

Flygirl, I hope you are not including me in the several people mis-reading. As far as I'm concerned, the sarcasm came across very well.

No, I'm not including you. There were other people who didn't necessarily see his posts as sarcasm. You definitely made it clear that you did.

Personally, I'm the type of person who likes to take people at their word, rather than "reading sarcasm" in everything. I don't think I'd like it if I always were to assume that people were being sarcastic. Sarcasm can be funny (in moderation), but when overused, it gets VERY old, played out and VERY annoying.

- Lisa (a.k.a. FlyGirl)

yvette.....glad you had a few laughs. maybe i give you more in the future if i have time to keep coming to this site.

flygirl......pardon a moi.....i feel so sad that i make you upset because of my ignorance of computer. i am not used to all this online chat. normally when i am on computer it is in dark, lonely room and i am not connected to internet, just the chair by big iron chain:)

Ok, so let’s put all the sarcasm and BS on the side. First of all the GO’s interviewed in the article should have been gentlemen but they weren’t. They should have kept their mouths shut, but they didn’t. I don’t know them but I can describe them to a tee. Young, tan, fairly well built and full of themselves. Fear not, this will all change as soon as they enter back into the real world and become just regular guys again. They will not have their nametags or uniform shirts or any special advantages when it comes to attracting the ladies. They will not be the superstars of the village anymore. (club med actually told us to think like this when I started working there). The woman that wrote the article was there to dig up the dirt because as we all know, dirt sells big time in our society. A cute little article about the club would have only been taking up space on the paper. Second, did someone a few days ago say the GO’s have cake jobs? Ok so lets look at the cake job I had. Up at 7:00am and I pretty much kept working till about 1:00am. So take out sometime for lunch and dinner and showers and such and you still have a 16 hour day, 6 days a week. If this is your idea of cake you can count on the fact I will decline any invitations to your house for dinner. And last but not least, my sex life as a GO. No I will not mention names (for those of you who couldn’t figure it out in my earlier post, I did not sleep with 24 women in 30 days). All earlier names mentioned were fictitious. IF I had applied myself (and wanted to have sex just for the sake of having sex) I am sure that I could have had at least 3-4 girlfriends a month. I know this sounds like BS but until you actually work there and see for yourself what goes on you won’t believe it. Keep in mind on any given week the female/male guest ratio is 60/40 and this is the average, some weeks it was way up there at 75/25. Who kept track of this and why, I have no idea. But somebody always knew the ratios on arrival days, especially the charter from JFK. A few of my co-workers bragged about “bagging” 2 or 3 women a week, but if you spend any time at all inside club med you realize that 40% of all you hear on the inside is pure bull and the rest of it is inflated ego. This goes for what management tells you too. You learn not to trust most of what you hear about anything. As it was at the end of the day, the only thing that I really wanted was a soft bed and a little peace and quiet. I had 2 long term (long term at cm means more than a week) relationships while I was there. One that still exists today with a co-worker and one for 3 months with a guest that refused to go home. Don’t ask. The rest of the ladies that I entertained ALL approached me. Don’t ask me why, I consider myself to nice looking, but on the average side. In fact it was the easiest time I’ve ever had with women my entire life. No stupid pick up lines, no awkward small talk. I can’t fully explain it but it was a quick bonding while I was working followed by a few jokes and some sarcasm and boom, I’d be kissing someone goodbye the next morning as I ran off to work. How very domestic. also a real ego inflator. So what the hell am I trying to say here??? Oh yeah, ladies: if you go and you’re looking to “get some”, fine, who cares. It’s your life so enjoy it while you can. If you go and you’re not looking, fine again. I sure most of you know how not to have sex. But let’s face facts, everybody talks, just in different ways. Women gossip to each other in quiet tones and in a feminine fashion. But men prefer to beat their chests and brag out loud like real men are supposed to. In either event this is what a lot of us learned growing up from parents and relatives and our friends. Old habits are hard to break. (Have you ever looked in the mirror and saw one of your parents staring back at you? Scary ain’t it?) But no matter who or where you are or who you sleep with, it’s going to be talked about no matter what, and with

Hi, that was a really good piece of moral learning. Personally I have to say that how you've written now, abdellabdella, I preferred much more than before 'cause before I also didn't found the sarcasm in the texts but I'm really calmed that it was just sarcasm (I hope that this is true in fact :)) ).
And you showed the people here a piece of reality and "how it is going on" and that I find is really great :)

abedllabdella, I only want to say one thing: you read my mind!

abedllabdella, I only want to say one thing: you read my mind!

OK, I see no-one has posted on this topic for sometime, and thought I would leave my thoughts, having worked as a GO in two resorts, one a family resort and the other an adult resort.

In the family resort as most of the clientele were young families, there were less opportunities for GOs than the average place, so there was lots of bed-hopping between GOs. I remember being a little shocked by it at first, particularly in the first week when a female GO was hitting on me. I was interested in first, until I got chased by her psychopathic GO 'boyfriend' who was my next door neighbour, and wanted to know why I was messing around with his 'girlfriend', who I found out had slept with yet another GO in the first 3 or 4 nights. After that I steered clear of getting involved with another GO - far too much flirting, sexual tension, cheating and jealousy amongst all the GOs for my liking. A large number of the female GOs were different to the one I described above though, and liked the security of getting involved in a relationship early on.

When I worked in the adult resort, some GOs were having contests to see how many GMs they could sleep with during the season. I really didn't want to get into that so kept things to myself when I got involved with GMs, much to the surprise of the other GOs. I think some of the guys enjoyed the boasting about the women they'd slept with more than the sex itself. I found that the guys sleeping with the most GMs were often insecure and unhappy, but I guess that is often the case for people who have lots of one night stands. Call me old fashioned, but I found if I slept with a woman and I liked her I wanted to spend more time with her, and not move onto the next one. I did have a few flings that summer, but I did get very attached to one GM and we saw each other afterwards.

Anyway, there were 2 main things that annoyed me with the GOs attitude towards women. The first was the dishonesty. Having a one week fling is fine as long as you don't pretend its something else. Too many GOs had flings, and then told lies to the woman about how much they loved her, etc, and how they wanted a relationship when they got home, when in reality they were moving onto the next guest. I felt sorry for the younger naive women who fell for this. The second thing that got to me was 1 or 2 of the guys were so sleazy their behaviour bordered on sexual harrassment, refusing to take no for an answer. One GM in particular complained to me, as one GOs behaviour was ruining her holiday - she felt like he was stalking her.

OK - I guess theres been a bit too much cynicism in here, so I'll tell you that in my time as a GO I do remember several cases where a GO (normally a guy) fell in love with a GM, and ended up quitting their job so they could see each other.

So all you ladies, it is possible to find true love after all at Club Med, even if you're far more likely to just get a one night stand.

Bad soap opera? Maybe, that would explain the level of acting in the shows...But all the way through my time at Club med I thought it was more like Big Brother than anything else!

I really enjoyed my time as a GO, but I'm glad I escaped Club Med before it changed me!

Club Med is just a smaller version of the real world.
Even in real life, it's hard to find true love.
One night stand happen everywhere.
It's just more likely to happen in a holiday-environment where people come for a short time to have a good time and let loose.
If you bear that in mind before going on a holiday, it's much easier to deal with.
And who knows, someday someone might come along who melts down your ice-queen attitude... (believe me, I know)
But don't let it get to you if it doesn't happen.
True love exists. Somewhere. Anywhere.

And I still haven't read the article you people are talking about....
Could anyone mail it to me?
I'm curious!!!!

I just wanna congratulate ABDELLAABDELLA for his incredibly accurate portrail or CM. Having worked in Punta Cana, Cancun, and Columbus Isle (Bahamas), I can attest that EVERY word he said is 100% true! Although I had the most incredible times of my life working for Club Med, I've now been home for about 8 months, and I'm just loving being back. I'll NEVER forget my CM experiences, but the only time you'll ever see me back there is wearing a G.M bracelet, and not worring about finnishing dinner in time for Crazy Signs.

p.s. abdellabdella, I know how you feel.....we lost a good friend at Columbus (SCUBA).....my heart goes out to their families and friends....

I don't understand what the big deal is... There were gorgeous people in Turkiose when I was there, and I was definitely attracted to a few. I didn't go there looking for anything like that, it was just there. Sex is just not fuss in my life... It's not something that I let cause problems either. I've been in few relationships and have never really been the type for one night stands. If someone is going to work at Club Med or take a vacation to Turks with sex and only sex on their mind than I would only hope that they have a strong heart to feel the pain of the ones they hurt and unrequited love Just have a good time...relax.... the water is beautiful and so are friendships... drama is not something i would look forward to. If you do happen to find someone, it will work if both of you want it to work. If it doesn't work, no worries.... move on... there are so many people alive today and there's someone for everyone out there.... Good luck and stay strong

Hey i have yet to read the article as well, can someone drop it into my mailbox as well? Kudos to u invisibleman for stating your point that not all GOs are crap. I just returned from a CM trip and had one of the best vacations ever. I couldn't believe my "popularity"amongst the GOs. I had invitations to their bed and since i had my eyes set on one of them, i said yes. The last 2 nites at CM were spent in his bed and he was such an affectionate person. He made me feel so comfortable and there was no promise of love or anything which was perfectly fine with me as he was being truthful, not leading me on.

Maybe i'll meet him someday at other villages, since he mentioned he will only do one season there.

so far no-one's mailed it to me....

Abdella...you have a great sense of humour...love it!!
By any chance do you know Scott, Simon or J.P.(Scuba St. Lucia-96?)

Cheers
Hailey

These kind of comments are made by very nieve women. I'm sorry but I was a GO in Club Med on and off for 5 years and I've seen a lot of GM'S fall in love with GO'S and think that they are the one and only in their lives. Remember thses GO'S live in Club Med at the time they are working and this is their home . Do you expect them to stay single and be alone while the GM'S return home. Club Med is a fantasy word( A beautiful one at that) and anyone that goes there looking for the love of their life is foolish. Keep in mind that you are there to have a vocation romance or just a wonderful vocation. Don't blame the GO'S if you fall in love with them...they are only human.

Please don't be offended by my last message but the women and men in ClubMed act the same as people in the real world. Some sleep around and some don't . What ever you choose to do ..remember to be safe because you never know what that person has been doing. Through out 5 years I have seen and heard a lot of stories....

Hello everyone,

wow! all said well...i think club med people are just as each of us who go there and visit. Just as you can find good and bad apples everywhere ....same with people...this is what makes the world such an interesting place...otherwise it would be boring wouldn't it?People talk either you are in CM world or live in the real world...but these are choices each one of us makes..and we have to live with it ...
what I am trying to say is ..live life the way you want it... just make sure that the choices you make are the right ones for you and don't worry about people talking - they will do it anyways....so why worry?

As for finding real love .... it can happen at Club Med ( a good friend of mine met her husband in Club Med ) but again ... you don't have to be at Club Med...it can happen just about anywhere ...and ususally when you least expect it!!!! All is possible...I know that much and I know it very well....:)))

Yes, you can find love any where if it's meant to be it will find you...Even in Club Med. I actually married another GO my self. Just remember that relationships can be a little more intense in the Club because of the very seductive and romantic life style of the resorts. So have an open mind if love is what you are hoping for!!

Have fun with your partner don't let jealousy take over.....

still...noone's mailed me this bloody article we're all talking about....
I'm too curious for my own good!!!

hi guys! i'm a new member to this forum who just came back from bintan club med yest nite which was my 1st trip to club med...its a company trip with my colleagues which we wanted to go cherating in da 1st place but no more rooms so ended in bintan..had a blast there as all the GOs are really nice and friendly such as Rotto which i read from most of the postings..as i was browsing through all the forums, i saw this forum which made me registered to this site so i can voice out some of my opinions..i did get my quite an amount of offers from some GOs during my merely 2 nites stay there which i've rejected gently..however during my last nite i nearly gave in to one of a particular GO that i'd clicked with as the tension between the 2 of us was really hot..maybe it was bcos i had too much wine as well..but anyway rejected in the end and the GO did not pursue anymore further and let me go like a gentlemen..so i think to sleep with a GO is a free will action, we are all adults so the choice is up to you whether to accept it or to reject it..anyways, i guess i'll be returnin to club med once i get any chance..

i must say that first timers to club med are highly susceptible to all the gorgeous looking G.Os and often end up going home in tears and major withdrawal because they are thinking "hm, a week ago today, i had drinks with so and so, danced and flirted all night and....". then you miss them so much so you try your best to find out how to see them / talk to them again. but after more trips and more flirting with the G.Os, you realise that it's all the same after a while and learn to take it all in good stride. then you just leave feeling content and happy instead of mulling over how sad that your vacation is over!!

hi lionness, i'm still having the feelings u mentioned in your posting..guess tis is what normally would happened to first-timers..anyway, i think holiday flings are hard to avoid..in my actual life, it never cross my mind before to have a sexual encounter with some guy i just know for 1-2 days..i'm still trying to get over the mulling but it seems like the mulling is more to regret for not pursuing it anymore further..

don't be so down in the dumps kiko, i went to bintan with a girl who went crazy over someone, and a year later saw that same GO in cherating and he didn't even remember her! so don't have any regrets, not worth it. just have fun while you are there lah!

reality check people. reality check. heh

Kiko--Lioness, as usual, has shown great wisdom and has given you some great advice. If it makes you feel any better, the same thing happens to guys who go to Club Med, but to a much lesser extent. The best feeling is when you go back to a Club Med and a GO, who you haven't seen in years, comes up to you and says that it is good to see you again. That just happened to me last month, when a GO, who was my archery instructor six years ago, recognized me and came up to me in the bar and said hello. That's what Club Med is really about.

Hey all... I'm using my older sister's account on this site because I haven't signed up yet. All I have to say is that I am a 22 year old college girl who has PROUDLY SLEPT WITH A GO! I met a wonderful GO who was about the same age as myself and we hit it off immediately and didn't end up hooking up until the second time I saw him a few months later when I returned to the club! There was no pressure and he was absolutely great about it! So all I have to say is... have fun, be safe and be crazy as long as you are proud and happy with the decisions you make on your vacations! LIVE IT UP!!

Does anyone go to club med and not get laid? Seriously, i had no idea! I was a naive beginner until just recently, so this whole world is new to me. Is it that way at the family villages too or just the adults ones? Just curious......

Yes, many don't, but as long as you want to, it's not that difficult. If you are of legal age and somewhat available, they'll make a bee line for you. They really know how to spot the naive newbees quite well! ;p

Ok here's my next question. How about the male GM's? Do they get as much action with the female GO's? do they hook up with other GM's? Or are the just outta luck because all the female GM's are hooking up with the male GO's?

lioness, thanks for the advise..anyway i would like to know is there any rules or regulations that the GO must adhere in Club Med for their relationship with the GM? maybe they have a border line or something that they must not cross?

the only rule is: no minors. under 18: BIG nono, though it still happens.

male GMs: there are quite some female sharks about, among GO and GM.

but i think most of them are not that persistant rite bcos those GOs that approached me let me go gently after i rejected their offer..and one of them is really a gentleman as he even escorted my back to my room after i said no..

Was at phuket n one of the sharks there told me that asian girls are more highly sought after coz not many of those come by? ~shrug~ i thought it true at that time coz even the portrait painter was trying to pick me up. But i'm kinda thinking it's not the case now...lol.