TIFU by not knowing what Latina girls say in bed.

Obligatory: this happened a little over a year ago.

I had recently signed up for a popular dating app and matched with a lovely Venezuelan girl, let's call her "F". She was very sweet, and had recently moved to the US. We chatted in the app a bit and hit it off. Her replies were sometimes worded slightly oddly, but since I assumed English was probably not her first language, I didn't think much of it at all. I even asked if she would like to switch to chatting in Spanish, and she readily agreed. I know a tiny bit of Spanish (like, the amount you learn going to High School in the Southern US), so I got good at using Google Translate to help me out.

Fast forward a week or so later, we were clicking in the app and decided to meet up. I met her at her job (a casino) as she was getting off work. The casino parking lot was rather large so I called her for the first time to coordinate exactly which section to meet up in. The conversation went something like this:

"Hey F! It's me PythonPuzzler! I'm near the main entrance, where exactly should I pick you up?"

"...<silence>..."

"Um, hello?"

"...Lo siento. No hablo Inglés."

At this point, I realize that she doesn't speak any English, and must have been doing exactly what I did, which was to use Google Translate. I was a little surprised that she didn't mention it before, but I thought: maybe she assumed I knew more Spanish than I actually did (even though I told her I was using Google Translate), and that we would be able to converse in Spanish. I decided not to bail and just give things a shot. I'd always wanted to brush up on my Spanish anyways, here was the perfect opportunity. (It's also possible the crop-top she was wearing factored into my decision. We may never know.)

So we went on the date, and ended up having a great time. Yes, it was awkward having our phones out the whole date to facilitate communication, but it's amazing what you can put up with and/or get used to when hormones are involved.

Fast forward to the first time we were in bed together. She was very vocal and, of course, spoke Spanish. Most of what she would say I understood and expected, "si..si" and "ay papi" etc...

But there was one thing she kept saying that confused me: "rico". Sometimes she would repeat it several times. Now, I knew that "rico" in Spanish is the masculine form of "rich", as in wealthy. So I thought, maybe this is an idiomatic expression I'm not familiar with, something that Latina girls say to express delight or satisfaction? Somewhat similar to how in English we would (sarcastically) say "Oh that's rich" where "rich" doesn't really have anything to do with the original meaning. (Not the best analogy, I'm just pointing out how in idioms words can change meaning). I thought it was either that or this girl believed I was wealthy and that turned her on?

In any case, I never brought it up. When you have to run 95% of your communication through an app you tend to be judicious about which topics to bring up. Questioning her dirty-talk was not something that cleared the bar.

We dated for several weeks, and I think this happened either every time or almost every time we were in bed. Again, I wasn't paying much attention to it because I thought I had an explanation. Things didn't work out between us, but it's not relevant to the TIFU.

Anyways, several months ago I was speaking to a friend of mine who is much more intelligent than I am. We were telling stories about sexy/funny things you've said/heard in bed, so I brought this up as something odd, but explained my reasoning that "It must be something Latina girls say in bed." Her face has been contorting the whole time I'm telling the story, but when I get to my "explanation", she loses her shit laughing at me. I'm confused, but when she (finally) manages to compose herself she says, "Oh honey, that's not something they say, that's a NAME".

Suddenly two things hit me: "Rico" is Spanish for "Richard", and I am a fucking idiot. I have no idea what this girl was thinking obviously, but my best guess is that she called out an ex's name accidentally, but then when I didn't react to it, she just rolled with it. Either that or she just never gave a fuck. Doesn't really matter, either way, I was a "Rico" substitute for weeks without realizing it.

Rico, if you're reading this down in Venezuela, F is clearly not over you.

TL;DR A Venezuelan chick kept calling out "rico" during sex. I thought it was just something Latina girls say in bed, but it was another dude's name.

EDIT: Oh my God. Some of you are pointing out that I was actually correct in my original assumption. I just Googled "things Latina girls say in bed" and "Qué rico" was on the first site.

Today I fucked up a TIFU post, sorry!