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Ask a Mexican: Why Do Mexican Men Always Rub Their Bellies?

by Gustavo Arellano March 18th, 2015December 16th, 2020

Dear Mexican: Why do wabs, regardless of age and body size, always have one hand rubbing their bellies under their shirts? Is this something inherent in all wabs? They all do it, especially the “fresh from the border” ones. I don’t get it. I’m a pocho, and I’ve never seen other pochos do it. Are […]

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