Title	Interview with Sergio Rodriguez
Interviewee	Rodriguez, Sergio
Interviewer	Gilmore, Patricia
Summary	Sergio Rodriguez, 67, and his daughter Patricia Gilmore, 32 talk about Sergio’s very long engagement to Patricia’s mother, during which they were each exiled to a different part of the world.
Content	04:09 Sergio met Patricia’s mother when his future father in-law invited him to his daughter’s quinceañera celebration. He remembers thinking she was a bit snobby because she paid little attention to him at the party, she was beautiful, intelligent, nice. He was a regular 17-year-old full of insecurities. 09:25 After that they started going to dances together and he would try to hold her hand on several occasions, but she would not let him, “who do you think you are?” Later on, when they were officially boyfriend and girlfriend she had a similar reaction when he would try to kiss her. 14:45 Sergio talks about how he proposed to her by hiding a ring in a bowl of candies and offering some to her, knowing she would eat many. He proposed knowing that they would be apart for a while since each of them was making plans to leave the island, her, to the United States, him to Puerto Rico, via Spain. 24:05 Sergio talks about the long-distance relationship and he would send letters in batches because postage was expensive, He felt confident she was the only other person for him in his life and that neither of them would find someone else. They had a rule that when they went out (to dances) neither of them could dance more than two dances with the same girl or guy. 40:00 Sergio talks about her wife’s name, Eulalia María. He describes her as a wonderful person, and talks about their first kiss.
Note	Sergio Rodriguez identifies as Cuban, Cuban-American, speaks Bilingual Spanish/English; Patricia Gilmore identifies as Cuban, speaks English
Keyword	immigration stories family trips and excursions money work space, hardhat, etc. decorations first kiss sweet sixteen marriage first meetings engagements weddings birth of first child dances dancing historical events/people college lovers spouse children factory tie Cuba Puerto Rico United States Spain Miami Gainsville quinceañera quinces onions merengue Fidel Castro letters postage Peter Pan
Genre	Oral histories (document genres) sound recordings
Project Description	The interview was conducted as part of the StoryCorps Historias initiative, and this copy is housed at the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries.
Creation Date	2010-01-23
Interview Location	Miami (Fla.)
Physical Description	1 streaming audio (44:39 min.)
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami. Library. Cuban Heritage Collection
Collection Title	StoryCorps Historias
Collection No.	CHC5246
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Object ID	chc5246000093
Digital ID	chc52460000930001001
Kaltura Reference	chc52460000930001001
Interview No.	MBX006269
Type	Sound
Format	audio/mp3
Original Filename	MBX006269.WAV
Archive	video93.mp4

Interview with Sergio Rodriguez

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