(Generally speaking)
If you are simply kind to women abroad, they will consider you to be a potential date. In other words, boyfriend or husband material.
If you are simply kind to women in America, they will consider you to be another one of their non-romantic friends. In other words, non-dating material.
In Mexico, several women had actually said this to me, verbatim:
"Eres una persona muy buena."
This translates to "You are a very good person." This simple sentence means a lot to me. They would actually say this from the bottom of their heart, because I had been so kind and sincere. They would actually be turned on by my kindness.
American-raised women have never said this to me. All I heard at most were the cliché, vague words "nice" and "smart," which I sometimes felt actually meant "friend-zoned nice guy" and "undesirable nerd," respectively.
Once in high school I was at a school dance, and this girl just comes up to me and starts grinding. I didn't like that, because I do not like to do sexual things with women that I don't know. So I pulled her around and asked to dance with her face-to-face, and actually hold a conversation. So we talked and had a wonderful conversation, but she showed much less enthusiasm than during the brief grinding session. (Why would she like the nasty, perverted part of our interaction better than the nice, thoughtful part? So messed up.) She later ended up dating a jerk during the rest of high school. They broke up once they got to college.
And what about me? Throughout high school, I ended up having my heart ripped out by multiple girls for being a perfectly kind, well-meaning guy. But once I got to college and started going to Mexico, my niceness that was overlooked and taken for granted in the U.S. was actually tremendously appreciated by the local women. And so the nice guy finishes ... abroad.
