St. Kitts & Nevis tends to be a somewhat old-fashioned culture when it comes to dating. If you start hanging out with a man people assume you are dating him so if you start hanging out with many men you will get a bad reputation.
People understand you spending a lot of time with your colleagues and fellow students but be careful with locals. They can get the wrong idea. If they like you and you only want to be friends but you go out with them, people will start to refer to you as “so-and-so’s girlfriend/boyfriend.”
If you accept an invitation for a man to walk you home it may be perceived as a stage in the courting ritual.
Men are extremely forward in this culture. If you are a woman you will more than likely get several men asking you out on any given day as well as “hissing” at you (pssssst!). If they suspect you are vulnerable some might descend upon you and be vulgar or rude.
Never be afraid to put them in their place because they will be embarrassed if other people hear. Some of the men downtown (especially in St Kitts) see a lot of tourist women and get accustomed to treating them in a certain way because many foreign women tend to be too polite to put them in their place.
It is rare to will hear a local man acting like that towards a local woman because he knows she will give him a sharp tongue-lashing and probably tell his mother. Also, if people know you have a partner abroad and you are seen too much with someone else they will surely talk about it. Everybody knows everybody else’s business here.
On a first date it's best to be cautious. It’s best to take it slow here to make sure the other person’s intentions match your own.
HIV/AIDS is a growing problem in the Caribbean so be sure use protection if you decide to go that route.
