dating an egyptian man

Submitted by Emily (United States), Jul 31, 2007 at 23:39

Hi there.....i also have met an Egyptian man online...a few months ago. He has never asked me for anything either, not money, not a ticket to the US, nothing. We talk on the phone and online EVERY day, usually multiple times a day, he always tells me where he's going and when he will be home, etc. He claims he loves me, and doesn't care WHERE we end up, either in Egypt or with me in the USA; doesn't matter to him, as long as we are together.

I have read so many opinions on the internet, warning that Egyptian men only want a western woman for citizenship, and that they all say "I love u" and try to woo women and so on.....but i truly believe that a woman should take her own specific situation into context. I hate to be cliche and say follow your heart, but there is something to be said for instincts. If you feel that things are on the up and up, then probably they are. If you feel that something is wrong, there probably is.

Every person is his/her own person, regardless of where he/she lives. You simply cannot stereotype an entire genre of people based on what country they live in. If your man after 7 years claims he loves you and wants to be with you (and you STILL have not met him?)---girl.....GO TO HIM!!!! I truly believe that there really are still men out there that are looking for true love, and just have not found it within their own society.

I am a completely normal 30 yr old attractive American woman, and I have no desire to marry an American, nor have I ever been married. I find foreign men much more exciting and romantic. I certainly hope my romance with my Egyptian ends happily ever after. Good luck!!

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