please read this

Submitted by pauline ben salem (European Union), Sep 5, 2007 at 17:42

I lived in Tunisia for 5 years and had my own buisiness. I married a Tunisian man and brought him back to England big mistake! He was here for five years the worst of my life. When I met him there was all the promises, told me he loved me etc etc. I thought I had found the one for me. He was lazy, violent ,abusive, and told me things about myself you would never believe.I lost all my self esteem. I never told my friends or family about the things he was doing but I think they knew. He started to get violent with my daughter when she defended me after a torrent of his abuse.

I lived in tunisia and rented apartments to the locals for every nationality you could think of. I watched them take their money and gifts etc. My husband made me think he wasnt the same as they were and I believed him. After five years here he smashed a glass in my face and i had stitches in my face and arm. I went to the police .had him arrested ,after 7 months he was finally deported.

I have read your stories from lots of countries ,and I can hear myself talking. We all think our one is different ,but they are not and the only thing they want is their freedom to travel where they want to ,and the money. I wish I had read the comments on a site like this before I married . I know he never had any feelings for me or he would not have done these things.

Please think carefully before you make the biggest mistake of your life.

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