What about a car?

Submitted by monkey business (United States), Sep 21, 2007 at 22:29

What I am surprised about is that none of the comments I read mentions buying a Moroccan man a car? My boyfriend has told me about all the europeans and americans that have bought cars for their men. And if the American woman and Moroccan man does not drive around in a nice car, they will get no respect from other Moroccans, and in fact, be laughed at. I hear about a "car" more than once a week and he has the impression it is very easy for an American woman to buy a car for a Moroccan man. Is there something wrong with me that I cannot afford to do this? Is there anyone out there who is able to buy a car for her man easily? The last situation I heard of was a man he met and his American girlfriend just bought him a $30,000 car. "I" don't even have a $30,000 car!

Am I cheap or what? I consider loaning someone $100 a very significant loan. Do you know that Moroccans cannot believe $100 is a lot of money to an American? Personally, I would never have the courage to ever ask anyone to loan me $100!
And how about the responsibility they have to their family when they come to live in America. Do you know each time they go home they have to bring this big car, fill it with presents, take their family on a week long vacation, buy anything they ask for during the year PLUS send them support money monthly. And if they are really doing good in America, they must buy a house or apt when they go home. The wife doesn't need anything because she gets to share her life with her Moroccan man.

One other thing I didn't see mentioned - by Islamic law, a wife has to have her husband sign persmission for her to leave the country. Isn't that something to think about if you are going to visit there and possibly he could change his personality as we've read several times in these posts?

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