For Danesnpits

Submitted by s (United States), Jan 7, 2008 at 23:06

Why isn't this man buying you the plane tickets or why doesn't he come to visit you? What does it mean to mimic a Chinese person? If this man comes from a family with resources and he is so into North American music, etc., why hasn't he been able to acquire a visa to visit you?

Do you know men living in Moroc don't marry women older than them? You might look 18, but trust me, when you start washing clothes by hand a couple times a day, being a domestic servant to his family, and wearing a hijab while he is out all night long spending your money on other women and his friends, you'll look like you're 70 before too long.

Don't expect him to greet you at the airport with roses and a big kiss (he'll most likely kiss you on the cheek (this is the way they greet their aunties and older women) or maybe just shake your hand. Play hard to get. Tell him that you need for him to purchase the airline ticket and reserve and pay for a first class hotel suite. Try it and see how anxious he is for you to come to him. "Come to him" means he wants to get you on his turf and spend your money while he continues to chat with a dozen other women.

Sorry, honey, but everything glitters isn't gold.

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