once married to a moroccan

Submitted by karen l (United States), Feb 20, 2008 at 21:09

hi! i'm new at this blog thing so bear with me!

yes i was married 11 years to a moroccan man. when I met him I was instantly attracted! within six months we were married. some of his family members were here in the u.s. I met them and never had a clue there was a plan in action already. he was divorced from his moroccan wife a couple of years when we met. i was also divorced from my american husband 9 years when we met. he has one daughter who was 10 when we married and I had one son 17 yrs old.

I should have seen the red flags that were there from the beginning. Love is blind !

To make a long story short, I began my long journey of lies deceit and heartbreak. the plan was to get his daughter to the u.s. and then the ex wife. The 11years of him going back and forth to morocco to see his daughter/ex wife and the money spent supporting them both was just the beginning. soon came the entourage of moroccans he would bring back to live with us.

in 2005 his then 18 year old daughter came to live with us! what a nightmare. in 2006 he asked me for a temporary divorce. how crazy is that? anyway i told him no such thing exists and if he wanted a divorce it would be permanent! i then started divorce proceedings. we have now been divorced 1 1/2 years.

Now he went back to morocco and married his ex wife. she is coming to the u.s. in 1 month. he says he still loves me and has made a big mistake! what a crazy situation! needless to sway i have been in therapy and am trying to work through this mental mess. i would love any comments from any of you . thanks for listening to my story.

karen

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