Where are you meeting these men?

Submitted by Sarah (United States), Mar 9, 2008 at 16:15

I've gotta tell ya something. I have no idea where you ladies are meeting these losers. I've got a different take on things. My best friend in all my life is my boyfriend, who happens to be a Muslim man originally from Turkey. I happen to be Catholic. He has never once asked me to consider converting to Islam. I've known him for 3 years and it has been the best 3 years of my life.

The relationship is a committed relationship and not married because I don't feel the need. I'm close with his family and they accepted me in their lives from the beginning. We celebrate all holidays, Muslim and Catholic. His family joins mine for our holidays, and my family joins his for theirs. My mother, out of respect to him, even tried to fast for Ramadan. She failed miserably. LOL.

He's religious to the point that he does fast for Ramadan, won't even consider touching the Koran if he's consumed any alcohol and tattoos are out of the question, which by the way, I have and he has no problem with it.

I think what I'm trying to get at here is that you'll seem to have found men that were idiots, regardless of their religious affiliation. I've got 3 years experience in this relationship so I feel able to make that assumption. I don't think the fact that these men were/are Muslim has anything to do with the bigger picture. And, that, is that they're jerks. They could have been Jewish jerks, or Catholic jerks or Born Again Christain jerks. You picked the wrong men. Consider it a learning experience.

I believe that God has youre entire life mapped out for you before you're born. He knows what's going to happen to you at any given point. He also knows who you'll fall in love with and be compatible with.

Good luck to all of you.

Sarah

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