questions about moroccans

Submitted by apple (United States), Mar 17, 2008 at 23:26

I dont know how i stumbled upon this site...just kicking around questions in my own mind about the characteristics of muslims and muslim marriages, i guess. a little late for someone already married to a muslim, a moroccan muslim. i am also surprised to see many disheartening stories stemming from relationships with a moroccan man. I should know alot, right? I too met my husband online...falling with many of the same descriptive words women have used here to describe their "love". The man coming on strong, nice looking, sweet but poor. Things taking off quickly, HOT chemistry...what is that?

I am not a prejudice person and I have lived in another 3rd world country besides Morocco...it just all sounds too familiar....I feel I have been in Morocco enough times (4) to really see the life...to see His life, gotten to know the family and the "daily" rountine there, and yeah, it is hopeless, for most. I dont want to "think" I am sucker or that I am not seeing things clearly because I truly love this man. he is also younger than me, unemployed and living with his family.

Of course he doesnt want to live there in such a depraived situation, who would want to ? and me, HELL YEAH I want to live in America. what place can offer such freedoms, comforts, conveniences and opportunities? I wont live without him and I have been killing myself to do everything for him, and for him and me to be together...it isnt easy...I wonder what goes on over there...but I feel I know my man...

.I have been glued to this site reading all your comments for like 2+ hours now, I dont know much about Islam and search independently for information about it....My husband also is not a "practicing" Muslim, quite frankly I dont care if he is or isnt as long as he is the man I chose to live with...lots of things happen when you get married, in American culture, as well as any other cultures, but are the differences between our cultures and religions so much that we can lump all Moroccans or all Americans, for that matter, into the same bunch?

I believe each person is individual. true we are a product of our environment (culture, family, friends, personal life experiences) but I believe there are still some good ONES left out there.....I just hope I found one of them....I think I have

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