RE: Hal

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Apr 3, 2008 at 20:37

I think you are right that true love can't happen over the phone or internet. The success rates most certainly reflect that. Human contact is necessary in many ways for sanity and survival.

Are all Moroccan men really THAT bad?

Of course not! If they were, well, the birth rate wouldn't be so high in Morocco. But you must recognize that they are more apt to react differently to someone of a different culture. There have been posts on here about how people from the third world have strong family ties, but those ties exist WITHIN their culture.

I can see why you would ask that on here, but folks like myself are critical of these relationships not because of Moroccan men, but because they are

1) on-line relationships

2) Involve different cultures

The reality is, hal, most people will date and marry within their own cultures, and if you read very carefully what others say on here, dating someone outside their culture is NOT often done as a first choice. Many on here (including myself) have had previous long-term relationships with women/men of our culture and had bitter experiences.

It's very possible that he treats you differently because you are Muslim if he is one, because that is something you have in common. The reality is, there are a lot of Muslim men out there who simply do not respect Western women. They are fed all these images by media that impacts them pretty heavily. I think a lot of Americans (I see you are from the UK) do not understand how much more impact media has on other cultures as compared to our own.

At any rate, it's good that you realize the nature of your relationship with this man, and it puts you ahead of a lot of others in that game.

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