Advice re: Turkish Man

Submitted by Taryn (United States), Apr 15, 2008 at 13:53

I met a Turkish man in an international chat room-and when we first started chatting on msn he told me his name was Alex and he was from italy but his msn account had a different name. after about a week i asked him about that and he told me his real name and that he was from Turkey. His explanation was that he didnt think i would talk to him if he was turkish-he travels for his job and he states that people dont react that well if he tells them he is turkish.

Anyway we have been chatting for a few months almost every day-he is very kind and romantic-i live in the usa so it is a 7 hour time difference and he will stay up till 4 in the morning to talk to me. i am 32 and he is 26, he has a job and he has never asked for money or even brought it up.

i am catholic and he is muslim and i have specifically spoken to him regarding religion-that my religion is very important to me and i am not converting-that i want to be able to celebrate my holidays along with his if we ever were together and he agreed. i have spoken to him indepth about what it is like for women in his society-he states that they can work, wear what they want, do what they want etc...

He seems to be well educated and has his own apartment and a good job. Now i should mention that i am married (not happily) and he is aware of this-i also make a good living. He wants to come to the usa to meet me when he is on holiday.

My question is that does this guy sound like a scammer? Is he just saying what i want to hear? I have read alot of comments on this site and it seems alot of people have experience with scammers. I am not a very trusting person to begin with, but i do like this guy. So i would like some honest advice. Thanks.

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