sorry, forgot to add this

Submitted by kelly (Egypt), Apr 25, 2008 at 11:23

I forgot to write this in my last comment -

Its very strange that you cant meet his parents first. Most need their parents aproval to marry. When i got married to my Egyptian husband, they paid me an endowment of gold - thats their tradition. It was about 6000LE worth of gold, which is about 600 sterling pounds, i'm not sure what that is in dollars.

Also when you get married, they like to have a very big ceremony and invite everyone they know to show off the new bride. If i were you i wouldnt settle for less than this, its very suspicious if he just wants to take you to the registry office to marry you.

hope this helps

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