I want advice on my situation- Egyptian man

Submitted by erica (United States), May 2, 2008 at 04:02

Ok so i met a really wonderful man...he is an egyptian engineer, lovely and kind man. I went to Doha to meet him...he paid for everything, then he left his job to go back to egypt to figure out a life with me...he was previously married, he just got divorced and I have seen his home, and his parents...his parents have greeted me on the phone once or twice.

He has a very lovely home, he lives on the second floor, and his parents on the bottom floor. He would want me to live with him there in Egypt also. He said his ex was a lying, uncaring woman, and he found out more about her afterwards.

We want to get married soon, I would rather bring him to the US first. So this man seems so sincere because of the fact that he does not have a reason to come to the US, and that he is always trying to make our relationship better. What i am not too impressed with, is that he seems to be very exact at what he wants in his wife, and is on a mission to teach me "better ways" and to learn how to "discuss our problems, issues, differences", and I cant even have a simple two min. innocent conversation with any other male, even old neighbors, friends, etc. ,

but he also seems over sensitive, and has a real necesity for attention, and for someone to praise him...He says that the woman should be tender and weaker than the man....that i shouldnt fight with him, I should just cry and go to my room. What do you people think about this?

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