viking woman

Submitted by Lisa (United States), May 8, 2008 at 22:05

Thanks for your comments, viking woman. You make some good points, I agree being on vacation it was almost like a "fantasy world" and the longer I'm in my normal life here, the farther away it seems and the less feasible actually having a real relationship seems. I do disagree that I wouldn't have looked at him twice here, I do truly like him although I'm not sure anything will come of it.

I am quite sure he is college-educated although he didn't show me his diploma or anything. lol. His knowledge of history, speech, etc, were that of someone educated. I believe it is a requirement for his job anyway.

You are right about Islam, I know some about it, although not a lot. Much of what I do know, especially of how woman are treated, is disturbing to me. So that could be a concern. He didn't appear religious, I saw him drink alcohol several times, and various issues came up just in passing in conversation, like homosexuality, that he seemed open-minded and not judgmental of like you would think a serious Muslim would be.

"Is there a shortage of men in the U.S.?" -- YES!! Yes, there is! In my opinion.

"BTW, who is paying for the long distance calls? The plane tickets back and forth?" - if I went to see him I would buy my ticket, but as I said in my other response I don't think that is going to happen. I would definitely not buy him a ticket to come here, and he hasn't asked, but he already had his trip planned to see his family members, he isn't travelling just to see me. The phone calls is a very good point. He emails and text messages me, but he has NEVER called me. In fact, he will email or text me to ask me to call him, which is annoying, if he wants to talk he should just call. So, yes, obviously he does not want to pay for long distance calls.

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