On the subject of money

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), May 9, 2008 at 11:08

Just an afterthought, albeit an important one to think about:

If you do marry the guy, and before you go ahead and have children, make sure you are financially able to support yourself and your children because you won't get any child support in all likelihood.

I know a Canadian woman who married a Turk in Canada and they have a son. The husband then abandoned them, went back to Turkey and married another woman without being divorced. The first wife has been trying for years to get this resolved and even though the man is well-off, he gives nothing for child support and won't inherit anything.

So before you have any children, think carefully about all this. And as i've stated before, don't think you'll get anything through the court system. Court is slow, and very biasd against foreign women, thinking we're rich.

I get so angry sometimes. I gave so much money to do immigration, and now he's in a beautiful job and has money to fix his teeth and buy a car whereas my teeth are rotting and i am too sick to work now and court gives me nothing. Hang on to your money - one day you'll need it like me and that charming man you fell for won't help you, not even if you were lying in the street. Dog eat dog is the guiding principle and you need to know this.

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