To Lilly

Submitted by Zella (United States), Jun 16, 2008 at 20:52

Of course, he is telling you that you are intelligent. He'll tell you anything you want to hear including the fact that he wants to be a father to your teenaged son. Unfortunately, he has lots of practice telling western women exactly what they want to hear. Does he think you are intelligent? If he did, he'd run real fast.

Sociopaths are the best liars in the world. They remember their lies. Of course they do. When one lies consistently the behavior appears normal to the liar. Lying is part of the culture and it is condoned by the religion. The culture and the religion is one in the same.

It's your life and you are going to do what you want to do. That's the beauty of being in a country where a woman has power, right? I just hope your son doesn't get hurt in the crossfire. He doesn't deserve to be hurt.

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