egyptian man

Submitted by egypt (Egypt), Jun 22, 2008 at 14:28

Hello Amy 2,

Im living in Sharm and have good experience with Egyptian men (my husband is egyptian too) and ive lived here for two years now.

I find it hard to believe that this man is sincere! not answering his phone? its very strange - most here answer the phone straight away, busy or not - incase something has happened to their wife / girlfriend. And another thing - he lets you pay for things! muslim men believe they should provide for women! and would never allow a woman to look after him financially.

If he is working as a waiter - hes only earning about 600LE - 800LE, its nothing, and if you stay with him it will be you who will need to pay for everything! his salary just about covers food costs for two people for a month! so you will be stuck paying the rent, water and electricity bills! and other things - like nights or days out!

if you have a comunication barrier, and online you use a arabic translator - this is a major problem - a couple need to be able to comunicate - to truely get to know each other! what will you do without the translator?? there are many people here who speak very good english.

i hope you think long and hard about what life with this man will be like! good luck xx

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