re western men not romantic

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), Jun 25, 2008 at 21:01

Hisham, you have hit upon something very true i think. Western culture is very pragmatic and even though relationships are based on love rather than being pragmatic as in the middle east, western men are not romantic to the same degree during courtship. And because so many women here search unsuccessfully for the romance that they see in movies and books, and don't find the fairy tale prince, they fall easily for the middle eastern man's charms. They don't realise however that the culture has a strong storytelling aspect to it, and what they see as their prince charming is merely a mirage, a romantic fable.

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