To Farrah

Submitted by Zella (United States), Jul 1, 2008 at 20:23

So nice to see you back on the blog. I hope you are well and and happy.

You are right. The Morrocan men here go home in the summertime for one thing...to get married. Normally they don't like to go home in July and August because it's too hot so when one shows up in the lobby with twelve bulging pieces of luggage, it's safe to say that Momma found him a bride. God only knows what they are going to do when all the airlines start charging for each piece of luggage. They'll have to work 24/7 in the internet cafes to make enough money to pay for the trip, the bride price, and the wedding.

I have never been able to figure out why the men from Moroc come here and live exactly as they did at home. They have every opportunity imaginable but seem to want nothing more than to work in a restaurant or hotel. Most of them immediately apply for and receive a student loan but never seem to get a degree. One of them in my neighborhood has been going to school since he arrived here in 2000 and still hasn't acquired an Associate Degree. I have never seen so many men with so little motivation and absolutely no insight. God must have run out of motivation and insight before he created them. They work in the late afternoon and evening and when they get off, hang out with their homeboys until around 2:00 a.m. Then they go home and watch television until daylight and then it's off to bed.

My theory is that they have no motivation because their mothers had no power and as you know, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. If the hand has no power, the cradle will not move. They have no option but to go home and marry. What American woman is willing to marry a man with no motivation and no goals?

Again, so good to see you posting again.

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