Can it work?

Submitted by Hopeful (Canada), Sep 6, 2008 at 16:21

Hi everyone,

I've read many of the posts on here, but I still can't help but hope that it must be able to work out for some people. Or maybe I am just being naive. I met a muslim Turk while on vacation and am planning to go visit him in Turkey. We talk often and both care about each other a lot. Although I'm hoping it will work out, I'm not completely convinced that it will. I want to wait and see how we act with one another when we're together. I know he does not want to live anywhere other than Turkey.

We have not talked about anything more serious than me visiting him (so it's not like we're planning on getting married or anything like that). I'm just hoping to have a good trip with him and get to know him better. And we'll take it from there. He is going to take care of everything during my visit. Does anyone have any advice? Because of the posts I've read on here, I am being cautious, but I don't plan on cancelling my trip. I've just been reading posts on here for some long, I decided to finally post one myself.

Thanks in advance,

Hopeful

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