Sorry, Isis

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Sep 22, 2008 at 09:53

Those words are wayyyy too general for me. Look at it like this: You told JT when he implied that bad behavior was "typical" Muslim male behavior, yet now you're kind of generalizing Western men, although the pool of good men is shrinking. It's also the key reason why interracial dating is increasing: people are fed up with sour experiences from their own race and culture. But it's still not a first choice for a lot of people.

I've been plenty critical of Western men myself, and the reality is, they are leading this trend with intercultural, interracial dating. The women merely follow suit based on availability.

The reality is, Isis, most Western women will not date Middle Eastern men and vice-versa. Most Moroccans will marry Moroccans and most Canadians will marry Canadians, ect. It is worth noting that all sides have no problems with flings, but we are talking about relationships.

If they are so attractive, why is that most of the women on here are divorced with kids? Middle Eastern men weren't even their first choice. I think a key reason is for the attraction is actually the age difference. Dating a younger man does indeed make older women feel better, younger in many cases. I think the attraction is more along the appearances than romance, although, as Lisa' posts indicate, there is some pretty sappy talk going on.

I will restate that there are plenty of men in the West who are romantic, but they just are not the bad boys with six packs, and are extremely unlikely to come in the form of a man in his 20's interested in a woman 10-20 years older. Not for a serious relationship at least.

I can certainly understand the aversion to Western men and the attraction to other men, but like you said, the stories on here are incredulous, including my own. I've actually come to realize I don't have it that bad compared to some.

Really, a lot of this is common sense, but infatuation and blind tolerance gets us to ignore it.

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