Thank your lucky stars

Submitted by Amylynn (Canada), Sep 24, 2008 at 18:34

Really Amylynn, your guardian angel is looking out for you.

Luigi is correct, we would not be on this forum if we were 100% sure. Something brought us to do a google search for "Muslim men and Western women". I am so thankful that my intuition was sharp and I followed it. I suppose some people would day that if you look hard enough everyone has a skeleton or two in their closets. But what these men do is downright sociopathic in their behavior.

I do have people I talk to on MSN and some of them are Moroccan men. I am always very clear and upfront about my intentions, and that I do not believe in net love. Because I have learned from my mistakes, I have been able to develop pseudo "friendships"with these people. Its amazing what they will tell you when they know there's no chance of manipulating you. The 19 yr old I am talking to has been a wealth of knowledge. I was able to form a connection with him because he has a little sister the same age as my daughter. I asked to speak with her, and let my daughter speak to her too. They are now "penpals". The mother knows and approves. They compare homework stories, and are teaching each others' language to each other. I know that we can't paint every person with the same brush; people are individuals. They have hopes and dreams of bigger and better things just like we do. They love their families and want the best for them. It's sad that one of their means of surviving and bettering their lives is through the manipulation of western women's emotions. Desperation does strange things to people. As my "man" once said, "Even the king of Morocco wants out."

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