Need advice

Submitted by miriam (United States), Oct 18, 2008 at 16:11

I live in the states. I am a muslim convert. Prior to convert i lived with a christian man for 8 years and we had a child. I left this relationship as I was supporting a useless man who would not work. It was then I convert to Islam. Now adays I am involved with a young egyptian man. I met this man online.

Been talking to him everyday, text messages I call in him phone during rahamdan and we pray together. At first I did not live this man. I had aheart of stone. Now he has truly changed my life. He gave me references to advance my education in my faith and has explained things to me that i did not understand. He says I am his life and wants me to marry him. he has asked certain things of me. if i were to come. such as wear moderate dress. he says to go to cairo as in his village i would not be accepted without proper attire. he is a medical student. yong age of 20 years old i am 25. at first he lie of his age 22 then broke down and tell me his actual age.

He says he would not ask me to leave my family and go to egypt and that he already loves my daugher. that he would come to me. I am planning to go to egypt in february, i have done tons of research. he say tour in cairo 2 days then come to town close to his village and stay 2 days and if i decided to marry him then we will at this time. and then he can spend the remainder of my trip with me. he is very religeous as far as no sex before marriage an things of this nature. his father is deaceased and he lives with his mum brother and 2 sisters.

He will not be done with school for 4 more years. I feel that i can wait for him and would want him to finish his educaiton. but am concerned that he would not be able to work in the US from what ive studied on. he will be a surgeon. I feel like i love this man. He has not told his family of me except that he refuse to marry a girl because he was inlove with another. Any thoughts?? any suggestions?/? I am a nurse here in the states. and I do this not supposrt myself. but he says tht he would provide for me and my child as if she were his. im scared after reading all these stories and comments.

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