Repsonse to Isis

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Dec 7, 2008 at 22:56

Luigi's post to your daughter has not helped the situation at all Elizabeth. If anything it would have only antagonised her more if she chose to read it. Dissecting her post and criticizing her every thought and comment was... only adding fuel to a raging fire. Your daughter is in denial and certainly very angry and needs your support at this time in every way. Whilst you don't agree with her actions and decisions you must stand by her and be there for her if needed. She is 40 years old and you are treating her as a 12 year old.

That's an interesting conclusion, Julie. I'll even wager that some of your close friends and family do not approve of your little fling, and that's why you feel that she is be treated like a 12 year-old. I'll bet you've been in her shoes before, haven't you?

She is instinctively defending her daughter from yet another Middle Eastern scammer (there sure are no shortage of those on here, perhaps even in your case).

Maybe if Missy would, well, you know, ACT HER AGE, her mother would not have to intervene! As a side note--- Missy was the one who revealed herself, NOT her mother! Good grief, people from all over the world post on here, and like we even KNOW who the mother and daughter are in real life? Come on!, folks!

Posting a 1243 word essay on to complete strangers on here defending her relationship is not what a 40 year old does, that is something teenagers on myspace do. In fact, the confused 18 year old I recently dated did that to me and is doing that now with her fiance...lol.

I don't think it's a big deal anyways. My Grandma is 74 and she is always giving us advice whether we want it or not, but I think the reason why many people (and I have been guilty as well) don't like is because they are right, we are wrong!!

It does suck to be wrong, but that does not give Missy the right to spout off to her mother like that and throw my advice back in my face just because she does not agree with me.

That is childish, Isis, and whether it's Missy or yourself, the second you get emotional (ie passionate, angry ect.) you have not only lost the discussion but any and all credibility as well. So have your posts.

It's also laughable, Isis, how you think that the entire Egyptian culture should change to suit you and your "Westernized" "man". If anything, Isis, conservative Islam will change Austraila, NOT the other way around.

I have admitted that I don't think that her relationship is for "real" as there are too many "red flags" and I have indicated these in my reply to her post..

There are too many red flags in her relationship, Isis, and if she marries this man just to sprite me, well,

1) It's no skin off my back

2) It's pretty pathetic. Then again, Isis, so are you attempts to come on here and defend your supposedly secure fling.

I wonder, Isis, why you even bothered to show up on here in the first place. You've been on here for several months now. You've been posting a lot lately and you have an overconfident swagger about how what you say.

You'll tell one woman her relationship is real if it suits you and your "man", but I can clearly tell, Isis, that telling women NOT to pursue relationships with Muslim males bothers you.

Please just be patient with her and unfortunately if there is a mistake to be made then she will have to learn from it.

Elizabeth, if you are reading this, please do not hesitate to call ICE. This is not diminutive, radical-Islam pandering Australia or the EU or Canada.

Just remember that the government is there to serve US, Elizabeth. That means me, you, your daughter, all American citizens. We pay their salaries.

Be wary of advice from other women who defend their relationships, Elizabeth. I have learned through careful observation and the hard way myself that the louder and longer a woman shouts and defends her relationship on-line, the worse things are even if she adamantly refuses to admit it. Interestingly enough, women with degrees seem to be even MORE susceptible to this.

Unfortunately, when people make dopey decisions, it makes more work for everyone else.

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