To Margaret - re his divorced sister being his wife to Lisa

Submitted by Isis (Australia), Dec 17, 2008 at 19:25

This ia a good point Margaret, and the points about her paying for the accommodation are also worthwhile notes for Lisa to take on board. Whilst I encourage Lisa to make up her own mind about this Moroccan man and discourage her taking notice of Luigi's rantings, I agree that she should take all these concerns on board and not rush into marriage. Let the dust settle a little bit and see what evolves - this is my advice to her. She should be able to give herself time to sit back and be objective about the pros and cons of the relationship. I have done this many times about my relationship with my Egyptian man. It is hard work managing and financing an interracial long distance relationship and the committment has to be full on on both sides not just one and only time will be the answer for this.

In Lisa's case I have also been concerned at the prospect of a 32 year old Muslim man who is not married and has no children. In the middle east.as you would also appreciate, 90% of the young men are married by the time they are 27 - 28 years old. This is the case in Egypt and they are unable to divorce as it will bring lifelong shame on the family. Lisa may be lucky - maybe her man is one of those truly single 10%.

In the end only Lisa can make up her mind about her Moroccan man - only she has met his family and friends and we can only summise from what she has graciously let us know. I still wish her all the best.

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