IN love with Pakistani muslim man

Submitted by bluebean2478 (United States), Dec 29, 2008 at 00:37

Hi, this is my first time on this site. I took a vacation to Europe and met a charming muslim man, he was my waiter. We slept together on the first nite, by the 3rd day he was telling me that i had changed him and that he loved me. We spent a good 4-5 days together before returning to usa. He said he was well off, was a uk citizen and that he was 28.

On our last day together he admitted to me that he was 31, not a uk citizen, but Pakistani. He showed me his passport and apologized to me for lying, he said he wanted to tell me the truth because he loved me and that I had changed his life. We kept in contact, and in Nov he asked me to marry him, I fell in love big time, he was sweet, loving, funny, intelligent, worldly...I thought he was everything i had ever been looking for.

My mom is worried, my friends are concerned and I am beginning to second guess myself. What are the warning signs to look for? He just recently told me that his family has cut him off financially because he wants to marry me. He has not asked for any money from me. I am going to visit him in Jan and am seriously worried about being scammed...Any advice?

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