To Carmel - re tourist visa

Submitted by Isis (Australia), Jan 4, 2009 at 20:25

Carmel- don't panic about the "I love you" and "will you marry me" statements as they are part of the mid eastern culture,it's only when you take these flattering comments to heart that you could be considered naive. A greater concern is that after only knowing this man for 3 months via the internet surely you could have even remotely considered that things are being rushed a bit.

Your title to this post is "DATING MOROCCAN MAN NOW ONLINE FOR 3 MONTHS ..." and yet you talk about contacting the Egyptian Embassy re the tourist visa. Is this an error or somehing that we should know?

Regarding the tourist visa - he will find it very, very hard to get one to any western country as he has to have a good reason to visit , have stability in his employment and have money to take abroad. I don't know the country in which you reside so I can only speak generally. Your best bet would to meet him in Egypt /Morocco or wherever he lives and take things slowly. You may not even like him when you meet face to face and at least if you're only visiting at least you can go home and be none worse off for the experience.

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