To Laughing In USA

Submitted by Zella (United States), Feb 6, 2009 at 20:46

I'm sorry it took you two years to learn that you have been interacting via the internet with a sociopath. However, better late than never. Granted religion and culture are important variables but the men who spend their waking hours in the internet cafes in North Africa exhibit classical textbook symptoms of sociopathic behavior. Poverty is no excuse for their behavior. When they do come to this country, 9 out of 10 of them do the same thing they did at home. Aside from the sociopathy, no decent man ever asks a woman for money unless the woman is his wife. That is one of the first lessons we learned in my family. In Moroc as in other Islamic countries, if the wife works she does not have to contribute to the household expenses unless she so desires. The money she earns belongs to her.

When I hear the lies these men tell to western women ("my mother fell down the stairs and needs operation that costs $4,000"; "my father is very sick in hospital and without operation, he will die"; etc., etc.) Ask one of them two weeks later about their mother's health and the reply will be "very, very good." The $4,000 is to pay "the bride price." If one man tells the same lie to 4 or 5 women, multiply the number by $4,000. Even in a country as poor as Moroc, a wedding can cost $10,000 and guess who pays? Too bad the U.S. tax system doesn't allow deductions for donations to the Country of Moroc.

I can tell you there is absolutely nothing that any mental health professional can do to modify the behavior of a sociopath. The sociopath is charming, cunning, slick and sleazy, and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. You cannot trust them.

Good luck to you. Don't be surprised if Mr. Sociopathy tries to contact you and tell you that he was "just upset." This type of personality thrives on destroying others.

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