To Bewildered, a thoughtful response---Visiting, Egypt, Egyptian Islam money marriage Catholic

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Feb 20, 2009 at 13:08

Dear Bewildered:

First of all, thank you for sharing. I realize this has been quite hard for you.

To be fair, the situation you describe goes much, much further than Muslims, but how he treated you does not surprise me at all. These are exactly the kind of people that you can and will find on-line.

This could sound mean, but just because you go and visit him really does not mean much of anything towards this working out. It does allow you to see him in person, but where a lot of people trip up is they seem to think that a few visits will do. They won't, and that's a big reason why so many international dating scenarios end in disaster.

It's worth noting that a lot of people also do not even bother to take it to the level of actually seeing the other person and will just do so just to get married.

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