Anna, algerian men

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Mar 9, 2009 at 19:05

Anna, all Algerian men are different - you never know what a "typical" relationship will be like. A lot of Algerian men are extremely intelligent, and good muslims, but their society is patriarchal - basically, men are above women. A friend of mine was in a relationship with an Algerian guy for almost a year, & he treated her well, never drank etc. but they tend to be into a lot of women at once. Will sometimes have relationships just to pass the time away, as a lot of them want to end of up with a "good Algerian girl". However, there are a looot of successful mixed relationships between Algerians and especially French. There's so many mixed Algerian-French kids, they had to come from somewhere lol! So I guess there aren't as many cultural problems with Algerian men; they do usually fit in well, they're not as closed as a lot of other muslim societies.

Overall, if you see any bad characteristics in the man, it's not necessarily an Algerian thing, but rather the product of a "bad egg", trashy behaviour and inadequate morals. Of course he could just want the greencard, but it's hard to say just judging by his nationality.

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