Re: update

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), Apr 15, 2009 at 00:27

"One disturbing note was yesterday we were in the car and he got on the phone with his family and asked me not to speak"

Pandora this is very disturbing. He is hiding you and that is a very bad sign. He knows his family would not approve of you because of the great age difference and your having a previous marriage and child.

Or maybe that wasn't his family on the phone - maybe he has a wife ... and maybe children also. Most Turkish men that age will have started families. Be careful - you're right to feel something's not upfront here. You will never win out over his family - the ties are too strong.

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