To Amber Rose

Submitted by Just_Me (United States), Jun 2, 2009 at 22:44

Trust me it's not true about him not telling you what to wear or what to do. I spent a week in Egypt in a flat, and my Egyptian "friend" would leave late at night and come back in the early morning. Before I arrived he said I can do whatever I want, but that he prefers I wear a hijab. When I was there, he had his sister put the hijab on me to see how it looked (I think they're pretty actually), but it never went any further and I didn't wear the head cover at all.

There was a day we were going to into Cairo and I wanted to wear a long sleeved black shirt, however it showed the TINIEST part of my neck, and he literally would not leave our flat until I had changed my clothes. He said that it showed too much of my chest, and he wanted every part of me to be covered. He also told me not to leave the flat and go out by myself.

I am a very independent and well travelled 23 year old....and I wanted to go out by myself, but for fear of getting lost and not being able to communicate my way back home, I did stay inside. To be 100% honest, I am afraid of how upset he would get if I were to walk around Egypt alone.

I am a Christian and he is Muslim. Maybe it's better to find Egyptian Christians :). Seeing as I am Christian, I told him that we would not raise our children to be Muslims, but we should participate in Christian/Muslim education and Christian/Muslim holidays. He tells me he can't change his mind because that's how he grew up and it's a law for him. So, I have let my feelings go....if you are strong in your faith in Jesus...I advise you to not become too attatched...

Also, go out and meet guys where you live, they will help you to forget about this guy and also you can TOUCH them and know they are real....over the internet it's impossible to know what is real and what is not...intuition only goes so far. :)

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