considerations you should take before dating a Turk

Submitted by Me (United States), Jul 5, 2009 at 08:39

I had never thought twice about dating a Turkish man. When I did, realization was a slap in the face.
Everything was about him. He was the most egocentric person I'd ever met.
At first he was amazing, so sweet, believable, I thought, wow, how is this incredible man still single?!!!

If you want to date or marry a Turkish man, and intend to keep him, here is a list of things you should/must be:

-Subservient.
-weak minded
- prepared to be insulted by him if you ever in anyway, shape or form, make this guy feel insecure about himself, even if you don't know what you said or did. (He will not tell you)
- prepared to be "U" in his assumptions. (which will be many)
- accept it when he twists everything you say out completely of proportion.
- Inflate his ego on a daily basis, idolize him, make him a shrine
- Believe things the he insists are true about himself, no matter how untrue you know they are.
- Realize he will never truly care for you, it's an act
- many of his ex girlfriends have turned lesbian
- You will only come first during the entrapment phase of the relationship, after that, you'll be second to anything and anyone.
- He will never respect you.
- He is moody, whiny (which he will say is due to his heritage, "we're a melancholy people"

Perhaps the guy I dated was mentally ill... but my gut tells me this is just the way he was raised to feel about women. Never again will I waste my time on someone with so many errors in their judgment against women.

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