Just in reply to the age thing.

Submitted by XXxxXX (United States), Aug 3, 2009 at 08:49

You say this. When I was in Egypt, I was amazed at the twenty something year olds that already looked over 30 and even 40. Women there seem to age alot quicker. I am also in my 30's but I get carded every where I go. I was sitting next to a 24 year old man ( no we aren't going out) this weekend and I ordered a drink. The lady proceeds to say sorry hun, I got to see your ID before I can serve you. Now just let me say, whenever I order a drink I have to show my id. The 24 year old man then said: "I didn't even get carded." I asked if anyone did at the table and they all chimed in: "NO". I too see alot of 20 to 25 year olds that are three of me and have more lines and wrinkles than a leather purse. I came to realize that if a woman of 18 looks 25, by the time she is 25 she will look 35 and so on.

When I was 21... I was mistaken for being 14. I felt it was an insult than and always hated looking like a baby but now it's a pleasure to finally look like a grown woman. I have smooth skin and I credited to never smoking, using alot of skin care cream with retinol since I was twenty, always protecting my skin from the sun, keeping fit and basically in general, always taking care of myself.

For these men in their country with their family, possible age is a number because I saw Egyptian women. Most are not skinny. After marriage a woman in Egypt tends to stay at home in the rooms that are air conditioned all day because of the heat there, eating, taking care of the babies after they have them, watching tv, gossiping with other woman friends, and reading the Quran. On Fridays the whole family would eat dinner together. Every Egyptian woman there had atleast two full plates of food or more. I was shocked.

When I first arrived everyone would tell me that Egyptian woman had huge butts and other body parts.. I am very thin so I guess this is why. All I know is, they usually eat well. I remember the sister to the man I knew. She didn't even have to clean her home. She had a house keeper come and do it twice a week. She did absolutely nothing physical and the man works 12 hours a day making sure she has her pretty dresses, her airconditioning rooms, her food and jewelry. If you talk with alot of these Egyptian men that are married, their wife has gotten really big and they are kind of sad because they wish their wife was in shape.

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