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Submitted by becreative (United Kingdom), Aug 3, 2009 at 14:49

You have actually analysed the issues very well- yes - i am slim and have all my own teeth. (Lol) hope i keep them too. - but then because im over 35 i fit into this classification of the older richer women whos after some fancy handbag??? no im not !! i can get a man easily at home - .so i wonder sometimes where i stepped into this scenario., because i didnt see it coming - I wasnt unhappy, i have wonderful family, home etc . But, it happened, and i still feel somehow drawn to this guy even now

On the other hand yes i have seen these beautiful women in Egypt -women as young as 17 with young babies, not knowing how to act in the relationships they are in with their Egyptian husbands, let alone look after a young child..still in their teenage years and thrown into domesticity and have what we take for granted and thats FUN. and Freedom,, and also we have intelligent minds. These women do not have much education and are still very young, but are thrown into this world, of control. They are confined to 4 walls and family life..-so no wonder they put weight on and look older than their years and seem unattractive to their husbands, who then like you say see this western fun loving free women whos fun and laughs and puts a sparkle back into his life.

This is some sort of illusion on his part - his wife is still the same person. I feel such compassion for these ladies, i have many Egyptian lady friends and they are funny and witty and teach me how to dance and play drums and arabic..They are certainly warm lovely human beings who i think are sometimes putting up with things because of what culture/relgion expects of them. Underneath, i know that some are extremely unhappy because they are treated badly, because their husbands either dont love them, or they are just someone to bear his children.

We know how we feel like sometimes when we are of low self esteem - i sit in a tracksuit and look like ....s...t but it is a short lived moment....They live with it indefinately.So please spare a thought for these ladies, they have to put up with women not only having relationships with their men, but all that goes with it, so is the money going to make them any happier? i wonder

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