My story with an egypcian men

Submitted by Amanda (Portugal), Sep 19, 2009 at 17:44

I never thought i would be writting in here or any other blog of this type....but i feel the need to share my bad experience with all of you.

I met an amazing, dazzling wonderfull egyptian online 4 years ago (on hi5)....i dont remember why we stoped talking and met last year on facebook. we started chatting again as friends and suddently he was madly in love with me and wanted to come to my country and share his life with me. I´m spanish.

I dont know how or why i felt bewiched by him in a way beyond reason....i thought about marrying him, living with him...everything.

Anyway....5 months ago i went to egypt to meet him (far from his family of course), we signed a marriage contract that has not value at all (i hired a lawyer to understand that). I felt in paradise while with him....i came back home after a week and he stopped talking to me....i send sms, emails etc and got no answer. after almost a month he called saying he needed to talk to me....justified his absence with family problems and asked me €3000 euros for a nephews surgery. i even thought of sending him the money....but i woke up before it.

I dont really know if egyptians are bad people... or if it´s cultural because they all want a foreigner, preferably older (he´s 10 years yonger than me...just 25). All of them want this, not only the poor ones, also the well educated...I´d like to understand what these people are looking for....In my case was just money...he doesnt talk to me anymore as i said i wouldnt give him a penny. But i would keep going to egypt to see him, and help him get a visa to europe. He didnt want this...just the money.

I´m still under a spell...cant stop thinking about him, worry a lot about him if he´s ok, if he´s sad or happy....well...i´m the biggest fool of all.

Just wanted to share with you.

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