bewildered

Submitted by becreative (United Kingdom), Sep 25, 2009 at 15:24

Hi bewildered - i feel the same - i was not aware that this was the sort of behaviour i would experience in Egypt - i heard of the scammers such as touts , the usual run of the mill stuff you hear about, and actually warned about from the tourits reps. But you didnt get any warning of how you could be a target for some gigalo., especially if travelling with family or even a husband., or in my case a male friend .What seemed like a friendship, perfectly acceptable to the westerner, is not to in the muslim world. You learn this as you get deeper into the relationship, and becoming aware of the cultural knowledge , its then you realise you were maybe acting inappropriately , not because you are easy, or a loose women of low morals, but as you have said in your post decent , trusting human beings, used to giving and sharing , and able to have fun and laugh etc things that the Egyptian dont get chance to feel , or experience. This does not make you a bad person or someone that should be taken advantage of. So im actually trying to guess who your guy is now....................try and post on facebook bewildered , yasmine and pandora, pauline, and gambling are all on there . pls add as friend and we can keep the message going.

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