Luigi re. Lisa & Moroccan mixed partnerships etc.

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Oct 7, 2009 at 07:14

Luigi:

Woahhh, first of all I'd like to challenge your sweeping generalization that I'm "naive". Basically, just because I'm young and pretty I must be "susceptible and naive". Way to judge someone for their looks. If anything men are intimidated by me, they look but they don't touch lol. You really think that you can look at someone's face and say "oh she's fair game". I may be open-minded in a lot of ways but I'm definitely not naive. It's not a great idea judging someone's personality through the internet.

What I wrote to Lisa is my business and my opinion... everyone is allowed one, even if they go against what everyone else is saying on here. Surely it's a good thing that Lisa wasn't fishing for a Moroccan man, because those are usually the ones that end in tears. Statistics gathered from social research don't mean a thing in the real world.

I'll say "lol" as much as I like... lol

A lot of Moroccan men do want an easy way out of the country. A lot of them are dating foreigners, but not just for that reason... a lot of them do so because they are sick of some of their own snooty women who want the good life, rather than someone like Lisa who is prepared to be a loving wife. Times are changing... Moroccan women are becoming more modern and the men want someone less materialistic. Mixed marriages are common in the West, if anything Berbers from the mountains are the ones who don't like mixing.

Of course I don't know Simo's true intentions; and neither do you for that matter. The only personal who knows what Simo's intentions are is Simo.

No, I don't use dating sites... that's my preference. But you can't assume that everyone who does is up to no good. I caught a Moroccan man from my old work logged on to a dating site lol, and he was in fact a legal UK citizen. My guess was that he used it because he was lonely, worked too much, or just hadn't found the right woman for him in real life. People use the internet for different purposes.

Simo was mentioned on here by other women? The same Simo or...? Because Simo is a pretty common nickname in Morocco.

From what I gather, Lisa and Simo married in real life - their rings weren't exchanged via email. And the ceremony wasn't hidden from public view.

Most good Moroccan men will marry Moroccan women? Mmm, if their women are so decent, why are so many of them prostituting themselves out to Gulf Arabs or anyone who will offer them a Gucci handbag? And why are their men allowing it? Actually, it wasn't just along the Med beaches that I saw scantily-clad women, but from the ghettos of Casablanca to the villages of Marrakesh (southerners don't wear headscarves and have more power in choosing a partner). Moroccan women are not all wallflowers... they shout at men, drive cars and go out with their boyfriends in skimpy clothes that would make an Egyptian man blush. Some of them even tried to hit on my father. I found it funny I guess, because female tourists are always told to dress "modestly", but really most tourists are dressed more decently than them.

What man DOES stick up for his woman online? Most men of all cultures are not the type to write long essays about their relationship on a blog.

That's just such a broad statement. Neither I or my sister have been forced to convert to Islam, and my sister attends a Christian school. It's true, if you want to get with a Moroccan man (not you personally haha) you will have to expect certain things, and for the man to come first. A lot of Moroccan men do like to be "babied", but if you don't want that kind of man, stay away. Common sense, no? As for Moroccan men wanting to brag, well like you said a lot of them are caucasian and their own women can be beautiful, so why would they go so far as to brag about banging a western woman? Some of them don't even like the western look.

On a side note, I couldn't care less what Istanbulchick thinks about my father or myself... what bothers me is her spiteful, ignorant remarks aimed at women who are already going through rough times. The posts on this blog are just too one-sided, paranoid and negative... I see no changes here, just the same remarks of "stay away from Muslim men, move on" etc. Come on... they're to the point, but you have to dig deeper than that.

And I think what bothers you is Lisa's transformation from an all-American Christian girl to a Muslim... isn't that like a big thing in Catholicism?

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