I need advice

Submitted by Troubled (Canada), Nov 15, 2009 at 19:47

I need advice. 5 years ago I made the dumbest mistake of my life. I was going through a hard time in life, and was vulnerable, and got sucked in from some smooth talking man in Jordan. After chatting online for 2 months, I was stupid and went there and married him. I came back to USA, and then went to him again a month later.

It was obvious by that time that I was nothing more than a cash machine and ticket to USA for him. I was fortunate that neither of us knew how to file with the emabssy to get him a visa. A few months after, I went on a trip to Israel, and again I was stupid to have agreed to meet him in the West Bank. His "charm" worked again, and he registed our marriage with the west bank. He was trying to use this to get into Isreal, so he could come back to the USA with me. Fortunately all the offices were closed. This all happed over 5 years ago. I am now at a point in life where I want to get married, and I am deathly afraid this will come back to haunt me.

I really dont care about any papertrail in Jordan, but I do not want anything on record in Israel, as I do plan to go back there. Has time faded away this dumb mistake, or will this haunt me in the future? The marriage was never registered in USA. I was msart there.

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