What is love?

Submitted by Gwen (United States), Nov 16, 2009 at 18:05

Love is one of the most misused and misinterpreted words of the English language....Do you think this man truly loves you? Obviously you are head over heels for him..and I can see why. I was in your position with my husband many many years ago....he is a Muslim man from another country....we married from me going to his country...DO NOT DO IT...please hear my words and learn from my story. You are right....from the beginning I was swept off my feet for this all encompassing, overwhelming love...where at first they seem protective....then that quickly turns into controlling, manipulative, and abusive..then you're quickly trapped fighting for your freedom and very lives of you and your children. That is the fight I am in now. My husband I still love...I will love him until I die. But his notion of love and mine are two different concepts. We as women, are their property, our reccomendation for marriage is our country Mary. Trust me....this man will use and exploit you every way possible....not only for the Canadian visa...but especially for it..and once you get him here(to your country, tied to you legally in marriage, then have children)....God help you. The man who said he would love me until death...and I do believe those words...has held a knife to my very throat and beat our children in front of me...I could not protect them from their father. Do not allow this man into your life....I pray you'll hear my words. WE MET ON THE INTERNET. This is not a new romance story this is all too common. You want to know if his words are true or not? know this..look up his aliases on the computer....take over his email accounts...chat with other women he's talked to....trust me you're not the first to hear this story from him...you are not the first he has tried to do this with....and even if you marry this man, God Forbid, you will not be his last victim. We are possessions to them, avenues of exploitation....you want to know love...look to Jesus Christ our Saviour, God's only Begotton Son...then you will know true love. Godbless, if he loves you...tell him to come here..

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