Women Need Honesty Like Yours

Submitted by RSV (United States), Dec 30, 2009 at 23:17

Hey,
I'm researching to check out Egyptian men's interest in American women only because I have a very close friend who has this guy (on the internet, of course) she's been chatting to for almost two years. He claims he is in love with her and her life has been filled with a lot of angst since she met him. I have discouraged her from the beginning and have since just backed off when she continually disregarded my comments. I went so far as to give her a book by an Egyptian woman (which she didn't read) relaying life in Egypt, etc... This guy is about to come over here on a visa to meet her and I'm still trying to get her to open her eyes. They "talk" on the internet once a week and I feel like I'm loosing this battle.

A lot of what you said made sense and it echoed what I also told her. There needs to be more open communication between people such as you have conveyed here. I appreciate your candor. Hopefully, I can get together enough information for her to make a more intelligent choice (if it isn't too late). Nice blog by the way - excellent.

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