To RussianDoll-----The REALITY of the internet

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jan 17, 2010 at 00:00

I did the same thing traveling to turkey alone. I had an online friend met his class talked to his family online etc before i traveled there.

So what? A lot of people do that. read what Dr. Pipes wrote above the comments section about the dramatic change imposed by Saudi Arabian men. Do you really think that they were up-front with their women before they decided to move to the Middle East? No!

ALL good liars and scammers are nice to you and so are the people they associate with. In fact, Russian Doll, the people they associate themselves with may not even know what the man is up to.

Make sure you network with more than one person there ok trust me im blonde hair blue eyed female i traveled alone safely from teh us and noone thought it could be done.

No one has said you cannot travel safely there. Now you're just confusing the issue. This is about dating, and most of the time it does not necessarily have to do with a woman's saftey, but her peace of mind.

I see you speak english make sure you get your own hotel there dont stay in anyone's home that you dont know I had genuine complete for the kid i went to visit but you just never know with peopel.

If you trust the man dont let peopl's paranoia and doubts ruin what could be a good friendship

First of all, by coming on here and telling her story, she's the one who understandably has the doubts. Paranoia? I don't see any of that on her. Nearly every concern I've read on here is legitimate.

I still talk to my turkish friends everyday now that im back in the us and a man there proposed to me

If that is exclusively your social life, then that is not healthy.

It does not surprise me that a man there proposed to you. I wonder what your answer was....

I really wish i knew about about the country to make a decision. He was very hurt that i didnt come back yet.

Ah, I figured you had some personal stake for being on here. Obviously, you don't trust your man or you would not even be searching for this stuff on-line----not that I blame you, but his pain could also just be a ruse to guilt you into giving him what he wants.

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