People are being conned.

Submitted by anon 1 (Morocco), May 11, 2010 at 17:59

I have sympathy for these women but I do agree that there is enough out there on the internet to educate them and I am suprised at how many naive westerners fall for the Moroccans fake stories . It is difficult for an honest law abiding Westerner to understand the deceipt that goes on in some of these relationships. Friends and family often support the charade. The key is NEVER NEVER give money to a Moroccan Man ... The moment that you give money or an expensive gift is the moment that he will decide to pursue you. All of these men are looking for a better life .They lie ,they rarely admit that they don't work (the relationships with tourists / online chatters is a very lucrative source of income) Most are gigilos and or rent boys. These men invent very elaborate stories to convince their girlfriends that they are different from other Moroccans looking for Westerners. They usualy tell the woman that she is the first European/Westerner that they have dated .They tell the Westerner/European they don't like Moroccan girls.

Moroccan girls would not want them if they didn't have a good job or house or money .Or they claim to be virgins .We must marry first !!! They are not . They invent jobs and say they have been busy working that's why they have not been online. These men have seen others escape poverty by marrying /dating westerners. The smart ones can play the game for years until they don't need the Westerner anymore. These men can only behave like this if you let them .

Remember for you it is a relationship for them it is a chance to change their lives these people are desperate . No one here has sympathy for the westerners . I have discussed this subject with many older Moroccan men that married first time for papers and they really believe that these women can't find men in their own countries. This is a quote from a conversation I had yesterday with a thirty six year old Moroccan man with a nineteen year old Moroccan wife talking about his first wife an Irish woman "Well she was an old woman she was thirty five, I was a boy of only twenty nine" .So ladies forget "He looks old for his age ,I look young for my age " Your are an old lady at thirty five in Morocco !

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