Two-sides

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jul 13, 2010 at 20:31

Becreative---

There simply is never going to be a balance between "two sides" on an on-line forum for the simple fact that people who are secure in their relationships do not need advice or attention from total strangers. From time to time, frustrated women who come on here and defend their relationships--or other people's relationships for that matter---suggest there should be a site to talk about all the "good" relationships.

Even if such a site did exist, it would, over time, become like this one.

Why?

Because people who feel the need to discuss relationship issues on-line are not secure in their relationships and/or present a problem.

The "struck by a smart comment thread" covers a lot of bases, but perhaps because the author wished to avoid confrontation, he/she did not mention the behavioral characteristics of women who are driven into these international relationships out of spite for Western men.

He/she also did not mention that just because someone who comes on here and professes that their relationship is good does not mean that is actually the case. The post also does not cover the notion that a Muslim man could be a good partner and a good father, but that does not mean for a Western woman.

In the case of Isis, I do believe that if things got sour with her man she would probably have the strength to leave him because I now understand from reading Isis's recent posts that, like smart-comment said, she did not regard her current partner as her last hope for romance.

Unfortunately, becreative, I have to concede that I do not have the same faith in a lot of other posters on here. In fact, my concern is that some of the women will make the same mistakes over again or go back to their original man.

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