Stereotyping, Muslim men and relationships

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Nov 8, 2011 at 16:37

Hi Isis

I obviously agree with your sound advice on the issues of dating while on holiday and the woes of the internet. I'll even agree that women and men ignore the advice given on here about such relationships at their own risk. And I am well aware that you discerned your own relationship sometime ago, much to your credit.

Also, I do want to say that I understand that since you are married to an Egyptian man for the better part of a decade that comments along the lines of "all Muslim/Arab men are bad ect ect" can be frustrating.

However, user lostandbrokenhearted is not making those comments, and I do think that she was taken for quite a ride by her ex. She is only 24 and I would guess being so busy with academic, she probably hasn't had the time to learn all the ins and outs of dating scandals , and I can remember when I was 24 I was in a similar situation with a woman. I thought I was the only person something like that could happen too, and then I got on here and realized it was quite insignificant compared to what you had been through, for instance.

I certainly do respect you ability to move on with life and the "tough love" approach is sometimes necessary. But please understand that not every woman--probably most, realistically---don't have the ability that you do to just get on with it.

So I don't think she's really playing at anything except a broken heart, and with time I'm sure she'll be able to move on.

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