Broken heart

Submitted by Kim (United States), Jul 31, 2006 at 12:57

My situation is really similar to c mori's (see post dated May 12, 2006).

I am jewish and I was involved with a muslim from Egypt for the past two years. He had a very bad relationship with his 1st wife, who passed away and left him to care for two sons (this happened one year into our relationship). The following year was spent caring for him, making sure he and his kids had all the social services they needed, basically taking care of his needs.

We had talked about marriage etc., and he planned to take his kids to visit Egypt this summer to visit his mom and then return, so we could focus on our relationship and discuss future plans. At least that's what I thought.

After a week of not hearing from him after he and his kids left for Egypt, I called him and asked what was going on. After much prodding, he finally admitted to me that his mother was pressuring him to marry a woman that she had met and who was willing to take care of his kids. Of course, I was in shock. We had a very bad conversation, and i didn't hear from him for the following two weeks.

I had to hear from his friend that he had already married the woman and was on his honeymoon (the wedding had occurred only four days after our phone conversation). This happened just last week and I am still in shock. I think I have shed more tears in the past few days than in my whole life put together. I just can't understand how he could betray me as he did. C Mori's post, I see that I'm not alone, but I don't know how to go on from here...

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