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Submitted by Stacey (Australia), Nov 3, 2006 at 21:06

I met an african arab man from oman in Australia and he was so wonderful in the beginning. I was so fooled by his lies and deceptions. Caught by the confusion and lust I stayed on and off with him for almost 2 years. He was in and out of trouble by the law so many times. I believe he could not handle the free culture in my country he went totally wild here.

We would always break up cause I had a gut feeling about him but how I struggled with the love I had for him. I was so seduced by his charm and his obsession with me. It was such a crazy relationship I started to question what kind of person I was to put up with this. I tried so many times to break up on good terms but he would come back with something bigger and better for me to be with him, the guilt trips he played with.

Then one day when I thought it was truly over between us, he surprised me by moving down the street . from then I felt like a fly stuck in a web that I could not get out of. Even though we were not together he would not allow any one else to go out with me even making silent threats. I became scared and could not continue with my life. Then we ended back together because once again he ended up in big trouble and expected me to help him again, the guilt, he played with my guilt and crazy love for him.

The truth with the confusion he knew from the beginning he could not be with me as his family would never allow him to be with me. Finally he went home ( thank god I was saved) and it was orgainised for him to marry his cousin, can you believe how crazy this sounds. No wonder he did not want to go home but I can tell you he was not going to get a visa from me.

He is finally out of my life however I am still recovering from the emotional damage. It is still painful but I am doing much better and progressing with my life but I have learned a hard lesson NEVER go out with a muslim man again it is not worth taking the risk.

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