In love with a turkish guy - Desperately need your advice - shocked by his radical statements regarding love

Submitted by SKGIRLl (Czech Republic), Dec 5, 2006 at 07:58

I stumbled on this website while trying to understand some of the comments my Turkish/Muslim boyfriend made last night that shocked me:

• His said that he likes the idea of me liking him more than he likes me
• He doesn't believe in love - love doesn't exist
• He doesn't believe in giving affection
• Men and women in Turkey aren't affectionate with each other
• We should be friends with "occasional sex"
• I should be rational and objective
• Romance doesn't seem to sink into his head
• His work is his life
• He's very selfish

I'm a Slovak girl who lived in the USA for over 10 years. We live in Prague now. Am I some sort of a trophy for him? He claims this is how majority of Turkish/Muslim men are. But he claims to be a non-believer and non-follower of Islam.

Am I crazy or does it seem that there is something seriously wrong this this Turk?

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