TURKISH BFRIEND..VERY SECULAR..VERY LOVING!!

Submitted by ninsal (Malta), Feb 25, 2007 at 19:05

well hi to everyone..

i've been dating a turkish guy for the past year. I come from malta(a very small island in the mediterranean). my turkish boyfriend has been brought up in germany...he has a different mentality from other turks that has been brought up in turkey...he's very secular..he respects my decisions..he does eat pork..he does smoke (not standard cigarettes!!) doesn't pray..doesn't do the fasting during the ramadan and most importantly never tries to take away my freedom!! and he encourages me in whatever i do..

The difference between me and american women is that... considering that i come from malta, a country that doesn't have such opprtunities as usa....i'm not worried about the visa thing. he wants to come and live here...he says that he wants to be with me..for the past year we have been travelling back and forth! If he comes and live in malta..he'll have to leave behind..his family,buisness and friends..important things that he won't have in malta!!!

he comes from a respectable and rich family...while i come from a working class family! what i mean is that he doesn't need ME for anything like..citizenship or money. he already lives in a country were he has everything he could ever wish for..he wants me for what i am..already discussed children and agreed to teach them that there is a god..but let them to decide which path to take when they are old enough! his family adores me..respects my christian beliefs!

i'm sorry to read terrible stories where muslim men treat women like slaves...but not all muslim men are the same....only that things should be discussed BEFORE MARRIAGE NO MATTER HOW IN LOVE ONE MIGHT BE!!!! AS THEY SAY PRECAUTION IS BETTER THEN CURE...

LAST THING IS...ONE CAN HEAR WITH VIOLENCE ON WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD ..EVEN IN NON-MUSLIM CIVILISED COUNTRIES..SUCH AS AMERICA....

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