Married to a moroccan man

Submitted by sue (United States), Mar 11, 2007 at 15:51

I recently married a moroccan man half my age and we live as man and wife here in the US. I traveled to Morocco twice and met his family and everything was fine. now that we are married the arguments are just incredible.

We have the age difference, the cultural difference and just not able to communicate sometimes. He speaks very good english, arabic and french. He is intelligent and has just landed a very good job. My question to you is "Was your husband domineering?" or controlling?

I am not sure what is happening with us but we are definitely not on the same page. We will be together now for 3 years this april and married only 7 months and it seems it becomes more difficult by the day. Please help me understand. I have read books on the culture, we were married by the justice of the peace, but also by the Imam so our marriage would be recognized in his faith. I have done everything I thought I should be doing but its just not working. When he is good, he is very good but when he is bad.......WOW....look out.....

I am at a loss and I don't want my marriage to fail.....any suggestions out there?

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".