melungeongirl

Submitted by Donna (United States), Mar 21, 2007 at 15:59

hahaahah..you made me laugh. For a litlte while, I thought I was the only person who had been told of how bad my life would be with a turk. When I went to Turkey the first time, I had people both family and friends, tell me how I would be sold into slavery when I got there, or, I would be imprisoned for life because I came from a christian background. I was told how I would struggle everyday to get a crumb of bread to eat. How all of the people there were criminals, and it wouldnt be safe for me to walk the streets. My friends, some who had never met my husband, kept calling him an arab, insisting he could not be white because he was not born in the USA. :D....I even had a teacher tell me that his mother would check me herself, to insure I was a virgin. Well, I have 2 kids from a previous marriage, how stupid can people get! I was told all the housing there was like a tin city, with dirt floors. That I would have to cook outside on an open fire blah blah.

They are just a few of the things I was told in hopes of scaring me. The sad part, is they believed the things they were saying. They honestly believe that the US (and some Canada) are the only non 3rd world countries. I too, like you, have heard things from people of other countries that make me laugh. Most honestly believe everyone in the US is rich, and that all the women lay down with any man that shows any interested. Sadly, they have gotten these views from the movies as you say. I once had an arab man tell me he could not have a wife that was american because he had seen "married with children" and he didnt think he could tolerate a woman like that.:D....

Anyway...marrying my turkish husband, was the best decision I have ever made. I was without a doubt blessed the day I met him, and continues to be.

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