wow- my turkish husband

Submitted by Annie (United States), May 29, 2007 at 03:00

I read your blog. I am totally shocked. Do you think this is true of all Turkish men? My turkish husband is 25 he is here on a scholarship and has his visa until the year 2011. I am going to be honest, we are having some problems.

He lies. It's strange, they are stupid lies. I really don't understand, and he has a way of manipulating I just watch him and confront him and shocking it is never his "intention" to hurt me ( I get this line a lot). He seems to have isolated me "little by little" I barely see my friends and every time we do something 9 times out of 10 it is what he WANTS to do, ( although he will ask me, my needs are rarely met) .

I have read many things on this site, and take most with a grain of salt. But Honestly I am begining to wonder. He tells me that men that cheat are disgraceful (maybe he thinks this is what I want to hear) and that more than one wife is not going on in his generation, is this true? I don't want to bash him , I don't know it is just not my character. But I certainly wonder if I am being played at times. Maybe it is just the cultural differences??? I don't know. Thanks for reading...

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