Moroccan Boyfriend mysteriously breaks up after his parents come to visit

Submitted by carrie (United States), Jun 20, 2007 at 11:24

Hi, I have been dating who I thought was my future husband for the last 10 months. We've talked about marriage, said we love each other and spend all of our time together. He is an American Citizen so I knew he wasn't wanting marriage for that reason. I couldn't have been happier.

About 2 months ago, his parents decided to travel from Morocco to come and visit for three weeks. From that moment his focus was no longer on me so much, but on his house he had to buy. He bought his house invested a lot of money, and just wasn't the same. Everything had to be Perfect for when his parents came.

The week before they got here, we had a few arguments about spending time together before his parents came. He hasn't seen them if a year and a half and I knew he'd be spending most of his time with them. When they got here, everything seemed normal. They wanted to meet me asap, his mother made a huge dinner, we went out. etc...but, 5 days after they were here, he comes over to my house and breaks up with me because "I am not Moroccan..." He said his parents loved me, thought I was wonderful, but if you haven't asked her to marry you yet obviously you don't...that's what he told me, and I haven't heard from him since.

This is so out of the blue and I am really hurt and sad. My question is, does anyone have any insight on why this happened when his parents came...I mean, he knew I wasn't Moroccan that I am an American 10 months ago...please help...

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