Get a grip!

Submitted by Catherine (Egypt), Oct 22, 2009 at 14:03

Princess Yasmin, get a grip! Everyone on this site is here because they know they've been had somewhere down the line, including me. That's behind me now, thank goodness, but I still find it fascinating to get on line and have a look.

I live in Cairo now and see it happening around me! Young men after sex (which they can't get yet from the virgin they will marry) and money. And (I know there are exceptions) western women are perceived as easy. Harsh, but it's the truth. I am not questioning the warmth and generosity of these people but, wake up and smell the mustard! Every day I am told 'You are very beautiful! Do you have a husband? I love you!'....and trust me - I am distinctIy average!! If it happened to you in the West I would say, good for you! But here - well, I reckon you've been had.

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