lost in tunisian love..

Submitted by rose11 (Poland), Oct 30, 2008 at 19:09

Since a long time i'm reading different stories on this blog and I decided finally to describe my case coz no one else but u can understand it better..
I'm Polish, i'm 23, I met my boyfriend during holidays in Tunisia (he's 31) ( What an original begining ;) ). We met on the street when I asked him the way to some place... Since the begining I loved to talk to him coz we have the same interests: litterature, theatre.. Generally, we're both studying english and me, in addition, i'm studying french. He works as a teacher of english and me as interpreter. Well, I've never met such an intelligent and well educated men in my life. I went back to see him this summer... AND....
I discovered he comes from a very very traditional family ( veils, 5 prayers per day, no alcohol..etc). Himself, he's conservative too what makes me a bit stressed. Yes, that's the point. We fell in love with each-other but i'm so scared that religion and cultural differences can ruin all our relationship.. By the way, the best is that he's scared of my culture too! He accepts my religion, he's open-minded and tolerant BUT I feel a constant fear in my and his soul. From my part is also a fear concerning this his jealousy ,changing moods, dominant personality... But I havn't discovered any big lies from his part..
He wants to make a doctorat next year bt he doesn't really want to move from Tunisia. Me, from my part I don't imagine my life there and I feel he'll suffer beeing far away from his family..
My story seems vary banal, I'm sorry for that bt I'm scared I'm making him lot of hope without beeing sure of the sense of our relationship! He knows my fears concerning religion and living in Tunisia but he said it'll be him who would sacrifice for us both to be happy... What an idealistic hero!
What I can also say is that I helped him with books to his memoire ( a part of it he has never asked me for money or things like that..) and from his part, he's helped me with a mental support in the bad moments and with this beautiful feeling of love that changed me so much. OMG, WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS???

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