Egyptian men

Submitted by Candyeyes (United Kingdom), Jun 29, 2013 at 06:40

Hi all,

Can I ask why is it women are writing about the bad stories they have encountered with these men albeit men in general not just Egyptian. The women were foolish enough to fall for all this in the first plae by giving money etc, also these women are not actually specifying what the problems are apart from that, what about how he sweet talked and the info he gave etc, none of which I have read and in my mind leaves a blamk page, either that or im thick.

About a month ago, after being single for some time from an horrendous relationship with an English man as im English too, a friend of mine said to try a dating site again as nowadays more successful relationships are based on that and I was sceptical at first as I tried it once before and had a Nigerian scammer which I spotted straight away and because I confronted him he told sent me pics of who he was and why. Anyway i went onto a site and witin a week of setting it up had loads of messages which I either answered or didnt.

Initially when I wrote back to this person I had not idea what nationality he was but he was definitely in Britain with the pics he put in there, we started chatting on that site and exchanged skype addys, I had never used Skype and thought why not everyone else seems too. He told me straight away that he was back in Eygpt for a few months due to some issues but is due to return to UK in August. I went onto Google to look uo Egypt in general and all I got was these horror stories which I now wish i hadnt read because that makes my judgement harder and makes me feel I doubt him. he is the same age as me and what seems to have no better time at relationships as me, I have seen pics of places he worked, his home in Uk with friends etc. He speaks of times he went out and ended up loosing his direction and ending up in different places especially when he had drank alcohol, This guy left Egypt 10 yrs ago and made a life in England no different to any other person be it Indian, Italian, Phillipines etc, and would go back to Egypt on annual leave to see his family, well who wouldnt.

Because i read such diabolical stuff which clearly is also stereotyping them this has made it harder for these people to be able to be respected, out of the population of the area.. I even said to this guy about what I had read even he told me about it and felt how some of them were being painted with the same brush but his words "" These women that are conned are probably 10 to 20 yrs older and gave them money the minute they were asked, what did they expect... really"".. This guy I have skyped everyday and we talk, I told him from the start if you want money for flights/ visas etc then im not the one as I just about make ends meet. With that he got all his british documents to prove he was legal, he said he didnt want my money as he is due to go back to his job in Uk and was interested in meeting up with me and moving forward from our past experiences. If anything Im having a hard time time to find fault as I have had respect and never had that before, nothing he says is of doubt. I do like him and have developed strong feelings too and my heart is saying give it ago despite what I have read, my opinion as I stand is a british guy is no better neither. x

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