To RLT thanks...

Submitted by Becs (United Kingdom), Jul 13, 2013 at 02:48

Thanks so much RLT for you response and kind words it really does mean alot.. Where abouts did you live in Egypt, I lived in sharm. I completely agree with all your comments it would appear all his words were just that.. Words!! He clearly didn't love me and just wanted to control me. I do would get worried walking down the street incase a man looked at me and found myself looking down at the floor and if I saw a man I knew as I worked with them in the dive center well he would go crazy then.. Saying you are my wife they cannot kiss you.. Because once maybe twice they would kiss me on the cheek as is custom but not for a woman!!

I felt sick to my stomach if I saw someone because I knew he would go crazy.. We too had the orfi marriage which is a joke if you think about it.. It has been over a week now and I have not heard from him at all I think he expects me to chase him like I have done before but this time I am not.. My spirit is crushed I no longer have the energy to fight.. I have deleted pics off my phone and Facebook and blocked him from Facebook, Skype etc just the same as you kept my mobile.. I have previously read your posts but can't remember what the catalyst was to bring you back home? Talking in here is my saviour as I feel no one understands what you go through.. I feel sad and so hurt and so stupid.. It is a cocktail of emotion but as you say I know they don't seem to know what love is and I don't miss Egypt itself it was horrible place to live and I do have a good life here and love travelling.. If we were married for real I probably would never have been able to leave Egypt again!!

Sorry for your hurt too.. Glad to hear you are getting better each day and I do hope I will also.. I am not crying every day which is a good sign just now and again the memories flow of the good times but then I try and remember and write down all the bad things he did and how he isolated me.. Thanks so much again shame we can't talk more as I do find you are a great help.. Becs :-)

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".