everyone has a right to opinion

Submitted by erika (Egypt), Jan 29, 2017 at 13:08

i was so glad to see your reply to the person who thought the site had been "infiltrated" because a person did not obviously agree with someones opinion. my relationship has been difficult as with others on here with the Egyptian man i have married,but that does not mean i close my eyes to some who truly have had a different experience.

Whether my marriage lasts a long or short time i would not ignore the possibilities of others having a good one with an Egyptian man. For some whose trauma has been horrendous my heart goes out to them,i have experienced my own grief at times but that does not give me or others the right to blindly declare that all such marriages are doomed to fail or that all these men are morally bankrupt. A great percentage may be,but there are some good ones i believe,you find good and bad in all cultures and countries. Its hard to keep an open mind when one has suffered so much,and believe me living here i hear and see from other foreign women like myself similar stories as well as the Egyptian women i know who tell me never marry an Egyptian man or give me that sad look of the eyes or a pause when they find out blue eyed blonde me married a much younger Egyptian male,and yes i question myself at times about my intelligence in doing so, but love does not always choose an easy path or the correct one,and sometimes things happen for a reason in our life,another learning curve. Believe me i know how bad some of them can be from personal experience,but also how good some can be.Just my own opinion.

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