Better late than never

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Hey Tina! I guess good to have ya come out of the closet! Wonder how many more lurkers there may be out there . We have two Tina's now. I think Nutty is a Tina too.

I'm also from Texas born and raised. I lived in Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Houston. I'm an Idaho transplant now and soon to be IN SIX MONTHS an Egypt transplant for who knows how long.

Anyways welcome to the big disfcukitall family!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Oh and right.. I forgot to ask..well let me be the first to ask...

Tell us more about yourself?

[nunyab 0]

Hey Mena Girls and Charles!

I have been around for almost 2 years but as a lurker. Please do not start throwing shoes at me for not participating. I have read and learned many things from you ladies of information. Really I am at complete awe of how you have opened your private life and put it here on such a public forum. I have watched as you have cried for each other, gave money when other Mena girls was in a time of need, I even saw you girls hold each other when you lost one of your beloved sister members. I have seen fighting and bickering just like one big family! With all of this said I am so happy that I have lurked and learned from a wonderful bunch of gals and one dude!

My reason for not posting and joining sooner was due to a member that was very hurtful to me and my husband. We knew her on a personal level as she is married to one of my husbands best friends. If she had known any of our progress she would have tried to destroy what we worked so hard to build. She is not very active these days so I feel like expressing myself now!

I feel as I know all of you. I guess I will just say it I am a true Mena groupie! Jackie you rock with all your cheers and good wishes. Bridget and Amal girllllllllllllllls you crack me up like none other! Some of your stories I can totally relate to and your take on life is so refreshing! Rajjaa you are a very beautiful women and I love how you admit that you need to be in control over every situation. I will tell you one thing its hard to control this journey your on! But you will make it and you will have your love beside you before you know it! Oliva I can not quite figure you out but that's the beauty of our world we live in We don't have to!

The babies! Kelly lil Zaid has to be the most handsome guy in the world, with his cute lil fat arms, and his bath time video brought tears to my eyes, you can just tell he is loved so much!

Nawl wow I take my hat off to you girlfriend wow twins you have my vote for strongest sister friend on the planet! Those twins are so precious. Aymsgirl we share so many things in common and your lil guy has the sweetest smile. Turnia your puppy baby is precious and I love the picture you have now on your siggy.

I guess some of you will say this is a love feast post but its not. After reading all the negative things that was posted earlier today I thought I would post what amazing members are truly here in Mena and how they touch peoples life's without even knowing it.

Your biggest Fan,

Tina

.... I try not to be a control freak and just stay a freak but ....... Busted.... hehehe thanks for joining in I felt warm and fuzzy thanks heheheehe.

ohhh and I heard some good news today, not mine but one of our MENA sister hehehehehe of course I will wait until she comes on and announces but I squeeled

[nunyab 0]

Hay Olivia .... I was considering doing a revisit of HAC take II honestly but was thinking more of the HACcouples like Half Arab Couples... but perhaps we all like the anonimity (gosh i hate spelling) of it all??

[S and S 12]

Welcome, it is good to have another MENA member around. I think I was lurking on here for about 6 to 8 months before I finally joined myself.

I wish you the best of luck in your journey

[nunyab 0]

Welcome, it is good to have another MENA member around. I think I was lurking on here for about 6 to 8 months before I finally joined myself.

I wish you the best of luck in your journey

lol... i know it may be hard to believe but I jumped in the day i joined was i the only one???

[S and S 12]

Welcome, it is good to have another MENA member around. I think I was lurking on here for about 6 to 8 months before I finally joined myself.

I wish you the best of luck in your journey

lol... i know it may be hard to believe but I jumped in the day i joined was i the only one???

To be honest I wish I had joined sooner as I would have gotten a lot of helpful advice that might have made the process easier. In that sense you were probably smarter than me, lol.

[DanielParul 50]

Hey Mena Girls and Charles!

I did not get to read a single word after this!!!

[nunyab 0]

S and S you just play it safe.. consider me the 82nd .... yeah Charles is an adopted MENA chick

[JeanneVictoria 55]

[Aymsgirl 0]

I joined but I don't think I posted for a very long time. I was shy

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Hey Mena Girls and Charles!

I did not get to read a single word after this!!!

hey!

[doodlebugg 10]

Hi Tina and welcome!!!!!!! Is your husband here yet? What part of Egypt is he from? I'm glad you finally posted!!!We need more Egypt people here!

[Tunisia216 2]

Welcome Best wishes for both you and your hubby.

[over and done 0]

Ok about me as some of you have asked! I am a true born texas girl but with a interesting twist. My father was from Lebanon and my mom is 100% pure Choctaw Indian. I do not speak Arabic but I know a bit. I was not born Muslim as my father was Orthodox. I was raised Catholic

I started this journey when I met my husband online in a chat program back on November of 2006. He is from Damanhour/Alex Egypt. Big red flags went off in my head and all I heard from my friends was that he must need you for a green card and people that look for mates online are a bunch of losers. I am not one to listen to others lol so I went to Egypt April 2007 for 1 month and met Kariem and his wonderful family. They welcomed me with open arms and the minute I saw them I knew I was at that very moment a member of the family. We had a engagement party with friends and family. Then my X popped back into the picture and being the self destructive girl I was at the time went back to him for a short time. Lots of tears and pain, Kariem and I found our way back together again. I went back to Egypt in September of 2007 for one month. I am horrible with keeping up with dates as some of you gals do but I filed for K1 in July 2007 and he came here May 2008 and we are in AOS.

We have a great life together and I love him with everything I have inside of me. He is my special angel and I have never met anyone so kind and good in my whole life. Sometimes I pinch myself to make sure its real that this is my life now.

For sure life is not all butter fly kisses but its dang near! Before he came here I broke it down that life here is not easy as you have been told. We all work extremely hard for what we want and get out of life blam blam blam. I think I painted it a bit dark, I actually scared him and he told me just last week, homara (his pet name for me) we live like we are rock stars. I was like huh? He said yes I thought I would be living in a so bad place and not have anything we have it all! You and Me! That just melted my heart. He has been extremely lucky. He got to work right from the start in his field. I have a friend from Palestine that gave him an apprenticeship at his company. Not only has this helped with him not getting bored but he has met so many different types people but he get to go to the mosque every Friday since his boss is Muslim!

This is reader digest version about me and Kariem. I will start posting and joining in with you girls and Charles! I am really busy at work today so it may be tomorrow before I really join in the party!