What is the stupidest thing you have heard because your with a MENA SO ?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

At the end of the day, I look at how many of you have fallen in love with great guys...you have wonderful relationships, fulfilling lives and love lives, and there is a beauty to it all. But I do want to say, life is not always a bed of roses in MENA countries, nor is it here, but the romanticised version you have in your head from a 3 week visit can be very different than what a woman who was born and raised there has had to deal with her whole life. Just my two cents.

I understand what you're saying, I really do. However, what makes you think they're dealing with anything? We can't take our cultural norms and values and apply them elsewhere. What is normal to us is not normal to them, as a whole.

Just because something is a cultural norm doesn't make it right. Female circumcision, marriage of children, abandonment of orphans, mistreatment of wives, honor killings, group rapes, and so on and so forth. And you might say, "Well, that doesn't happen in my husband's country." Which it very well might not, but it does happen in MENA. I'm not saying that your husbands or fiances are brutal - hell no. I'm just pointing out that these stories come out in the media for a reason...they are tragic for those involved and they go against what we might deem as basic human rights.

Furthermore, when you have friends from various MENA countries - some of the more stringent ones like KSA, UAE, Yemen...the stories aren't so pleasant. Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon - things are a little easier there for women, mainly because of the westernization of the countries due to France. It is just the way things are.

That's right and they are equally shocked and horrified when they hear of our abortion rates, homosexuality, promiscuity, the huge increase in child rape and pornography, routine abuse and neglect of children in the foster care system, murder, drugs, alcoholism, throwing children away (huge numbers of homeless teens).

Yes the stories come for a reason... they have propogandic value... and reinforce the stereotypes that the right wing whacko's want to spread. Much easier to justify invading their land and stealing their resources if we dehumanize them and make ourselves and our culture superior to theirs. And let us never forget the spread of islamaphobia and it's roots and goals. And our huge concern for "basic human rights" is in question WORLD WIDE.

All the things you mentioned happen to some degree in probably some form in every country. And those things are not the "cultural norm"! Oops your bias is showing.... Always glad to come to a forum where we are discussing sterotypes, misperceptions, exaggerations and all the negatives to hear them stated here as "sorry but true" facts... Amazing!

K

I don't support bias, nor Islamaphobia...I'm Catholic, and everyone assumes that priests are pedophiles who are trying to screw the altar boys. Does it happen - of course, are all priests like that - no. What I was trying to point out in my original post is that people hear these stories on the news, they are concerned and they express their concern to their family members. Are they being ignorant - of course, are they azzholes - you betcha. But sh!t happens everywhere. Furthermore, there are stories that come out of MENA countries everyday that seem to try to scandalize what goes on there...and yet, they too talk about our scandals...can't believe what goes on over here. I think of the story on the major news outlets today about the 8-year old Saudi girl who was traded to her father's 47-year old friend as payment for a debt. The judge said that he will not annul the marriage because the transaction was legal, but that the husband cannot consummate the marriage until she hits puberty and she can annul on her own. Scandalous, yes. Out of the norm, don't know...but do you think that stories like this help to improve the image of MENA in the rest of the world? Probably not. Probably incites more of the idiotic questions that will come out of the mouths of your families and those that your spouses come in contact with. Just a fact of life.

I worked on human rights cases in the ME with teams of lawyers and scholars for more than 20 years. We saw it all; the beauty and horror. I don't blame people here or there for having a less than balanced perspective of a culture that isn't theirs. They are rarely even realistic about their own.

Edited December 25, 2008 by Virtual wife

[nunyab 0]

At the end of the day, I look at how many of you have fallen in love with great guys...you have wonderful relationships, fulfilling lives and love lives, and there is a beauty to it all. But I do want to say, life is not always a bed of roses in MENA countries, nor is it here, but the romanticised version you have in your head from a 3 week visit can be very different than what a woman who was born and raised there has had to deal with her whole life. Just my two cents.

I understand what you're saying, I really do. However, what makes you think they're dealing with anything? We can't take our cultural norms and values and apply them elsewhere. What is normal to us is not normal to them, as a whole.

Just because something is a cultural norm doesn't make it right. Female circumcision, marriage of children, abandonment of orphans, mistreatment of wives, honor killings, group rapes, and so on and so forth. And you might say, "Well, that doesn't happen in my husband's country." Which it very well might not, but it does happen in MENA. I'm not saying that your husbands or fiances are brutal - hell no. I'm just pointing out that these stories come out in the media for a reason...they are tragic for those involved and they go against what we might deem as basic human rights.

Furthermore, when you have friends from various MENA countries - some of the more stringent ones like KSA, UAE, Yemen...the stories aren't so pleasant. Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon - things are a little easier there for women, mainly because of the westernization of the countries due to France. It is just the way things are.

That's right and they are equally shocked and horrified when they hear of our abortion rates, homosexuality, promiscuity, the huge increase in child rape and pornography, routine abuse and neglect of children in the foster care system, murder, drugs, alcoholism, throwing children away (huge numbers of homeless teens).

Yes the stories come for a reason... they have propogandic value... and reinforce the stereotypes that the right wing whacko's want to spread. Much easier to justify invading their land and stealing their resources if we dehumanize them and make ourselves and our culture superior to theirs. And let us never forget the spread of islamaphobia and it's roots and goals. And our huge concern for "basic human rights" is in question WORLD WIDE.

All the things you mentioned happen to some degree in probably some form in every country. And those things are not the "cultural norm"! Oops your bias is showing.... Always glad to come to a forum where we are discussing sterotypes, misperceptions, exaggerations and all the negatives to hear them stated here as "sorry but true" facts... Amazing!

K

I don't support bias, nor Islamaphobia...I'm Catholic, and everyone assumes that priests are pedophiles who are trying to screw the altar boys. Does it happen - of course, are all priests like that - no. What I was trying to point out in my original post is that people hear these stories on the news, they are concerned and they express their concern to their family members. Are they being ignorant - of course, are they azzholes - you betcha. But sh!t happens everywhere. Furthermore, there are stories that come out of MENA countries everyday that seem to try to scandalize what goes on there...and yet, they too talk about our scandals...can't believe what goes on over here. I think of the story on the major news outlets today about the 8-year old Saudi girl who was traded to her father's 47-year old friend as payment for a debt. The judge said that he will not annul the marriage because the transaction was legal, but that the husband cannot consummate the marriage until she hits puberty and she can annul on her own. Scandalous, yes. Out of the norm, don't know...but do you think that stories like this help to improve the image of MENA in the rest of the world? Probably not. Probably incites more of the idiotic questions that will come out of the mouths of your families and those that your spouses come in contact with. Just a fact of life.

I worked on human rights cases in the ME with teams of lawyers and scholars for more than 20 years. We saw it all; the beauty and horror. I don't blame people here or there for having a less than balanced perspective of a culture that isn't theirs. They are rarely even realistic about their own.

It is human nature to see what we want or need to see in a group. Call it a safety net for sanity. I worked psyops and worked every angle to bring miscnceptions (if that was the task at hand) to help fulfil the needed requirements of the current agenda. The most important is knowing the man/woman you love and what they are willing and able to do for you and your marriage. because my family is a group of harley riding tattoo covered beer drinking pot smoking family (yep it's true and i love them) means i am the same nor would want to be judged based on the misconceptions of my family. Did it happen while i grew up? yep now i am a muslimah going to family functions what do you think they have in their heads? but my family loves me and my husband cause we are true to ourselves and eachother. Ok I think i just rambled and didn't make sense again. sorry

[morocco4ever 63]

At the end of the day, I look at how many of you have fallen in love with great guys...you have wonderful relationships, fulfilling lives and love lives, and there is a beauty to it all. But I do want to say, life is not always a bed of roses in MENA countries, nor is it here, but the romanticised version you have in your head from a 3 week visit can be very different than what a woman who was born and raised there has had to deal with her whole life. Just my two cents.

I understand what you're saying, I really do. However, what makes you think they're dealing with anything? We can't take our cultural norms and values and apply them elsewhere. What is normal to us is not normal to them, as a whole.

Just because something is a cultural norm doesn't make it right. Female circumcision, marriage of children, abandonment of orphans, mistreatment of wives, honor killings, group rapes, and so on and so forth. And you might say, "Well, that doesn't happen in my husband's country." Which it very well might not, but it does happen in MENA. I'm not saying that your husbands or fiances are brutal - hell no. I'm just pointing out that these stories come out in the media for a reason...they are tragic for those involved and they go against what we might deem as basic human rights.

Furthermore, when you have friends from various MENA countries - some of the more stringent ones like KSA, UAE, Yemen...the stories aren't so pleasant. Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon - things are a little easier there for women, mainly because of the westernization of the countries due to France. It is just the way things are.

That's right and they are equally shocked and horrified when they hear of our abortion rates, homosexuality, promiscuity, the huge increase in child rape and pornography, routine abuse and neglect of children in the foster care system, murder, drugs, alcoholism, throwing children away (huge numbers of homeless teens).

Yes the stories come for a reason... they have propogandic value... and reinforce the stereotypes that the right wing whacko's want to spread. Much easier to justify invading their land and stealing their resources if we dehumanize them and make ourselves and our culture superior to theirs. And let us never forget the spread of islamaphobia and it's roots and goals. And our huge concern for "basic human rights" is in question WORLD WIDE.

All the things you mentioned happen to some degree in probably some form in every country. And those things are not the "cultural norm"! Oops your bias is showing.... Always glad to come to a forum where we are discussing sterotypes, misperceptions, exaggerations and all the negatives to hear them stated here as "sorry but true" facts... Amazing!

K

I don't support bias, nor Islamaphobia...I'm Catholic, and everyone assumes that priests are pedophiles who are trying to screw the altar boys. Does it happen - of course, are all priests like that - no. What I was trying to point out in my original post is that people hear these stories on the news, they are concerned and they express their concern to their family members. Are they being ignorant - of course, are they azzholes - you betcha. But sh!t happens everywhere. Furthermore, there are stories that come out of MENA countries everyday that seem to try to scandalize what goes on there...and yet, they too talk about our scandals...can't believe what goes on over here. I think of the story on the major news outlets today about the 8-year old Saudi girl who was traded to her father's 47-year old friend as payment for a debt. The judge said that he will not annul the marriage because the transaction was legal, but that the husband cannot consummate the marriage until she hits puberty and she can annul on her own. Scandalous, yes. Out of the norm, don't know...but do you think that stories like this help to improve the image of MENA in the rest of the world? Probably not. Probably incites more of the idiotic questions that will come out of the mouths of your families and those that your spouses come in contact with. Just a fact of life.

I worked on human rights cases in the ME with teams of lawyers and scholars for more than 20 years. We saw it all; the beauty and horror. I don't blame people here or there for having a less than balanced perspective of a culture that isn't theirs. They are rarely even realistic about their own.

It is human nature to see what we want or need to see in a group. Call it a safety net for sanity. I worked psyops and worked every angle to bring miscnceptions (if that was the task at hand) to help fulfil the needed requirements of the current agenda. The most important is knowing the man/woman you love and what they are willing and able to do for you and your marriage. because my family is a group of harley riding tattoo covered beer drinking pot smoking family (yep it's true and i love them) means i am the same nor would want to be judged based on the misconceptions of my family. Did it happen while i grew up? yep now i am a muslimah going to family functions what do you think they have in their heads? but my family loves me and my husband cause we are true to ourselves and eachother. Ok I think i just rambled and didn't make sense again. sorry

I have a mental image in my head about what your family gatherings must be like.....

[R and F 34]

My dad was asked if his daughter was still with the NEGRO..

YEP

He answered: she is with the Mexican wannabe.

Apparently all from Africa are black to this person.

[morocco4ever 63]

My dad was asked if his daughter was still with the NEGRO..

YEP

He answered: she is with the Mexican wannabe.

Apparently all from Africa are black to this person.

How amazingly ignorant. What is his opinion on South Africa?

[nunyab 0]

At the end of the day, I look at how many of you have fallen in love with great guys...you have wonderful relationships, fulfilling lives and love lives, and there is a beauty to it all. But I do want to say, life is not always a bed of roses in MENA countries, nor is it here, but the romanticised version you have in your head from a 3 week visit can be very different than what a woman who was born and raised there has had to deal with her whole life. Just my two cents.

I understand what you're saying, I really do. However, what makes you think they're dealing with anything? We can't take our cultural norms and values and apply them elsewhere. What is normal to us is not normal to them, as a whole.

Just because something is a cultural norm doesn't make it right. Female circumcision, marriage of children, abandonment of orphans, mistreatment of wives, honor killings, group rapes, and so on and so forth. And you might say, "Well, that doesn't happen in my husband's country." Which it very well might not, but it does happen in MENA. I'm not saying that your husbands or fiances are brutal - hell no. I'm just pointing out that these stories come out in the media for a reason...they are tragic for those involved and they go against what we might deem as basic human rights.

Furthermore, when you have friends from various MENA countries - some of the more stringent ones like KSA, UAE, Yemen...the stories aren't so pleasant. Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon - things are a little easier there for women, mainly because of the westernization of the countries due to France. It is just the way things are.

That's right and they are equally shocked and horrified when they hear of our abortion rates, homosexuality, promiscuity, the huge increase in child rape and pornography, routine abuse and neglect of children in the foster care system, murder, drugs, alcoholism, throwing children away (huge numbers of homeless teens).

Yes the stories come for a reason... they have propogandic value... and reinforce the stereotypes that the right wing whacko's want to spread. Much easier to justify invading their land and stealing their resources if we dehumanize them and make ourselves and our culture superior to theirs. And let us never forget the spread of islamaphobia and it's roots and goals. And our huge concern for "basic human rights" is in question WORLD WIDE.

All the things you mentioned happen to some degree in probably some form in every country. And those things are not the "cultural norm"! Oops your bias is showing.... Always glad to come to a forum where we are discussing sterotypes, misperceptions, exaggerations and all the negatives to hear them stated here as "sorry but true" facts... Amazing!

K

I don't support bias, nor Islamaphobia...I'm Catholic, and everyone assumes that priests are pedophiles who are trying to screw the altar boys. Does it happen - of course, are all priests like that - no. What I was trying to point out in my original post is that people hear these stories on the news, they are concerned and they express their concern to their family members. Are they being ignorant - of course, are they azzholes - you betcha. But sh!t happens everywhere. Furthermore, there are stories that come out of MENA countries everyday that seem to try to scandalize what goes on there...and yet, they too talk about our scandals...can't believe what goes on over here. I think of the story on the major news outlets today about the 8-year old Saudi girl who was traded to her father's 47-year old friend as payment for a debt. The judge said that he will not annul the marriage because the transaction was legal, but that the husband cannot consummate the marriage until she hits puberty and she can annul on her own. Scandalous, yes. Out of the norm, don't know...but do you think that stories like this help to improve the image of MENA in the rest of the world? Probably not. Probably incites more of the idiotic questions that will come out of the mouths of your families and those that your spouses come in contact with. Just a fact of life.

I worked on human rights cases in the ME with teams of lawyers and scholars for more than 20 years. We saw it all; the beauty and horror. I don't blame people here or there for having a less than balanced perspective of a culture that isn't theirs. They are rarely even realistic about their own.

It is human nature to see what we want or need to see in a group. Call it a safety net for sanity. I worked psyops and worked every angle to bring miscnceptions (if that was the task at hand) to help fulfil the needed requirements of the current agenda. The most important is knowing the man/woman you love and what they are willing and able to do for you and your marriage. because my family is a group of harley riding tattoo covered beer drinking pot smoking family (yep it's true and i love them) means i am the same nor would want to be judged based on the misconceptions of my family. Did it happen while i grew up? yep now i am a muslimah going to family functions what do you think they have in their heads? but my family loves me and my husband cause we are true to ourselves and eachother. Ok I think i just rambled and didn't make sense again. sorry

I have a mental image in my head about what your family gatherings must be like.....

I remember the first time my cousin came up to me at a funeral... we were in the parking lot and he said "do we need to check you for bombs?" i was surrounded by all my younger male cousins and their friends. I turned to him and punched him in the stomach as hard as I could..... after he got some breath back (they were all laughing at him) he said yep you're the same.... my family gatherings are a hoot... and they're very protective of me

[morocco4ever 63]

At the end of the day, I look at how many of you have fallen in love with great guys...you have wonderful relationships, fulfilling lives and love lives, and there is a beauty to it all. But I do want to say, life is not always a bed of roses in MENA countries, nor is it here, but the romanticised version you have in your head from a 3 week visit can be very different than what a woman who was born and raised there has had to deal with her whole life. Just my two cents.

I understand what you're saying, I really do. However, what makes you think they're dealing with anything? We can't take our cultural norms and values and apply them elsewhere. What is normal to us is not normal to them, as a whole.

Just because something is a cultural norm doesn't make it right. Female circumcision, marriage of children, abandonment of orphans, mistreatment of wives, honor killings, group rapes, and so on and so forth. And you might say, "Well, that doesn't happen in my husband's country." Which it very well might not, but it does happen in MENA. I'm not saying that your husbands or fiances are brutal - hell no. I'm just pointing out that these stories come out in the media for a reason...they are tragic for those involved and they go against what we might deem as basic human rights.

Furthermore, when you have friends from various MENA countries - some of the more stringent ones like KSA, UAE, Yemen...the stories aren't so pleasant. Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon - things are a little easier there for women, mainly because of the westernization of the countries due to France. It is just the way things are.

That's right and they are equally shocked and horrified when they hear of our abortion rates, homosexuality, promiscuity, the huge increase in child rape and pornography, routine abuse and neglect of children in the foster care system, murder, drugs, alcoholism, throwing children away (huge numbers of homeless teens).

Yes the stories come for a reason... they have propogandic value... and reinforce the stereotypes that the right wing whacko's want to spread. Much easier to justify invading their land and stealing their resources if we dehumanize them and make ourselves and our culture superior to theirs. And let us never forget the spread of islamaphobia and it's roots and goals. And our huge concern for "basic human rights" is in question WORLD WIDE.

All the things you mentioned happen to some degree in probably some form in every country. And those things are not the "cultural norm"! Oops your bias is showing.... Always glad to come to a forum where we are discussing sterotypes, misperceptions, exaggerations and all the negatives to hear them stated here as "sorry but true" facts... Amazing!

K

I don't support bias, nor Islamaphobia...I'm Catholic, and everyone assumes that priests are pedophiles who are trying to screw the altar boys. Does it happen - of course, are all priests like that - no. What I was trying to point out in my original post is that people hear these stories on the news, they are concerned and they express their concern to their family members. Are they being ignorant - of course, are they azzholes - you betcha. But sh!t happens everywhere. Furthermore, there are stories that come out of MENA countries everyday that seem to try to scandalize what goes on there...and yet, they too talk about our scandals...can't believe what goes on over here. I think of the story on the major news outlets today about the 8-year old Saudi girl who was traded to her father's 47-year old friend as payment for a debt. The judge said that he will not annul the marriage because the transaction was legal, but that the husband cannot consummate the marriage until she hits puberty and she can annul on her own. Scandalous, yes. Out of the norm, don't know...but do you think that stories like this help to improve the image of MENA in the rest of the world? Probably not. Probably incites more of the idiotic questions that will come out of the mouths of your families and those that your spouses come in contact with. Just a fact of life.

I worked on human rights cases in the ME with teams of lawyers and scholars for more than 20 years. We saw it all; the beauty and horror. I don't blame people here or there for having a less than balanced perspective of a culture that isn't theirs. They are rarely even realistic about their own.

It is human nature to see what we want or need to see in a group. Call it a safety net for sanity. I worked psyops and worked every angle to bring miscnceptions (if that was the task at hand) to help fulfil the needed requirements of the current agenda. The most important is knowing the man/woman you love and what they are willing and able to do for you and your marriage. because my family is a group of harley riding tattoo covered beer drinking pot smoking family (yep it's true and i love them) means i am the same nor would want to be judged based on the misconceptions of my family. Did it happen while i grew up? yep now i am a muslimah going to family functions what do you think they have in their heads? but my family loves me and my husband cause we are true to ourselves and eachother. Ok I think i just rambled and didn't make sense again. sorry

I have a mental image in my head about what your family gatherings must be like.....

I remember the first time my cousin came up to me at a funeral... we were in the parking lot and he said "do we need to check you for bombs?" i was surrounded by all my younger male cousins and their friends. I turned to him and punched him in the stomach as hard as I could..... after he got some breath back (they were all laughing at him) he said yep you're the same.... my family gatherings are a hoot... and they're very protective of me

Funny story!

[Kathassane 0]

so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,

Andreea

so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,

Andreea

Okay...don't laugh at me...

I swear I saw Courtney's photo and saw her hubby's hand on her head...then I read Lisa's comment about wearing that thing on her head! (okay so i completely forgot the title of the post). I was thinking...why would she ask that! Then I realized DUH...Sorry, Blonde moment!

you're so silly!

oh oh oh, how can I forget this one?!!?!

"have you seen that movie, not without my daughter?"

I can't tell you how many times people have referred to that movie, Damn Sally Fields hehehe,

Every time I go to Morocco, or when a family member hears that my husband is Moroccan I have to hear about this movie, even If I say oh yes I saw it , they have to tell me all the details of it,

people are crazy

oh and my brother asked the Turkey question this Thanksgiving, I told him my husband doesn't celebrate T DAY I said to him, YOu do realize this is an American Holiday, he said well I thought everyone celebrates our Holidays, as if thats not adding insult to injury,

He could have just Duh'd his way out of it, but opted for an even dumber response, but truly he thought this, pretty damn sad, thats Jersey education for you

well I hope you all have had a good laugh, while I hide my head in shame

[panamania79 2]

so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,

Andreea

so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,

Andreea

Okay...don't laugh at me...

I swear I saw Courtney's photo and saw her hubby's hand on her head...then I read Lisa's comment about wearing that thing on her head! (okay so i completely forgot the title of the post). I was thinking...why would she ask that! Then I realized DUH...Sorry, Blonde moment!

you're so silly!

oh oh oh, how can I forget this one?!!?!

"have you seen that movie, not without my daughter?"

I used to date a guy from Lebanon and I tink everyone I knew mentioned that movie and told me he was going to make me wear curtains.

[caybee 21]

so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,

Andreea

so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,

Andreea

Okay...don't laugh at me...

I swear I saw Courtney's photo and saw her hubby's hand on her head...then I read Lisa's comment about wearing that thing on her head! (okay so i completely forgot the title of the post). I was thinking...why would she ask that! Then I realized DUH...Sorry, Blonde moment!

you're so silly!

oh oh oh, how can I forget this one?!!?!

"have you seen that movie, not without my daughter?"

I used to date a guy from Lebanon and I tink everyone I knew mentioned that movie and told me he was going to make me wear curtains.

[Imua 0]

My dad was asked if his daughter was still with the NEGRO..

YEP

He answered: she is with the Mexican wannabe.

Apparently all from Africa are black to this person.

How amazingly ignorant. What is his opinion on South Africa?

I can top this - when talking to my mom, my grandmother refers to my husband as 'black'

When hearing of our marriage the first thing out of her mouth was that he is using me for a GC...

[Gemmie 142]

It's nice to hear all of the amusing lines you've heard over the years.

The ones with Brits get some too, don't feel alone.

[Courtney08 0]

It's nice to hear all of the amusing lines you've heard over the years.

The ones with Brits get some too, don't feel alone.

First let me say congrats on NOA2... second feel free to share we get tired of hearing about sally fields.. and the basics....

make us laugh

[venusfire503 54]

Oh, so many - that I "couldn't" bring him over because I have kids. When I asked what that had anything to do with it, the guy said "because he'll brainwash you and make you a suicide bomber".

My brother tried to reach someone in the military to get my passport flagged before my first trip, to keep me from leaving the country. I don't know if he could have done it, but I'm happy he couldn't reach the guy anyway... My brother loves him now, though. When I told my sisters I was going over, they acted like I had lost my mind. They also love him now. My dad sent me a link about some women who met a guy online and then killed him in a hotel room. He said something about how my SO and his friends were going to meet me at the airport, beat me up, take my money and credit cards, and leave me in a ditch to die. Although, that had more to do with the fact that we met online, I think.

My ex was the worst. He told me to make sure to keep my wallet, passport, etc where my SO couldn't find them when I was over there. He said he would steal my money, steal my identity, and just wanted a green card. He actually said "anyone can do anything for two years". I would've paid good money to get him on tape when my daughter told him that he had his 'green card'. Oh, the ex also said that all my SO did for years was sit on the internet, looking for a woman with children so he could molest them. Oh, he said once "how do you know he's really from Morocco?" and when I mentioned the phone number he said "how do you know he didn't go to Morocco just to get a cell phone?" No, I'm not making this up! He wanted to know how they could know I was ok, and I said I'd talk with the kids on IM every night. He said that I could be impersonated. I said to use the webcam, so then he said "how do I know he won't be standing behind you with a gun to your head?". So we had a phrase I had to use to let them know I was ok. And one I should use if I wasn't. (I went along with it for the kids)

I still have people who think he's not white. Or at least "not really white". We joke and say he's "dark white". haha My son proudly calls him brown. Then again, my son gets really tan in the summer (despite sunscreen), and I affectionately call him my little brown boy.

I've had people ask if I was going to convert.

My husband gets worried that I don't usually eat pork, and don't drink, because he's afraid people will think he is controlling me or something. Poor guy.

I'm sure there are more, but I need to get the kids to bed...

[Amoon 0]

so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,

Andreea

so, Lisa, r u going to wear that thing on yr head?

enjoy life,

Andreea

Okay...don't laugh at me...

I swear I saw Courtney's photo and saw her hubby's hand on her head...then I read Lisa's comment about wearing that thing on her head! (okay so i completely forgot the title of the post). I was thinking...why would she ask that! Then I realized DUH...Sorry, Blonde moment!

you're so silly!

oh oh oh, how can I forget this one?!!?!

"have you seen that movie, not without my daughter?"

That's funny because someone asked me that same question about that movie before I went to Jordan to meet (&marry) my SO. Lol. Yeah people have crazy perceptions of people in other countries they don't know anything about.