You know your husband's Egyptian when...

[doodlebugg 10]

So you've all met my husband! Great!!

These sound so spot on it's crazy! Some more than others. I've gotten the water around the bathroom sink taken care of, now for the floor. He will also now take his plate to the sink instead of leaving it on the table, but that's it.

He loves to cook, and will use every pan in the kitchen, always with some sort of tomato sauce that must splatter everywhere to taste right. But will not clean any of it up!

God love 'em!

Don't know if this is just my husband but I noticed that when we're out, he totally understands what someone with a thick thick mexican accent is saying better than someone with a Boston accent.

[Jennie-Ammar 0]

my hubby's not egyptian but I can sooooo relate to this.. OMG funny stuff. I feel better knowing Im not the only women dealing with these things.

[KHPerfectMatch 1]

Hey Tasha, we've already established long ago that H and A are twins seperated at birth (by about 10 years...) And I figured out the double clothes... it's to keep the BO off of the OUTSIDE outfit! You can sweat up a storm and it will all stick to the INSIDE outfit... so you can wear the other one over again!!!! I keep telling him that's what the washing machine and dryer are for!!!!

I am spoiled though... he does nearly 100% of the cleaning and laundry... I have no room left in my drawers because ALL of my clothes are clean ALL of the time! He thinks I'm just a wild woman because I have 15 pairs of underwear... What an extravagance!!!!

We also have "inside clothes" and "outside clothes"... but in Egypt it freaked me out when my relatives would try to make me put on THEIR inside clothes and TAKE OFF My outside clothes when I just came for a few hour visit!!! Guess I should be thankful I got all that tomato sauce on THEIR inside clothes...

It freaks me out how his feet seem to have never touched the ground ever since the day we met... He manages to keep SOMETHING on his feet 24/7 (except in bed....)

He loves a good Chinese buffet... but it just makes me crazy that he eats 3 plates of rice and then is too full for the seafood he came for!!!! He makes fun of my coupons but doesn't want to go anywhere that's too expensive...

I'm so blessed that he's a clean freak... and obsessive compulsive at it too!!!!

[Aymsgirl 0]

Hey Tasha, we've already established long ago that H and A are twins seperated at birth (by about 10 years...) And I figured out the double clothes... it's to keep the BO off of the OUTSIDE outfit! You can sweat up a storm and it will all stick to the INSIDE outfit... so you can wear the other one over again!!!! I keep telling him that's what the washing machine and dryer are for!!!!

I am spoiled though... he does nearly 100% of the cleaning and laundry... I have no room left in my drawers because ALL of my clothes are clean ALL of the time! He thinks I'm just a wild woman because I have 15 pairs of underwear... What an extravagance!!!!

We also have "inside clothes" and "outside clothes"... but in Egypt it freaked me out when my relatives would try to make me put on THEIR inside clothes and TAKE OFF My outside clothes when I just came for a few hour visit!!! Guess I should be thankful I got all that tomato sauce on THEIR inside clothes...

It freaks me out how his feet seem to have never touched the ground ever since the day we met... He manages to keep SOMETHING on his feet 24/7 (except in bed....)

He loves a good Chinese buffet... but it just makes me crazy that he eats 3 plates of rice and then is too full for the seafood he came for!!!! He makes fun of my coupons but doesn't want to go anywhere that's too expensive...

I'm so blessed that he's a clean freak... and obsessive compulsive at it too!!!!

You are indeed blessed my friend! I think DH is a little selfish when it comes to the house being clean. If he didn't make the mess he doesn't clean it up!

Here's another one...I'm tired, work more than full time and am a mother, housekeeper, cook, wife you name it the rest of my time. From time to time I want to go out and eat especially if it's late and we are starving and I am too tired to cook. I get this statement from him, "We have food at home, let's just go home and eat." Well, yes, let's, I will slave over the stove for two hours when I am so tired that I can't move and I will clean up everything. How about a 3 hour dinner on me only sounds DELIGHTFUL!

[*Maureen* 0]

Sandrila, don't we all? lol

I will say that hubby caters to me pretty well, just in a different way than he likes to be catered to.

I showed him the list and he was amused but had to point out that not ALL the points applied to himself. lol

my husband was laughing so hard I had to calm him down after reading all of this!!! rofl!!!!

Tasha, re: inside and outside clothes...OMG!!! I never used to wear my jammies all day long in the house before but for some reason my husband gets mad if I don't change IMMEDIATELY into my pj's when we get in the house, even if we are to go out again in another hour!!! I thought it was just him! I must say though, I'm much more comfy in the house now.

Yes, then he wants to know why I do so much laundry??

I forgot to add that a man that has English as a secondary language wants to teach me English!! Ever heard that one???

Also, he yells and tells people that they are a bunch of scaredy cats when driving......well, if you've ever been to Egypt you can only imagine why he says this!

Another one...loves to have his picture made and loves to look at them. I find this strange because I run when a camera is on and hate to see myself.

Does not eat and drink at the same time.

Insists that all males in the home pizz sitting down.

Will wash his own dish and spoon on his own nice and polite but will leave a sink of full of other dishes.

Hey, at least he does that, mine would let it stay on the table and i'm sure eventually it would end up sticking to the table and having to use the jaws for life to remove it...lol

[Aymsgirl 0]

So you've all met my husband! Great!!

These sound so spot on it's crazy! Some more than others. I've gotten the water around the bathroom sink taken care of, now for the floor. He will also now take his plate to the sink instead of leaving it on the table, but that's it.

He loves to cook, and will use every pan in the kitchen, always with some sort of tomato sauce that must splatter everywhere to taste right. But will not clean any of it up!

God love 'em!

I can relate...tasbekah or something like that my husband will make but between the tomato sauce and the turkish coffee boiling over I have to almost use my fingernails or a butter knife to scratch it off of my stove top.

[Sandrila 1]

Hey, at least he does that, mine would let it stay on the table and i'm sure eventually it would end up sticking to the table and having to use the jaws for life to remove it...lol

Maureen nothing would ever make it's way to the sink if I didn't move it.

It is like having another child, sorry.

Tasha at first I cooked all the time for hubby because I wanted to exhibit my skills and I knew he is used to home cooking.

Once real life kicked in again and we got busy he has had to adjust to quick, sometimes anything goes type meals or foods you just pick up and reheat or take out....whatever...IT'S A MEAL, right? Not to him.

He absolutely cringes most of the time if I haven't cooked. I love to cook but I need to find the time to do it or prepare enough ahead so we can eat at a decent hour and I can also sit down, for goodness' sake.

I haven't done much cooking lately at all, at least for a month. Partly because he has been so hard on me that I refused to do it but I just dread that age old question anymore.."What's for dinner???

Even my youngest daughter said to me the other day.

Mom you don't cook anymore, I love your cooking.

back to an old thread of mine....can't i just eat cereal for dinner if I want? I could eat PB&J everyday and be satisfied.

Geez

Edited May 28, 2009 by GODZILLA2

[Nothing1234 2]

Okay I finally have one...a post from yesterday reminded me!

He refuses to get on a plane to come live in the US until his bidet has been installed!

And he did think if I don't layer the babies up, myself up and everyone around us in the 110 degree hell of summer or very COLD 75 degree (this is a joke) winter, that we will all die of a cold. (Thank god he's broken that habit!)

[HLM 1]

As the Egyptian wife everything about you said about Egyptian men is so true! lol It reminds me of my men in my family but none of them relate to me except soccer - we grew up in my family males and females in love with this sport- BIG AHLY FAN BTW .

I guess Egyptian women have their own stereotypes lol...I'll try to think of some..

Edited May 28, 2009 by HLM

[KHPerfectMatch 1]

As the Egyptian wife everything about you said about Egyptian men is so true! lol It reminds me of my men in my family but none of them relate to me except soccer - we grew up in my family males and females in love with this sport- BIG AHLY FAN BTW .

I guess Egyptian women have their own stereotypes lol...I'll try to think of some..

Oh please do... Start a list of "You know you're married to an Egyptian WOMAN when: ----------"

Wild camels couldn't drag much information out of H about what married life was like for him with he was married to his Ex for 20+ years... All I know is that every time they got back together after a divorce she got pregnant about 5 minutes later... I keep wondering if I do the same things that she did that bugged him and he's just not saying...

I've heard alot of stereotypes about Egyptian wives, but don't know which ones are true and which are just Egyptian men blabbing...

And my sister-in-laws claim that NO AMERICAN WOMAN is a "match" for an Egyptian man... that it takes an Egyptian woman to keep an Egyptian man in line... They kind of laugh when they say it, but I'm not convinced they are joking... (I also heard that from an Iraqi colleague (male) who is married to an Egyptian woman, he just shakes his head and tells me FORGET IT..... you will NEVER be able to keep him in line...)

So give us the SCOOP!

[HLM 1]

As the Egyptian wife everything about you said about Egyptian men is so true! lol It reminds me of my men in my family but none of them relate to me except soccer - we grew up in my family males and females in love with this sport- BIG AHLY FAN BTW .

I guess Egyptian women have their own stereotypes lol...I'll try to think of some..

Oh please do... Start a list of "You know you're married to an Egyptian WOMAN when: ----------"

Wild camels couldn't drag much information out of H about what married life was like for him with he was married to his Ex for 20+ years... All I know is that every time they got back together after a divorce she got pregnant about 5 minutes later... I keep wondering if I do the same things that she did that bugged him and he's just not saying...

I've heard alot of stereotypes about Egyptian wives, but don't know which ones are true and which are just Egyptian men blabbing...

And my sister-in-laws claim that NO AMERICAN WOMAN is a "match" for an Egyptian man... that it takes an Egyptian woman to keep an Egyptian man in line... They kind of laugh when they say it, but I'm not convinced they are joking... (I also heard that from an Iraqi colleague (male) who is married to an Egyptian woman, he just shakes his head and tells me FORGET IT..... you will NEVER be able to keep him in line...)

So give us the SCOOP!

LOL wow!! ok then I'll try to dig some up...

[doodlebugg 10]

Here's another one...I'm tired, work more than full time and am a mother, housekeeper, cook, wife you name it the rest of my time. From time to time I want to go out and eat especially if it's late and we are starving and I am too tired to cook. I get this statement from him, "We have food at home, let's just go home and eat." Well, yes, let's, I will slave over the stove for two hours when I am so tired that I can't move and I will clean up everything. How about a 3 hour dinner on me only sounds DELIGHTFUL!

Sing it sista!!! That is totally my husband. I'll have worked until 7pm and will run errands after, coming home around 8:30 at night on a Wednesday (my late day) and if I so much as mention ordering out I get a full 5 minutes of sighs, sucking of the teeth, shaking of the head and mumbles about how it's better to eat what is in the house. I did get him to start cooking for me on Wednesdays when he'd have the day off but lately he's been working that day too. The one accomplishment I have made is to get him to like chicken kabob subs with feta on top from this sub place I go to. That's our new Wednesday meal and although I still get a few sighs and teeth sucks after he eats it he says it was very good. I have seriously gone from ordering in at least 4 nights/week to cooking all but one night/week. I agree it's exhausting but I do like eating my own food better and there have been much less tummy bugs in our house ever since.

[lamaestra 0]

This is so true!! I can relate to many of these!!

All I can say is Amen! Amen! Amen!

[100% Al Ahly Fan 53]

Oh please do... Start a list of "You know you're married to an Egyptian WOMAN when: ----------"

Wild camels couldn't drag much information out of H about what married life was like for him with he was married to his Ex for 20+ years... All I know is that every time they got back together after a divorce she got pregnant about 5 minutes later... I keep wondering if I do the same things that she did that bugged him and he's just not saying...

I've heard alot of stereotypes about Egyptian wives, but don't know which ones are true and which are just Egyptian men blabbing...

And my sister-in-laws claim that NO AMERICAN WOMAN is a "match" for an Egyptian man... that it takes an Egyptian woman to keep an Egyptian man in line... They kind of laugh when they say it, but I'm not convinced they are joking... (I also heard that from an Iraqi colleague (male) who is married to an Egyptian woman, he just shakes his head and tells me FORGET IT..... you will NEVER be able to keep him in line...)

So give us the SCOOP!

I have to say I disagree with your SIL. She may think that someone from his culture may "match" him better, but sometimes the differences are what attact to begin with. I think if love, trust and communication are there...then culture, ethnicity and nationality don't matter. Anyhow.....on a lighter note....Being I grew up around many Egyptians and being half myself, some of the "husband" list can also work for women, although based on people I know I thought of the following (Some even apply to me- although I would NEVER admit to it)

You know you're married to (or just know) an Egyptian women when.......

Cooking there is no veggie that cannot be stuffed. Gotta love the Mashi

Breakfast is usually ful, ta3maya (falafel), eggs, soft cheese, jam/jelly and of course the OTHER utensil, bread.

Wear LOTS of Jewelry, mostly gold. Love the Bling Bling!!

The smallest thing can happen, e.i. a broken nail, forgot something at the grocery store....and OUT COMES THE DRAMA QUEEN!!! The crying and slapping of the cheeks begins...Oh boy!

You can never be too dressed up or wear TOO much makeup. It's all about lavishness and glamour!

She doesn't have a hair on her body, except her head of course. Aww, the fun of halawa (egyptian wax)...NOT!

They hit there kids with anything that is near them, e.i. shib shib off her foot, the remote, the wooden spoon she's cooking with

She's gossiping....even if it's about her own family

She can't reach someone by phone (usually her child or husband) and will blow the phone up and leave numerous messages, which then usually leads to the Drama Queen effect, until she finally get's a hold of them

Edited May 30, 2009 by 100% Al Ahly Fan

[100% Al Ahly Fan 53]

As the Egyptian wife everything about you said about Egyptian men is so true! lol It reminds me of my men in my family but none of them relate to me except soccer - we grew up in my family males and females in love with this sport- BIG AHLY FAN BTW .

I guess Egyptian women have their own stereotypes lol...I'll try to think of some..

Yeah, love love love soccer! Wish it was a more of a popular sport here in the U.S. Glad to have another Al Ahly fan here, we could start a VJ Fan Club