Issues you may need to discuss with your MENA SO

[Ban Hammer 13,349]

To the newcomers reading this thread for the first time --

Welcome to the Middle East.

Americans, beware!

we got hot and cold running woms around here?

maybe i should get the t-shirt

i went to the middle east and all i got was woms!

[Ban Hammer 13,349]

To the newcomers reading this thread for the first time --

Welcome to the Middle East.

OT posters fight on a daily basis, no one is in there saying Welcome to Hickville.

no daily olympics for more holy than thou in there

[Ban Hammer 13,349]

So much bravado here spent on emotional defense of oneself - it's not pretty, its not productive and it's really kind of sad.

WOM will be back soon...

So, this is only in the beginning

welcome to mena

Not that I was trolling or anything, it is just a tough subject...

Because we know you are not a troll or have troll like postings

Am I being that much of a troll?

Am I in the most hated list with Charles?

that's my job now.........

[Reynaldo 0]

no daily olympics for more holy than thou in there

Catching up, eh Charles?

[Ban Hammer 13,349]

no daily olympics for more holy than thou in there

Catching up, eh Charles?

yup, all caught up now

[Fandango 1,439]

For someone who thinks my posts aren't worth responding to, you certainly are spending quite a bit of time showing yourself up like acting like a petulant child. If you truly thought I was a troll, you wouldn't respond at all...so what you're doing looks to me like an attempt to deflect from the real issue here.

Call me troll all you want...I have put forth my opinion here....you can either discuss it or ignore it. Instead you prove incapable of carrying yourself with the grace & dignity of theeducated & mature woman that you claim to be....and I find that quite sad. In a ha-ha sort of way though too

[Reynaldo 0]

[Henia 11]

To the newcomers reading this thread for the first time --

Welcome to the Middle East.

I see our little forum is attracting strays again WELCOME ALL!!!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

AK-47's are in Aisle 4. Only 1 per customer, please.

And again, thank you for visiting the Middle East.

[browneyez40 0]

Back on topic "Issues you may need to discuss with your MENA SO'.............

How many years til you want a return visit to your country?

Will you be filing for any of your family to come over after you get citizenship?

Do you soak your rice for 30 minutes before cooking?

What kind of empolyment will you seek upon receiving your EAD?

Do you want to live in a city or the country?

Anybody else have issues that should have been discussed?

Jackie

Or how to deal with health issues?

When I was sick with a fever last year, my husband kept trying to cover me with a lot of blankets. My mom came over to see me and was shocked that I had 4 blankets on top of me. He thought that I should sweat the bad germs out.

Or the subject of children spending time over in SO home country?

[Ban Hammer 13,349]

AK-47's are in Aisle 4. Only 1 per customer, please.

And again, thank you for visiting the Middle East.

what aisle is the rpg's in? i wanna go squirrel hunting with one of those!

To the newcomers reading this thread for the first time --

Welcome to the Middle East.

I see our little forum is attracting strays again WELCOME ALL!!!

i think rey wants to be an honorary mean girl too

[Samra 0]

Back on topic "Issues you may need to discuss with your MENA SO'.............

How many years til you want a return visit to your country?

Will you be filing for any of your family to come over after you get citizenship?

Do you soak your rice for 30 minutes before cooking?

What kind of empolyment will you seek upon receiving your EAD?

Do you want to live in a city or the country?

Anybody else have issues that should have been discussed?

Jackie

Or how to deal with health issues?

When I was sick with a fever last year, my husband kept trying to cover me with a lot of blankets. My mom came over to see me and was shocked that I had 4 blankets on top of me. He thought that I should sweat the bad germs out.

Or the subject of children spending time over in SO home country?

or the fact that i was in the ER for 2 hours (prior to getting insurance) last year and wound up with a $4500 bill ! Hubby believes in principle that it should not be paid. i vehemently disagree. i did not take steps to ensure insurance was secure, and wound up sick. regardless how rediculous the bill amount, i need to pay it.

point is, the outrageousness of some bills can shock your ME/NA SO.

[~Jackie~ 30]

Before Mohammed came to America, I suggested he see his eye doctor and dentist. He paid $50 there for a nice pair of glasses and exam. The same glasses here he saw at Sears and they would have been over $300 with exam. Same with dentists, it is much cheaper in the ME.

Jackie

Or was the topic of this thread 'I am more palestinian than you'. ? If that was the purpose, then I apoligize for hijacking it with trivial issues.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Before Mohammed came to America, I suggested he see his eye doctor and dentist. He paid $50 there for a nice pair of glasses and exam. The same glasses here he saw at Sears and they would have been over $300 with exam. Same with dentists, it is much cheaper in the ME.

My husband's best friend in Egypt is a dentist, so he got his work done for cheap. He also got new glasses. Unfortunately, less than a month after he arrived, we were at Eid prayers and he set his glasses down in front of him during the salat. Now, in Egypt that's normal. But here, we have little devils, err, rambuncious children, who run up and down the aisles. Smaaaaaaaaaaaaaash! New glasses are expensive

Also on the health front, if your sweetie is used to getting antibiotics over the counter, inform him that here they're perscription only. He should try to bring enough with him to tied him over until he has a chance to go home and get more, if he can't live without them.

[browneyez40 0]

Before Mohammed came to America, I suggested he see his eye doctor and dentist. He paid $50 there for a nice pair of glasses and exam. The same glasses here he saw at Sears and they would have been over $300 with exam. Same with dentists, it is much cheaper in the ME.

Jackie

Or was the topic of this thread 'I am more palestinian than you'. ? If that was the purpose, then I apoligize for hijacking it with trivial issues.

My husband had a lot of issues with dental work he got done in Morocco. He has had to get most of it corrected in the US and is shocked to see how much it costs with insurance.

I thought of another question - the issues of pets. I love all creatures great and small. My husband doesn't. We were able to agree on a cat, but I would love, love, love a dog. This is the first time in my life where I have not had a dog.