Ownership

[Marry American 0]

My fiance and me. Or my fiance and I . . .

That is how I will refer to him. Maybe even my man. But for sure, I will not say my Moroccan. To me the signals a sense of ownersip. How can one this day and age own another human being? I have been reading several messages and though not commenting, I have enjoyed them all. You guys seem to have some real online friendships going on.

My moroccan is just like saying my chinese girl, my Jamaican, my Russian, My African, my American. Is it just me or do these terms not sound right to others?

For all of you guys (white women), would it be safe to assume then that if you were married to someone of the same race (white man) you would refer to him as my white man, my Caucasian, my Anglo saxon? Respectfully.

[Caladan 19]

My friends refer to C. jokingly as the 'the Canuck' or 'your lumberjack', and I sometimes tell him he's my big Canadian bear, but I don't think I'd say 'my Canadian and I.'

I'd feel like I was saying 'my iPod', or 'this toaster oven is returnable on Amazon.'

[~*Dorothy*~ 2]

I had a wonderful time with my fiancé. He spoils me. I do not have to lift a finger for a change. It is so much fun just being catered too. I will want him to cook and clean for me here all the time. I do not think It will happen, lol. Thanks for asking.

I am glad to hear that and wish you a speedy processing. Also I hope that you will have him by your side very soon - you guys make such a lovely couple...Best of luck.

Dorothy

[Bosco 1]

I suspect that if the Moroccan was going around referring to his fiance/wife as "My American" there would be those that would think that is not very different than saying "My Green Card".

[sarah and hicham 3]

I suspect that if the Moroccan was going around referring to his fiance/wife as "My American" there would be those that would think that is not very different than saying "My Green Card".

ain't that the truth.

[Marry American 0]

I had a wonderful time with my fiancé. He spoils me. I do not have to lift a finger for a change. It is so much fun just being catered too. I will want him to cook and clean for me here all the time. I do not think It will happen, lol. Thanks for asking.

I am glad to hear that and wish you a speedy processing. Also I hope that you will have him by your side very soon - you guys make such a lovely couple...Best of luck.

Dorothy

You are very kind, thank you.

I suspect that if the Moroccan was going around referring to his fiance/wife as "My American" there would be those that would think that is not very different than saying "My Green Card".

yes I agree

[Bosco 1]

My fiance and me. Or my fiance and I . . .

That is how I will refer to him. Maybe even my man. But for sure, I will not say my Moroccan. To me the signals a sense of ownersip. How can one this day and age own another human being? I have been reading several messages and though not commenting, I have enjoyed them all. You guys seem to have some real online friendships going on.

My moroccan is just like saying my chinese girl, my Jamaican, my Russian, My African, my American. Is it just me or do these terms not sound right to others?

For all of you guys (white women), would it be safe to assume then that if you were married to someone of the same race (white man) you would refer to him as my white man, my Caucasian, my Anglo saxon? Respectfully.

I don't see how this compares. No one is referring to their spouse from Morocco as "my brown man" or "my caramel-colored man". They are referring to their country of origin, not their skin color. Using whites and Anglo Saxon interchangably is like saying all brown people are from India. I know many Moroccans who consider themselves white and identify this way on applications, etc.

[peezey 0]

My fiance and me. Or my fiance and I . . .

That is how I will refer to him. Maybe even my man. But for sure, I will not say my Moroccan. To me the signals a sense of ownersip. How can one this day and age own another human being? I have been reading several messages and though not commenting, I have enjoyed them all. You guys seem to have some real online friendships going on.

My moroccan is just like saying my chinese girl, my Jamaican, my Russian, My African, my American. Is it just me or do these terms not sound right to others?

For all of you guys (white women), would it be safe to assume then that if you were married to someone of the same race (white man) you would refer to him as my white man, my Caucasian, my Anglo saxon? Respectfully.

This comparison makes no sense. "My Moroccan" refers to his country, not his color.

Many cultures have plenty of pet names for each other. Where I live, there are a huge number of hispanic/caucasian relationships and it's common for a caucasian girl who is with an hispanic guy to be called "my guera" (slang for white girl in Spanish) as a pet name. They also use "gorda/gordo" a lot which translates to fatty, which I'm sure many of us would object to in English, but is a pet name in Spanish.

Also, my moroccan calls himself white (how the french & moroccan word translates into English), but he's certainly not Anglo Saxon. Europeans don't have the line on light skin.

Edited January 13, 2007 by peezey

[sereia 0]

Well... since I'm the person you are referring to I suppose I should respond.

First of all, I think you should stop taking yourself so seriously. I would say its somewhat of a term of endearment. By NO WAY would I ever say or think I OWN someone. Thats a ridiculous thing to say. But then again you don't know me. But I somehow think most people wouldn't feel they OWN someone.....hmmmm...

How about when you call someone " your baby", "your sweetie", "your lover". Do you own them? And if "my moroccan" called me "my american" I would think it was funny... not offensive.

Unless your post really was a joke and I completely missed it? I almost find it hard to believe you sat here and thought about this and felt the need to make a post because you took it so seriously. haha!

[mybackpages 0]

Well... since I'm the person you are referring to I suppose I should respond.

First of all, I think you should stop taking yourself so seriously. I would say its somewhat of a term of endearment. By NO WAY would I ever say or think I OWN someone. Thats a ridiculous thing to say. But then again you don't know me. But I somehow think most people wouldn't feel they OWN someone.....hmmmm...

How about when you call someone " your baby", "your sweetie", "your lover". Do you own them? And if "my moroccan" called me "my american" I would think it was funny... not offensive.

Unless your post really was a joke and I completely missed it? I almost find it hard to believe you sat here and thought about this and felt the need to make a post because you took it so seriously. haha!

I just took your thread title to mean I have questions about my moroccan as opposed to your moroccan.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I think "my Moroccan" is cute. There's even a poster here who uses that as their ID and I always saw it as an endearment, even tho I never thought of using it myself.

[Marry American 0]

Well... since I'm the person you are referring to I suppose I should respond.

First of all, I think you should stop taking yourself so seriously. I would say its somewhat of a term of endearment. By NO WAY would I ever say or think I OWN someone. Thats a ridiculous thing to say. But then again you don't know me. But I somehow think most people wouldn't feel they OWN someone.....hmmmm...

How about when you call someone " your baby", "your sweetie", "your lover". Do you own them? And if "my moroccan" called me "my american" I would think it was funny... not offensive.

Unless your post really was a joke and I completely missed it? I almost find it hard to believe you sat here and thought about this and felt the need to make a post because you took it so seriously. haha!

Since I am allowed to post anything I want to, I did. Who are you to question my post. No it was not a joke. I do not find it as a term of endearment. Baby, Sweetie, Honey are terms of endearment. Grow up!

[peezey 0]

Well... since I'm the person you are referring to I suppose I should respond.

First of all, I think you should stop taking yourself so seriously. I would say its somewhat of a term of endearment. By NO WAY would I ever say or think I OWN someone. Thats a ridiculous thing to say. But then again you don't know me. But I somehow think most people wouldn't feel they OWN someone.....hmmmm...

How about when you call someone " your baby", "your sweetie", "your lover". Do you own them? And if "my moroccan" called me "my american" I would think it was funny... not offensive.

Unless your post really was a joke and I completely missed it? I almost find it hard to believe you sat here and thought about this and felt the need to make a post because you took it so seriously. haha!

Since I am allowed to post anything I want to, I did. Who are you to question my post. No it was not a joke. I do not find it as a term of endearment. Baby, Sweetie, Honey are terms of endearment. Grow up!

Calling a grown man "baby" is grown up? I find that rather infantilismic and a bit sick, and veering on the ownership side far more than calling him "my moroccan" when that's what he likes to be called.

Well... since I'm the person you are referring to I suppose I should respond.

First of all, I think you should stop taking yourself so seriously. I would say its somewhat of a term of endearment. By NO WAY would I ever say or think I OWN someone. Thats a ridiculous thing to say. But then again you don't know me. But I somehow think most people wouldn't feel they OWN someone.....hmmmm...

How about when you call someone " your baby", "your sweetie", "your lover". Do you own them? And if "my moroccan" called me "my american" I would think it was funny... not offensive.

Unless your post really was a joke and I completely missed it? I almost find it hard to believe you sat here and thought about this and felt the need to make a post because you took it so seriously. haha!

I just took your thread title to mean I have questions about my moroccan as opposed to your moroccan.

That's what I thought, too!

Edited January 13, 2007 by peezey

[Mrs. Forgetful 2]

My husband calls me his private property. And tells me that he owns me. I don't mind it. I actually like it. When is mother was here she told me to take care of my moroccan man. As I see it, he does it out of a sign of affection. My best friend and I have always called our boyfriends who have been from Morocco, "Our Moroccan Men." It's like when I was in high school and I dated a guy who lived out on a farm and participated in Rodeos I called him "My Cowboy." There's nothing wrong with sayign that. It's like saying "My Friend" and I am sure when you say "my friend" you are not saying you own your friend. You get what I'm saying?

[cbd2cai 0]

How about when you call someone " your baby", "your sweetie", "your lover". Do you own them? And if "my moroccan" called me "my american" I would think it was funny... not offensive.

Gozee calls me "mraty" or by my name . . . . his friends ask about his "American wife" . I haven't called him "My Egyptian" because I haven't thought of that before (maybe I'll try that one out on him today) . . . . but he doesn't like the typical nicknames for his Arabic name either. I've suggested that he might want to be "Max" when he gets here . . . he rather likes that one, hehe!!