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[QUOTE]Originally posted by toniinegypt: [QB] Hi Girlfriends, I'm so glad I found this forum. I don't know if I'm looking for advice, a good listener, a shoulder to laugh/cry on, or a confessional. Maybe all of the above. I think I'm just relieved to know that I'm not alone here. I met HIM in Jan. 03. He was a waiter on one of the Nile cruise boats; I was a passenger. He tells me that he's since been promoted to dining manager (not restaurant manager yet, though that may come later when his Eglish improves). I went back to Egypt in June/July 03 for school, and he met me in Cairo, where we spent some time together, and later I visited him in Luxor on some weekends. Finished the summer trip together in Hurghada. He dropped hints all along that he wanted to marry me. Finally asked me the last few days in Hurghada. I still can't tell if I'm the luckiest woman in the world or the most gullible. And I know only time will tell. But some insight from you ladies will help tremendously. He's mid-30s, I'm late-40s. I've met his best friend and two of his brothers. I'm certain that one brother is legitimate because that brother works on the same Nile cruise boat and introduced himself to me on the cruise as HIS brother. Brother No. 2 looks just like Brother NO. 1, and there is a family resemblence. When I visited HIM in Luxor, one of the first things he wanted to do was have our photo made together at a professional studio, which we did ... then he took me to what I can only call a by-the-hour f*** hotel, thought that's not exactly what we did there. On later trips we stayed together in a rented flat. Which is also what we did in Hurghada. I paid for about two-thrids of the lodging costs. I know that Egyptians can work very hard and make very little money. And my logic was that I would have to pay to stay somewhere, whether he was along or not. He wanted me to meet the rest of his family, have dinner with them, and he had asked his borther to make the arrangements. But it turned out that was not possible because the family lives in a town outside of Luxor where tourists do not go, and the Tourism Police needed more advance notice to arrange an escort. When I met the best friend, the best friend told me that some other of HIS friends had advised him to marry me at the American Embassy (I'm American) in Cairo, but that HE refused to do this because such a marriage would not be legitimate in the eyes of the church (HE is Christian and so in the best friend). The best friend said that HE would rather put himself in danger than to do something like that. However, HE did suggest that we register as friends with the Luxor Tourist Police, which I refused to do because it just sounded too weird, even for Egypt. I've since learned that it is not possible to marry at the American Embassy, that legal marriages have to take place at some other Egyptian office in Cairo. And from what I read in your postings, it sounds like registering with the Tourist Police is not something that is possible ... that the fake marriage thing is. I think you can fill in the blanks as to what my questions are: Does HE really love me or does he want money, American citizenship or something else I haven't even thought of? I think HE loves me because he telephoned me regularly when I was in Egypt and since I have been back in the US. And we keep up with one another by e-mail. On the one hand, I think HE is honest and would be faithful because he is Christian. HE even made a point of saying that there were a couple of women on his ship recently who wanted to meet him, but he refused. But on the other hand, well, during the let's-get-acquainted stage, HE didn't behave that much differently towards me than the Moslem men, who I was not interested in getting to know better. In fact if HE had not been a Christian, I would never have taken an interest in him. There are many more details I could give, pro and con. But basically, I have a lot of questions. And I don't know how I'm going to get them all answered to my satisfaction. Anyway, here I am feeling like I'm ready to chuck it all and move to Egypt. But I think I want to do that anyway just because I love it there. I'd just like to know for sure what I'm dealing with where HE is concerned, you know? Thanks for listening, girlfriends, and responding when you can. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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