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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Penny: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by katrina: [b] Penny, maybe I am wrong but if so tell me. Not only what you say is right, but it seems to me that it is the western woman who adopts 100%. You never see any Egyptian men trying to understand anything about the culture of a woman he marries. You see western women who try very hard to learn and adopt to the Egyptian way whether it is logical or stupid, because the argument is always not about what is logical but "this is how it is". Take it or leave it. It is not about a blend. it is about 100% Egyptian, whether is is good or not. It is my perception on average. If it is not true, you can say. Gege, you may be very surprised that your boyfriend/financee says and acts one way in the West, but you will see a difference once you are in Egypt. [This message has been edited by katrina (edited 19 August 2004).][/b][/QUOTE] Dear Katrina If a Western women marries an Egyptian man and chooses to live in his country then yes she has to make far many more compromises than he does because she has got to live by the culture and social rules of that society. If she does not then she disrespects her husband and you can be sure the relationship will be short lived. However what I find is than within the walls of our home I am very much more free to just be myself and we talk and discuss between us all sort of issues and culture from both viewpoints. There is deinitely not a take or leave it attitude and my husband will expect visitors to our home to adapt to my wishes and ways...he just has a lovely way of asking and people really don't mind. My husband's mind is definitely more 'closed' to new ideas and ways of thinking than mine is but then he did not grow up in a western society so why should I expect otherwise and so often when I really think and look at his viewpoint I find in fact it is me that is also set in my ways. I think western women often have a way of trying the contol their men and if this is your way then you will find big problems with an Egyptian man. If you have ever watched a woman doing this though it is very demeening to the man and often leads to their emasculation. Give me a man that is a true man any day and as long as I trust him I have no problem letting go of the reigns. Really as long as you do not find you are compromising so much that you are loosing your identily as a person then there is usually so much gained from the relationship if the man is like my husband he truly appreciates the adjustments you make.Many of those adjustments actually turn out to enhance your life rather than restrict it... it just depends how you look at things. Penny [/QB][/QUOTE]
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