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[QUOTE]Originally posted by refreshed: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by gyne: [qb] Very good advice Sono. I wish I had known this before I went to Egypt first. [/qb][/QUOTE]I asked around beforehand and was told to take my hubby's word as testament. Bularky! He didn't want to explain how different the US was from Egypt. I was in an utter state of shock. I had been to Mexico, been out in the desert but this was mars to me. What needed to happen was the personal attachment I developed to my sister in law. My brother in laws figured out I didn't trust them and I thought they were being coy and flippant which really encouraged them to change their attitudes. What made things work is the older generation that had kids in the west, men and women in their 40s and 50s whose sons lived in the USA. They'd come out of the woodwork to talk to my Dad and explain my perspective to him. Some older women lived with their daughter and her family in the USA for a bit and translated a few hours worth of discussion for Dad. You do need someone to translate to mother and father in laws because the young generation might speak english but they are so wound up in their arab identity and piety. The young refuse to meet anyone halfway, while the older generation are much more resiliant and able to be patient, tolerant without it hindering their sense of self. If I had married my ex husband 20 years ago rather than 7 years ago the immense difference it would've made! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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