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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mo Ning Min E: [QB] [b]"..Here in the UK, the foundation of a marriage is love. This is expected. It's implicit. It's in your wedding vows. The fiance and fiancee go home and tell their family they're getting married. Their family don't ask about the earning potential of the groom nor the fertility of the bride (or vice versa). Don't get me wrong - they want to know, but they can't say it. It's sooooo rude. There isn't immediate concern over how the wedding will be paid for. What they want to be sure of is that the person their child marrying is a good one (same as Egyptian here, but...) and equally that their child will love and be loved.""..Here in the UK, the foundation of a marriage is love. This is expected. It's implicit. It's in your wedding vows. The fiance and fiancee go home and tell their family they're getting married. Their family don't ask about the earning potential of the groom nor the fertility of the bride (or vice versa). Don't get me wrong - they want to know, but they can't say it. It's sooooo rude. There isn't immediate concern over how the wedding will be paid for. What they want to be sure of is that the person their child marrying is a good one (same as Egyptian here, but...) and equally that their child will love and be loved...."[/b] Brilliant post Monkey. Since I've lived here I have met only one or two Egyptian couples who married for love. The rest were unashamed box tickers. :confused: I have met more happy couples in which one partner is Western. So... what's to be jealous of? I do agree to a great extent with Pablo. If this lady can deal with being a co-wife [and as long as she is not expected to subsidise the happy new family!] and she knows that the guy does really love her, why not give it a whirl. Young men are under an extraordinary amount to pressure to conform and obey their parents here and this is not reserved for upper Egyptian farm boys. And we ARE here in another culture, we do have to be prepared to accept ideas that seem alien to us. Personally, I don't think I'd mind being a co-wife. As long as the other one did all the domestic stuff, washing his socks etc, ironing!!cooking unspeakable things like molokya and offal. I'm pretty sure 3 days a week of having fun, knowing that the other marriage was a traditional box ticking formality, wouldn't faze me in terms of jealousy. But then, I'm NOT actually faced with with the reality of it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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