How is the experience of dating Arabs?

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Has any One on this forum have dated arabs guys and girls?is any more married to them?How is/was the experience? potential issues?

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Aren't you getting married?

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Its not about me.Its about my friend and coworker!!1

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Right. Your "friend".

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Why do the girls on the forums are so "Uptight". Jeese Khaano ko Partee hoon!Why r u guys so frustated? Just relax and concentrate on the topic!!!

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Yup I have! The arab guy I knew he was simply Amazing! Would've made the ideal husband honestly, treated me like I was the Queen of the world, that's how great he was. Very understanding, very mature, very sensible and responsible, overall great guy. He did want to get married, however I wasn't ready, had to finish studying, and the arab paki differences are big. Language, culture, food, wedding customs (red dress vs white dress), music, traditional clothing, just everything. I wasn't used to it, therefore I wasn't willing to accept it either. If you're going to marry an arab girl, you have to be open to her culture and be willing to accept it. I knew I wouldn't be able to adjust, so I backed out and we mutually ended it, it was hard to let go of such a great guy, but I knew it was for the best in the long run. Also I'm very Paki/desi, so my culture is important to me as well as to my family.

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We know a Bengali girl who married an Egyptian lad and they are really happy, she is quite religious tho, wears hijab etc and gets on really well with his family.. Egyptians and Lebanese are generally more open-minded than other Arabs, I have a couple of other Lebanese mates and their families are ok with their kids marrying or dating ppl from other races as long as they're Muslim.. Saudis tend to be a bit of a nightmare but of course there are exceptions, I believe a Saudi girl marrying a non-Saudi boy needs to get special permission but the other way round is not such a big deal except if ur skin is darker than theirs the inlaws will prob always look down on u (like a lot of desis lol).. Another one of my Kashmiri mates once had a few dates with a Saudi boy but it never went further than that cos she found him too arrogant and too much hard work..

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^don't mind her, she is sadly in a phase where you just cant blame her. reap what you sow after all ehh buddia? ;)

as for your topic, Its pretty different and difficult to adapt if one is a desi whereas the other a arab as far as I have learnt. My ex was involved with a arab before me and apparently she found it extremely hard to adjust to his cultural/religious beliefs. maybe she can enlighten you more if she notices this thread and wants to. :)

edit: she already did. wow

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depends on how you click with the person honestly but their culture is pretty different even though we are muslims.....

from my experience....most arab (khaleeji) men are all about the looks, the girl needs to be prim and proper. She also needs to take care of herself...no letting go allowed.... they do spoil her with things... which is good but then it kinda gets old.... not much conversation going on once the baby is on the way...and not too many arab men are hands on fathers or husbands.... guys time out is a must and most prefer that over spending time with their wives ....

When it comes to arab(khaleeji) women... they know how to look good, not great homemakers....and not all that great conversationalists... most of them (I said most of them not all) are on the lookout for a guy who is well settled... will give them the material things they are looking for .... after they get married....they have a baby to keep the guy around...and are usually hanging out with their women friends... do not have much time for their hubby, home or kids...

These are my personal experiences after knowing arab men and women in different social settings...

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buddy i dint see much difference when i was in one, and i am still good friends with her and she has the same problems desi`s do, Well i did notice that arab girls are a bit more religious but besides that ........... but it does come with a lot of adjustment for both sides but that is the case in even punjabi with pathan or sindhi with balochi or any multicultural bonds. In the end we did not go thru because 1) we were not serious and 2) at that time we were in school and priorities were different.

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moroccan one so so not quite arab arab..u know. very kewl chica, laid back and fun to hang with. more liberal than desis, more conservative than europeans. good conversationalist.

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My best friend got married to a Syrian guy, and he has been brilliant, kept her mother with them until her death, gives her all the freedom she could want, hates our food, so she's stopped cooking it.

He likes her to look nice, does'nt mind how she dressed (in fact encourages her to modernise a little bit more) But she has her own limits which she will not go beyond.

they have 2 girls and he does'nt want anymore children, more than happy with his lot.

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A frnd of mine dated an arab a few years ago ... the grl went lesbian after they broke up ... so yeah

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Same. Mine was Omani. So a proper arab. Like X2 said. More Liberal than desis. More conservative than Europeans. Just fun to hang out with and generally all around solid material.

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:hayaa:

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I think Arab guys are really nice people . Very warm and fun loving . Sometimes little bit short tampered , but over all nice people .

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i havnt dated any Arab, one of my arab friend used to date a Brit Born Pakistani Girl, we were in same company. they also moved in together for years in an excuse of moving closing to workplace to hide this relationship from parents.

overall i thought they were serious, until once i asked my friend would you marry a non arab! he goes what... no way, she has to be Arab from "good and posh" Arabic Country, a Moroccan, Lebanese, yemani etc wouldnt even count at all. i sue to tease him come on marry a Moroccan or a Lebanese, he used to go crazy.

but as person he was one of the best pal,nice, intelligent, down to earth kind of guy.

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Umm well if you wanna see what arabs are really like.. go to a shisha place!!
haha :p

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Arabs are in general super-affectionate, but don't let them kid you. You are to an Arab family what a bengali person would be to ours.
That is to say, sure - some people can see past the prejudice, but its quite deep seated in their cultural fabric.

But imo, The key to inter-national marrage is less in the ethnicity and more to do with the class divide between the individuals involved. In the east most of our customs and etiquettes are the same across classes...however it is more of a stuggle to get used to other money affiliated norms.

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Going through your posts,the kind of impression I had about Arabs in my mind, has slowly started to change.I thought they were just callous and `dark fun' loving animals.