I’ve been very surprised at how nice and formal all the Middle Eastern dudes are; always calling us Americans, sir. It is all so nice and they’re all so seemingly willing to please. I found out recently what is meant by their niceness and how it goes. Over here it is absolutely necessary that when a man and a woman marry, that each other be their “first”. You see over here men don’t marry until much later because they spend their lives trying to make enough of a dowry to give the family of his potential wife. By the time a man does marry he can be well into his 40s, while the girl may be in her early 20s if not late teens. All this way of life is so back asswards to me! I can’t tell you how screwed up this all seems, but it is just one of the many differences that us American have with the Middle Eastern world!
While men are working toward their dowry, they tend to “experiment” with younger boys or other men as a way to be sexual, and at the same time remaining pure. It is crazy because the women do not have the same type of leeway. If a woman doesn’t bleed on her wedding night then she is deemed to not have been pure, and she can wind up being killed in some cases!
I’ve been told that you can see who is “experimenting” by who is walking and holding pinkys; interlocked of coarse! And to add to this, they like to skip along! When I was told this I was cracking up laughing. It’s funny how when you’re told something such as this, you go back and relive every time some dude was nice to you, and even how they looked at you! I now get it why they’re always smiling when you walk their way. Here I am thinking that they are just happy to be working, making money so that they may send it home! Boy was I wrong!!! And you should see the way they look at women, it’s even more obvious!
I feel lucky that I’m here at Camp Leatherneck and haven’t had to take a shower with a bunch of the Third County Nationals (TCNs), which are mostly Middle Eastern and Indian. We, Americans, are always joking around saying that if we were to be put in that position, the TCNs would be offering to bath you, much like they did in Coming to America, “can I wash your back, sir?”(said in the likeness of 'n stuff n stuf...') My reply would be…NO THANK YOU, I GOT IT!!! As a result, I’ll be showering in our Fluor only shower room well before it opens up every morning to be used as another shower room for the TCNs to shower in.
Anyway, alittle humor to close on what I consider to be another eye opener in the world abroad; one that you may otherwise wouldn’t have known about…..I know I didn’t!!
Before I forget, I haven’t said anything about my workout regiment. I’ve taken it upon myself to keep in shape and possibly lose that little bit of excess that I’ve always meant to lose! Currently, I’ve lost close to 10 lbs, and I’ve got a ways to go to reaching my goal. For me, it was never about how much I weigh, just how I would like to look! Wish me luck!
Also, I’ve included an updated picture of my beard! Phew, this thing is beginning to get thick!!!
I hope that all is going well!!
While men are working toward their dowry, they tend to “experiment” with younger boys or other men as a way to be sexual, and at the same time remaining pure. It is crazy because the women do not have the same type of leeway. If a woman doesn’t bleed on her wedding night then she is deemed to not have been pure, and she can wind up being killed in some cases!
I’ve been told that you can see who is “experimenting” by who is walking and holding pinkys; interlocked of coarse! And to add to this, they like to skip along! When I was told this I was cracking up laughing. It’s funny how when you’re told something such as this, you go back and relive every time some dude was nice to you, and even how they looked at you! I now get it why they’re always smiling when you walk their way. Here I am thinking that they are just happy to be working, making money so that they may send it home! Boy was I wrong!!! And you should see the way they look at women, it’s even more obvious!
I feel lucky that I’m here at Camp Leatherneck and haven’t had to take a shower with a bunch of the Third County Nationals (TCNs), which are mostly Middle Eastern and Indian. We, Americans, are always joking around saying that if we were to be put in that position, the TCNs would be offering to bath you, much like they did in Coming to America, “can I wash your back, sir?”(said in the likeness of 'n stuff n stuf...') My reply would be…NO THANK YOU, I GOT IT!!! As a result, I’ll be showering in our Fluor only shower room well before it opens up every morning to be used as another shower room for the TCNs to shower in.
Anyway, alittle humor to close on what I consider to be another eye opener in the world abroad; one that you may otherwise wouldn’t have known about…..I know I didn’t!!
Before I forget, I haven’t said anything about my workout regiment. I’ve taken it upon myself to keep in shape and possibly lose that little bit of excess that I’ve always meant to lose! Currently, I’ve lost close to 10 lbs, and I’ve got a ways to go to reaching my goal. For me, it was never about how much I weigh, just how I would like to look! Wish me luck!
Also, I’ve included an updated picture of my beard! Phew, this thing is beginning to get thick!!!
I hope that all is going well!!
The "Coming to America" comment made me chuckle out loud a little bit. Miss you, and the beard!
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