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Arab/Muslim boyfriend, what to expect for future?

Asked by Sunshine7482 (41points) April 20th, 2015

I am curious as to what to expect in my life with my boyfriend.

He is a student from Saudi Arabia. We are in love, he tells me his place is beside me.

We cant get married because he wont be able to ever go back home, & we cant have children together because he might go to jail in his country if gov’t finds out.

His sister knows about me, but his father found out (during a break up) and his mother pressures to find him a wife even tho he tells her no. So now, his father is pressuring to find him one. He doesnt want to tell him no yet because he needs the money he sends while he is here.

When he goes back this summer, he is going to tell his aunt (whos lived in nebraska for 12yrs and is open minded) so she can tell his father this summer that he is in love with me and doesnt want to marry. He says if they react badly (which I’M expecting, but he says he doesnt know what to expect) then they will fight it out.

So right now, because his grades were low, when he goes back he doesnt know what will happen.

Our plan is to stay together for the next 3 and a half years until he finishes school, and then when he goes back for 2 yrs after (to fulfill scholarship contract he has to leave for 2 yrs) we tenatively said we will live in a neighboring country or in dubai, or I will stay here to finish raising my son, and then he will come back to work in the US.

Does anyone have any experience with this?? Ive read that these situations usually end badly, but I believe him that he loves me and wants to be with me. I cant ask him to give up his country and family forever and stay here, but otherwise we cant marry until he’s 35 and Im 42 and even then it isnt for sure that we will get permission. He definitely wants to live in the US though.

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