I couldn't believe the pile of sandals they had for everyone at the door. Then I'd see them wearing each other's. I saw my fiance walking around in some of his sister's pretty sandals sometimes too. Then when I saw someone put mine on, I had to contain myself! I just couldn't get over the fact that someone else's feet were in my shoes.


I came downstairs one morning to find all of the rugs off the floors, soaking wet outside and his sisters using the garden hose in the house. The water was running all over the floors. I must have had a really horrified look on my face because his sisters, aunts and his mom started laughing when they saw me.

My fiance always tells me if he can hear that I have a sniffle or a cold that I must have gone outside with my hair wet. The last time he told me this, I must have heard the thought that went through my head as always (yeah right, you've got to be kidding me) because before I could say anything he added, "I don't know. That's what my mother always tells me."


I know the temperature is going to be a big problem for us when he gets here. The rental car we had in Morocco was always too cold for him with the a/c on. He always had to have the window open. One of us will always be either too cold or too hot I'm sure.


The whole sharing the glass thing. My face tells all what I'm thinking about and feeling so I really had to really fight hard to be sure not to let my eyes bug out of my head whenever someone would use my glass at his family's house. I loved it when they would bring a bottle of water and then one glass for the dozen or so people sitting around the table. That and I love to drink a lot of water when I'm eating. So compared to them, I felt like I was guzzling the water so I would try not to hog the one water glass form everyone else. But then I'd find all of the bread (which I am soooo not used to eating) getting caught in my throat because my throat was so dry from the bread. They always wondered why I was eating so slow. I didn't want to say that I was practically choking trying to get the bread down. I told my fiance that I had eaten more bread with him in two weeks than I had in 2 years. Then he proceded to tell his mother that for me...


Humor! Whew! It's not just me then! I have had those lectures too. We can laugh about so many things but once in a while, there will be something that I said and he will go on and on so serious about why it isn't funny.

I tried to get all the quotes for all of these things. I need to practice figuring that out some more.

When your SO's did get here, how much stuff did they bring with them? How much room will I really have to make in my closet and dressers?

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.
*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all
*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat
*extra mayo on his sandwiches
*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest
oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

I had that worry when Rachid came that he would loose weight, but I have some tricks that I use and he has gained over 20 ibs.
*I make a big class of whatever and just take a little drink and say "oh im done you have the rest" and he drinks it all
*I always put way extra cheese on whatever he is going to eat
*extra mayo on his sandwiches
*I get him cookies and I'll take just half of one and give him the rest
oh and saturdays when I have the morning off I make the biggest breakfast .. if I eat slow he keeps eating if I get up from the table he will get up too... so I eat slow...

Is he micromanaging your weight and food intake the same way you are micromanaging his weight and food intake?

Why are you wanting to fatten him?

Excellent questions Shele!

I can feel my arteries closing just having this discussion

I asked Hicham what he would think if I tried to make him fat with cholesterol and lard and he wasn't really delighted about that idea. He said no more mayo on his sandwiches. Also, he's on a diet now.

water helps ppl lose weight, not gain.

where does she say she has him drink water?

Ooops, my bad...i misread 'whatever' for 'water'. so maybe it's a glass of chicken fat, instead

I'm planning to fatten up my husband when he gets here, insha'allah, and he knows it. Moroccan men tend to be way too thin, imo.

mine keeps on losing weight...loses too much more and he'll disappear.... I can only force him to eat so many times... sad thing is he wants to gain but he just can't. He says he doesn't get hungry and doesn't think to eat..I dunno what to do...I might just have to go down the unhealthy path for a while with him .. just to get some meat on his bones ..... I don't know what I'm gonna do with him

Mayo drip! Stat!

LMAO. That's so funny Jenn!!!

I tend to gain weight under stress. My SO tends to lose. And this process is certainly stressful. . . . . But there is some evidence that immigrants do tend to gain without really trying, due in part to walking less and eating more processed foods after moving here.

I'm planning to fatten up my husband when he gets here, insha'allah, and he knows it. Moroccan men tend to be way too thin, imo.

I agree with you. I intend to bulk mine up too (he knows it) but by going to the gym, not with McDonalds.. I want him firm, not flabby like me!

I don't try to fatten mine up with McDonalds...HE tries to fatten himself up at McDonalds! He gets a dbl chzbrgr and a mcChicken ..fries and a big azzed soda at least once a week ... and he still doesn't gain...he loses... .. I eat a salad and gain.. so unfair!

I like you kitty cat pic... he's cute