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~~~water~~~
I was just wondering.
Cheryl & Medo
I met Medo in a tattoo chat room, and the first night we met we fought. He made a stupid remark but later cleared it up. After that I would come online and get off lines from him. And I forgot all about him. So one night I was online and so was he and he IM me. And I asked him who are you? and what the hell do you want? laughing.gif After that night a friend ship was started. heart.gif
jasman0717
Claudeth and I met online good.gif
TexaswithLove
I met my husband through yahoo chatroom Romance 20....We started as friends for awhile and then finally we started a new relationship.We met online last 2001. THen we first met in person last 2004.Then he came to Philippines last 2006 after my visa was approved.
Meriem_setif
I met my husband in a language exchange website. I wanted to learn French and he wanted to improve his English.

Meriem rose.gif
polarbear
I met my fiance in France.... He was knocking on my 7th floor appartment window laughing.gif

He was doing repair work on the scaffolding outside and thought my window was for the building owner's appartment (I lived right next door to her) After that I started seeing him around the building doing work and we started talking.
doodlebug
QUOTE(polarbear @ Nov 14 2007, 10:06 AM) *
I met my fiance in France.... He was knocking on my 7th floor appartment window laughing.gif

He was doing repair work on the scaffolding outside and thought my window was for the building owner's appartment (I lived right next door to her) After that I started seeing him around the building doing work and we started talking.



Oh that's funny!!!!! lol. One to tell the grandkids for sure! good.gif
Jomo's girl
I met my husband in Jamaica. My kids and I were on vacation.
Nessa
we met online. Why is the poll in the mena forum?
disappointed
Online - that is a classic in MEAN - do I sound that bitter?

Sorry!
julianna
We met in his country at a joint excavation with our two universities. He was kind of my boss in the sense he had much more excavation experience and was actually University staff. I was just a regular graduate student that year, although I taught the second year and would have been more his equal.
moody
We met online. Not my proudest achievement but what can I do? Love the husband, hate how we met.
doodlebug
QUOTE(disappointed @ Nov 14 2007, 11:39 AM) *
Online - that is a classic in MEAN - do I sound that bitter?

Sorry!



let the flaming begin!!! laughing.gif
Jomo's girl
Oh, I didn't even realize it was in MENA till I just reread. Sorry.
Hanging in there
QUOTE(water is wide @ Nov 12 2007, 02:14 PM) *
I was just wondering.

I write about RAI music and I had booked tickets to go to Oran to make mini documentaries about RAI and I met alot of rai singers. We met there for the first time and we were just friends at first and then we fell in love. I was going to ORAN anyway so it was all really an accident. I had bought my tickets in September of 2006 and was completely unsure as of what I was going to do there. I ended up meeting some of the biggest rai performers in North Africa...
If you are married to a Moroccan they will know these people

NASRO ( living in Florida now)
CHEBA ZAHOUANIA knows me
HOUARI DAUPHIN
CHEB REDOUANE
RAINA RAI
CHEBA DJENET

I got to see all the haunts of CHEB HASNI and made a little documentary about it. But I met my husband to be in Country and I had no idea he would eventually become my husband the first time I saw him...
julianna
QUOTE(Jomo @ Nov 14 2007, 11:23 AM) *
Oh, I didn't even realize it was in MENA till I just reread. Sorry.


I don't mind smile.gif
~~~water~~~
QUOTE(wahrania @ Nov 14 2007, 09:24 AM) *
QUOTE(water is wide @ Nov 12 2007, 02:14 PM) *
I was just wondering.

I write about RAI music and I had booked tickets to go to Oran to make mini documentaries about RAI and I met alot of rai singers. We met there for the first time and we were just friends at first and then we fell in love. I was going to ORAN anyway so it was all really an accident. I had bought my tickets in September of 2006 and was completely unsure as of what I was going to do there. I ended up meeting some of the biggest rai performers in North Africa...
If you are married to a Moroccan they will know these people

NASRO ( living in Florida now)
CHEBA ZAHOUANIA knows me
HOUARI DAUPHIN
CHEB REDOUANE
RAINA RAI
CHEBA DJENET

I got to see all the haunts of CHEB HASNI and made a little documentary about it. But I met my husband to be in Country and I had no idea he would eventually become my husband the first time I saw him...


I want to see your film

Hanging in there
QUOTE(water is wide @ Nov 14 2007, 12:30 PM) *
QUOTE(wahrania @ Nov 14 2007, 09:24 AM) *
QUOTE(water is wide @ Nov 12 2007, 02:14 PM) *
I was just wondering.

I write about RAI music and I had booked tickets to go to Oran to make mini documentaries about RAI and I met alot of rai singers. We met there for the first time and we were just friends at first and then we fell in love. I was going to ORAN anyway so it was all really an accident. I had bought my tickets in September of 2006 and was completely unsure as of what I was going to do there. I ended up meeting some of the biggest rai performers in North Africa...
If you are married to a Moroccan they will know these people

NASRO ( living in Florida now)
CHEBA ZAHOUANIA knows me
HOUARI DAUPHIN
CHEB REDOUANE
RAINA RAI
CHEBA DJENET

I got to see all the haunts of CHEB HASNI and made a little documentary about it. But I met my husband to be in Country and I had no idea he would eventually become my husband the first time I saw him...


I want to see your film

There are several of them embedded on different cultural sites. Send me a pm and I will send the URLS of the history ones
LoriLawless
We met in an online game.
SandyNJack
I met my honey through his brother, who I met on the internet. laughing.gif
MrsAmera
In person walking in the kasbah of marrakech and we both instantly knew we would be together after seeing each other the first time (really we did!)
morocco4ever
We met online, on a dating service. My first response to him was "Very handsome, to young, to far away". Its even a miracle I even gave him a second of my time. My sister even asked him "what did you do to break that wall my sister has around her heart?". Some things just change.

BTW, I know of several romances that have been started online that have budded into love, marriage, kids....and they are U.S. citizens already, so I fail to see why meeting in this fashion would be in any way shape or form as an "embarrasment".
simoholic
simo and i met on yahoo
a1angied
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.
sarah and hicham
QUOTE(a1angied @ Nov 14 2007, 11:51 AM) *
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.


Wow, so he told YOU about the fiance visa? That's interesting because both Hicham and I had no idea what how to deal with immigration.
Becky&Sam
We met online.
chaishai
We met in person. We had a mutual friend so we were hanging out often and eventually one night we just hit it off and we were inseperable since. wub.gif
morocco4ever
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:04 PM) *
QUOTE(a1angied @ Nov 14 2007, 11:51 AM) *
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.


Wow, so he told YOU about the fiance visa? That's interesting because both Hicham and I had no idea what how to deal with immigration.


Why so interesting? My husbands sister was brought over on a fiance visa by her (moroccan) fiance. How many others have family in similar situations? Why wouldn't they know about them. My husband had heard of it but he had no idea what so ever what to expect. In fact, when we got the approval for our I-130 we thought we were done and thought it was time to celebrate. How naive was that????
sarah and hicham
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 12:18 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:04 PM) *
QUOTE(a1angied @ Nov 14 2007, 11:51 AM) *
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.


Wow, so he told YOU about the fiance visa? That's interesting because both Hicham and I had no idea what how to deal with immigration.


Why so interesting? My husbands sister was brought over on a fiance visa by her (moroccan) fiance. How many others have family in similar situations? Why wouldn't they know about them. My husband had heard of it but he had no idea what so ever what to expect. In fact, when we got the approval for our I-130 we thought we were done and thought it was time to celebrate. How naive was that????


I don't see what is so confusing here. I said why I thought it was interesting- because Hicham and I both had no idea about immigration.

Others might know a lot about immigration. We're all different.
morocco4ever
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:23 PM) *
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 12:18 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:04 PM) *
QUOTE(a1angied @ Nov 14 2007, 11:51 AM) *
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.


Wow, so he told YOU about the fiance visa? That's interesting because both Hicham and I had no idea what how to deal with immigration.


Why so interesting? My husbands sister was brought over on a fiance visa by her (moroccan) fiance. How many others have family in similar situations? Why wouldn't they know about them. My husband had heard of it but he had no idea what so ever what to expect. In fact, when we got the approval for our I-130 we thought we were done and thought it was time to celebrate. How naive was that????


I don't see what is so confusing here. I said why I thought it was interesting- because Hicham and I both had no idea about immigration.

Others might know a lot about immigration. We're all different.



I didn't see anything in her post that suggested that he knows a lot about immigration. Did I miss something?
♥JP♥
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 02:50 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:23 PM) *
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 12:18 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:04 PM) *
QUOTE(a1angied @ Nov 14 2007, 11:51 AM) *
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.


Wow, so he told YOU about the fiance visa? That's interesting because both Hicham and I had no idea what how to deal with immigration.


Why so interesting? My husbands sister was brought over on a fiance visa by her (moroccan) fiance. How many others have family in similar situations? Why wouldn't they know about them. My husband had heard of it but he had no idea what so ever what to expect. In fact, when we got the approval for our I-130 we thought we were done and thought it was time to celebrate. How naive was that????


I don't see what is so confusing here. I said why I thought it was interesting- because Hicham and I both had no idea about immigration.

Others might know a lot about immigration. We're all different.



I didn't see anything in her post that suggested that he knows a lot about immigration. Did I miss something?

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william_wallace
I met Lara online on ukchatterbox April 2006. She was asking me about Scottish history. Havent looked back since
morocco4ever
QUOTE(♥JP♥ @ Nov 14 2007, 06:52 PM) *
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 02:50 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:23 PM) *
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 12:18 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:04 PM) *
QUOTE(a1angied @ Nov 14 2007, 11:51 AM) *
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.


Wow, so he told YOU about the fiance visa? That's interesting because both Hicham and I had no idea what how to deal with immigration.


Why so interesting? My husbands sister was brought over on a fiance visa by her (moroccan) fiance. How many others have family in similar situations? Why wouldn't they know about them. My husband had heard of it but he had no idea what so ever what to expect. In fact, when we got the approval for our I-130 we thought we were done and thought it was time to celebrate. How naive was that????


I don't see what is so confusing here. I said why I thought it was interesting- because Hicham and I both had no idea about immigration.

Others might know a lot about immigration. We're all different.



I didn't see anything in her post that suggested that he knows a lot about immigration. Did I miss something?

no0pb.gif


OMG I just read your footer. That is hilarious!! Gotta love a good donut!
♥JP♥
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 03:02 PM) *
OMG I just read your footer. That is hilarious!! Gotta love a good donut!


Thanks! wub.gif donuts
KyanWan
We met in Amman - I was introduced to her.

When I first ran into her - I was sorta extremely silent and didn't say a word.

She later told me "I thought you didn't even notice me..." - well, turns out I had jet lag hardcore, didn't sleep a wink on the entire nonstop flight ... and I didn't want to say anything stupid (Which I tend to do when upset/tired/overworked/stressed/etc.) smile.gif
sarah and hicham
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 02:50 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:23 PM) *
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 12:18 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:04 PM) *
QUOTE(a1angied @ Nov 14 2007, 11:51 AM) *
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.


Wow, so he told YOU about the fiance visa? That's interesting because both Hicham and I had no idea what how to deal with immigration.


Why so interesting? My husbands sister was brought over on a fiance visa by her (moroccan) fiance. How many others have family in similar situations? Why wouldn't they know about them. My husband had heard of it but he had no idea what so ever what to expect. In fact, when we got the approval for our I-130 we thought we were done and thought it was time to celebrate. How naive was that????


I don't see what is so confusing here. I said why I thought it was interesting- because Hicham and I both had no idea about immigration.

Others might know a lot about immigration. We're all different.



I didn't see anything in her post that suggested that he knows a lot about immigration. Did I miss something?


yes.gif
sereia
we met in essaouira dancing at a gnaoua music festival. wub.gif
morocco4ever
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 08:48 PM) *
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 02:50 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:23 PM) *
QUOTE(Visa in hand! @ Nov 14 2007, 12:18 PM) *
QUOTE(sarah and hicham @ Nov 14 2007, 04:04 PM) *
QUOTE(a1angied @ Nov 14 2007, 11:51 AM) *
I met my husband on a dating site. He found me, I had given up on the whole thing, it was my daughters ideal to make me a profile. He had a web graphics company and she like graphics so she wanted me to talk to him so that he could send us a program that she wanted. He did send us the program bit by bit and it took a few days and we would chat and then I couldn't stop wanting to spend all the time I could talking with him. We would be on mics and web cams for hours. I realized that I was having feelings for him and he for I am I freaked out and said I couldn't keep this up and tried to stay away and couldn't. He said that we could apply for a fiance visa and that it could take a year or two. I swore that I would not go to Jordan but after I was researching this whole visa process I decided that I would go to marry him and that way he could come sooner. I love my husband and he has been in the USA since June and it only gets better.


Wow, so he told YOU about the fiance visa? That's interesting because both Hicham and I had no idea what how to deal with immigration.


Why so interesting? My husbands sister was brought over on a fiance visa by her (moroccan) fiance. How many others have family in similar situations? Why wouldn't they know about them. My husband had heard of it but he had no idea what so ever what to expect. In fact, when we got the approval for our I-130 we thought we were done and thought it was time to celebrate. How naive was that????


I don't see what is so confusing here. I said why I thought it was interesting- because Hicham and I both had no idea about immigration.

Others might know a lot about immigration. We're all different.



I didn't see anything in her post that suggested that he knows a lot about immigration. Did I miss something?


yes.gif


I guess I am dense Sarah, why don't you point it out to me?
MHandMB
We met in Paris in 2001 when I was on vacation and he was living and working there. I walked into his store and we struck up a conversation, and arranged to meet at Versailles the next day. We hung out together, went to Nice, and I thought it was a nice holiday romance. When I got back, we talked all the time. I went back 4 more times, and finally moved there in 2004. In 2005, he proposed, I moved back to the U.S., and he followed shortly thereafter. smile.gif
disappointed
QUOTE(MHandMB @ Nov 15 2007, 12:30 PM) *
We met in Paris in 2001 when I was on vacation and he was living and working there. I walked into his store and we struck up a conversation, and arranged to meet at Versailles the next day. We hung out together, went to Nice, and I thought it was a nice holiday romance. When I got back, we talked all the time. I went back 4 more times, and finally moved there in 2004. In 2005, he proposed, I moved back to the U.S., and he followed shortly thereafter. smile.gif


OHHHH - such a romantic story - I am still a sapp (sp?) for love stories like yours...
Maggie724
QUOTE(polarbear @ Nov 14 2007, 07:06 AM) *
I met my fiance in France.... He was knocking on my 7th floor appartment window laughing.gif

He was doing repair work on the scaffolding outside and thought my window was for the building owner's appartment (I lived right next door to her) After that I started seeing him around the building doing work and we started talking.



Now that's a story!!!!
Rie
QUOTE(doodlebug @ Nov 14 2007, 11:21 AM) *
QUOTE(disappointed @ Nov 14 2007, 11:39 AM) *
Online - that is a classic in MEAN - do I sound that bitter?

Sorry!



let the flaming begin!!! laughing.gif
Hi doodlebug. I met Usama online. He actually tried several times to talk to me finally he said," ok ok i say hi, you say hello." It was funny so i gave in.
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