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The visa was issued today!! Guven will be here soon!! SOOOOOOOOO excited!!! Yahoo!!!

I love reading everyone's responses. Some are so sweet and some are hilarious!!!

I am just curious. I moved to southeastern Turkey for a teaching position. My new boss put me into a guesthouse. My husband was part of the housekeeping staff. He was the only person there that was genuinely nice to me. I moved into my own place and we hung out daily, watching movies, listening to music and just talking( He is now learning to speak English but he taught me Turkish). After dating for 6 months, I left this city because my boss was starting to pay us extremely late (2 or 3 weeks late and just throwing 30 dollars here or there to shut us up). I went back to Istanbul for a year and me and my husband continued to talk then I moved back to the States. We continued to talk and decided we should be together. Neither of us were interested in anyone else and really want to spend our lives together. We got married in January in last year and his appointment is on the 30th (my b-day, I hope they put it on this day for a reason ). I am intrigued to here how others met and how they decided their person is the "one" they want to be with.

I haven't replied to any of these threads and I have been reading them for days. However, just telling an individual to go home kind of sickened me. I moved to Turkey for a man (it did not work out, he left me to go to "work" my 4th week there). Before I left, my stepmother told me that I would be home in 2 months. I had a pride I had to uphold. I was raped in Istanbul my sixth month there. I wanted to leave but I was ashamed that my stepmother would be correct and I would come home like a dog with my tail in between my legs. My friend (female), encouraged me to stay in Turkey. I went to the southeastern region. I met my husband there. One of the most wonderful people I have met in my life. I stuck it out. Sometimes home is not the answer. I am sorry but sometimes, you have to prove to others and yourself you are strong enough to make it in a foreign land. I stayed in Turkey for 2 and 1/2 years. I moved back to the States because Turkey is too different for me. However, if someone is comfortable in a place they are in and want to stick it out. I say more props to 'em and good luck!!!

I haven't replied to any of these threads and I have been reading them for days. However, just telling an individual to go home kind of sickened me. I moved to Turkey for a man (it did not work out, he left me to go to "work" my 4th week there). Before I left, my stepmother told me that I would be home in 2 months. I had a pride I had to uphold. I was raped in Istanbul my sixth month there. I wanted to leave but I was ashamed that my stepmother would be correct and I would come home like a dog with my tail in between my legs. My friend (female), encouraged me to stay in Turkey. I went to the southeastern region. I met my husband there. One of the most wonderful people I have met in my life. I stuck it out. Sometimes home is not the answer. I am sorry but sometimes, you have to prove to others and yourself you are strong enough to make it in a foreign land. I stayed in Turkey for 2 and 1/2 years. I moved back to the States because Turkey is too different for me. However, if someone is comfortable in a place they are in and want to stick it out. I say more props to 'em and good luck!!!

I haven't replied to any of these threads and I have been reading them for days. However, just telling an individual to go home kind of sickened me. I moved to Turkey for a man (it did not work out, he left me to go to "work" my 4th week there). Before I left, my stepmother told me that I would be home in 2 months. I had a pride I had to uphold. I was raped in Istanbul my sixth month there. I wanted to leave but I was ashamed that my stepmother would be correct and I would come home like a dog with my tail in between my legs. My friend (female), encouraged me to stay in Turkey. I went to the southeastern region. I met my husband there. One of the most wonderful people I have met in my life. I stuck it out. Sometimes home is not the answer. I am sorry but sometimes, you have to prove to others and yourself you are strong enough to make it in a foreign land. I stayed in Turkey for 2 and 1/2 years. I moved back to the States because Turkey is too different for me. However, if someone is comfortable in a place they are in and want to stick it out. I say more props to 'em and good luck!!!