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We love each other but we can´t be together.

What can I do? Should I fight for it? should I try to forget?
I cant live without him, he cant live without me. We are in love for a 5 years now and I know that he is the one, the love of my life. BUT I am european. He is arab. We are cousins. We live 2 000 miles away from each other. I dont have any money because I still study. I´m 27. And on the top of that he is supposed to marry some other girl soon. Please, help or just say what you think. Thanks…S.

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (1 minute after post)

that sounds a bit like my story.

but in my case, i dontknow how to fight for him back. i am too far away!

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (2 minutes after post)

FIGHT FOR HIM! ;)

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (3 minutes after post)

♪Music=Life♬ wrote:
FIGHT FOR HIM! ;)

yes, but how?

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zlomo offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (3 minutes after post)

I am sorry to hear that someone has the same trouble…so you are not going to fight for him?

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (5 minutes after post)

if you both truly love eachother than it will work out, save up ask for favors and fly to see him make him love you

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Dubliner offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (5 minutes after post)

your cousins?

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zlomo offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (5 minutes after post)

Fight for him??? But what will we do later? were to live? how to live?

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (7 minutes after post)

no its not…incest is when you are brother and sister or with your own parrents…but it is not very usual either…at least not in europe…

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (9 minutes after post)

Omg this sounds like a romance novella. Its heartbreaking! I am a hopeless romantic and I place so much importance in creating long lasting relationships. I believe love is a beautiful thing one should fight for no matter what! Fight for love, fight for your happiness.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (9 minutes after post)

first cousins is considered incest. just saying.

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2 years, 1 month ago (10 minutes after post)

zlomocnyruli wrote:
no its not…incest is when you are brother and sister or with your own parrents…but it is not very usual either…at least not in europe…

correct. actually, it isnt illegal in europe either.

Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (11 minutes after post)

what could we possibly do to fight for them???

what would grab their hearts?

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (12 minutes after post)

i guess we would have to tell the truth and just wait. but it has to happen, we will have to do something otherwise we will regret it.

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (13 minutes after post)

grab his heart and sign it with your all the love you can give..aww…okay anyways its not my fight but if it was my fight I would do anything to get him.

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2 years, 1 month ago (14 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
grab his heart and sign it with your all the love you can give..aww…okay anyways its not my fight but if it was my fight I would do anything to get him.

how do we get rid of the “other girl”???

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (16 minutes after post)

if i tell him that i want to be with him I know that he would do anything to be with me but I am afraid that i will destroy him finally…

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (16 minutes after post)

Nothing just focus on the guy and show him how much you love him. I passed many chances to be in a relationship and I feel bad about that now.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (18 minutes after post)

He knows how much I love him but I dont want to screw his life =(

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (18 minutes after post)

zlomocnyruli wrote:
if i tell him that i want to be with him I know that he would do anything to be with me but I am afraid that i will destroy him finally…

pray. pray really hard and make a plan. if God wants you both to be together, He will do it.

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (18 minutes after post)

hmm.. :( dang..

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (19 minutes after post)

If you love him so much then do what is right.

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (20 minutes after post)

i know the feeling, but when he walks off with that other one, you are going to be dead inside!

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mumstheword offline Verified User (4 years, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 36 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (20 minutes after post)

One question:

Why isn’t he fighting for you?

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (20 minutes after post)

In order to be together one of us has to leave behind all life, family, friends, school, work, culture, language, beliefs…isn´t it too much to ask?

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (23 minutes after post)

mumstheword wrote:
One question:

Why isn’t he fighting for you?

well in my case, he did fight for me. you know what i got?

i got told a bunch of lies about him, i got - dont talk to him, cut of his net connection, change his numbers and keep him the hell away from me.

but you can do something about it.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (24 minutes after post)

The way I see it is this.

If this is meant to be, there will be no holding EITHER of you back.

Have you actually discussed how you feel about each other? Properly?

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (24 minutes after post)

mumstheword wrote:
One question:

Why isn’t he fighting for you?

He was…he wanted come to me immediately, left everything…but I am not sure if he can live here…it will be very hard for him…he would have me but leave everything else what he love

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2 years, 1 month ago (26 minutes after post)

mumstheword wrote:
The way I see it is this.

If this is meant to be, there will be no holding EITHER of you back.

Have you actually discussed how you feel about each other? Properly?

well, i know in my case, we do love each other. we discussed everything and made future plans.
his family is sick i think. just sick.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (26 minutes after post)

Forget about him. I know it is easier said than done. He has to marry someone else and you are too far away to know each other well.

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mumstheword offline Verified User (4 years, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 36 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (27 minutes after post)

Could you just give me a bigger picture of what the reality of your situation is please?

You are cousins.

So why exactly do you have to give up all your culture, background, beliefs, language??

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (30 minutes after post)

We discussed it, we even planned our future but it so complicated that we got lost in it…we couldnt find solution to some problems at all…I even try to forget about him for while…but I could not…I think about him every day and it keeps destroying my normal life, my relationship with family and friends…so I have to do something…

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2 years, 1 month ago (31 minutes after post)

impossible loves those are the hardest

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (32 minutes after post)

beatricegalant wrote:
Forget about him. I know it is easier said than done. He has to marry someone else and you are too far away to know each other well.

It is really hard…I´ve tried. Maybe if i would know that he is happy with the other girl but he wont be…

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Anonymous #
2 years, 1 month ago (33 minutes after post)

nothing is impossible.

something must be done, but i dont know what to tell you, since i dont know myself!

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (35 minutes after post)

mumstheword wrote:
Could you just give me a bigger picture of what the reality of your situation is please?

You are cousins.

So why exactly do you have to give up all your culture, background, beliefs, language??

I live in europe whole my life. My dad is arab, my mum is not. I am not a muslim and I dont speak arabic at all. He is arab, never saw europe.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (36 minutes after post)

If your Dad is arab and your mum not… there’s one relationship that worked out just fine already!

What languages do you speak at home?

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (37 minutes after post)

Not that I’m nosey.. just want to know how you met?

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (43 minutes after post)

That is kind of complicated because we speak czech at home because we live there but no one from family is czech =)
I went to see my family there and I saw him and just fell in love…

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2 years, 1 month ago (46 minutes after post)

zlomocnyruli wrote:
That is kind of complicated because we speak czech at home because we live there but no one from family is czech =)
I went to see my family there and I saw him and just fell in love…

haha! mine is in the states! he tried to get my attention for about a year and when he found out i love him too, he was so nervous that he almost didnt make a move!!!

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (46 minutes after post)

I just need to do something because I am hurting people around me and cant really live my life…and he cant too…

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2 years, 1 month ago (48 minutes after post)

you need to go there. go before its too late!

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (49 minutes after post)

Well.. if you are to be together, then the only solution is for him to want to come to you. It is the more logical.

Why?

Because clearly he and you are able to communicate ok enough to discuss things. He at least would have contact with your father and your father’s network of friends to speak some arabic, so needn’t give up his language completely.

However, I have to be brutally honest and tell you that I doubt he will. He will tell you how difficult it is, how this, how that… but the bottom line is that he is unlikely to see you as his one and only priority. If your knight in shining armour does not want to break down forests and castles to come and be with you… he is not the man for you.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (50 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:

zlomocnyruli wrote:
That is kind of complicated because we speak czech at home because we live there but no one from family is czech =)
I went to see my family there and I saw him and just fell in love…

haha! mine is in the states! he tried to get my attention for about a year and when he found out i love him too, he was so nervous that he almost didnt make a move!!!

hehe =) that is nice…we kind of know from the first moment =)…but maybe nothing would have happened if his friend did not start hitting on me…I didnt like and he immediately take care of me…

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2 years, 1 month ago (56 minutes after post)

zlomocnyruli wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
zlomocnyruli wrote:
That is kind of complicated because we speak czech at home because we live there but no one from family is czech =)
I went to see my family there and I saw him and just fell in love…

haha! mine is in the states! he tried to get my attention for about a year and when he found out i love him too, he was so nervous that he almost didnt make a move!!!

hehe =) that is nice…we kind of know from the first moment =)…but maybe nothing would have happened if his friend did not start hitting on me…I didnt like and he immediately take care of me…

awwwww. i really dont know what i can say. just know that i feel the pain that you are going through.
if that other girl gets to the states before me, i will be very very upset. the thing is i dont know how i am supposed to go there on my own. i wont have anywhre to stay this time, coz other people will want to know whats really going on and tell everyone.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (59 minutes after post)

mumstheword wrote:
Well.. if you are to be together, then the only solution is for him to want to come to you. It is the more logical.

Why?

Because clearly he and you are able to communicate ok enough to discuss things. He at least would have contact with your father and your father’s network of friends to speak some arabic, so needn’t give up his language completely.

However, I have to be brutally honest and tell you that I doubt he will. He will tell you how difficult it is, how this, how that… but the bottom line is that he is unlikely to see you as his one and only priority. If your knight in shining armour does not want to break down forests and castles to come and be with you… he is not the man for you.

Thanks for honesty, I really appreciate it…I need it that why I am here… I feel like I am not doing enough to make this happen…not because I dont love him enough but rather because I am scared …I want him to be happy and safe, have a wonderful life…..and with me? it will be full of hardships which I know very well because I am foreigner myself in this country…

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (1 hour, 7 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:

zlomocnyruli wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
zlomocnyruli wrote:
That is kind of complicated because we speak czech at home because we live there but no one from family is czech =)
I went to see my family there and I saw him and just fell in love…

haha! mine is in the states! he tried to get my attention for about a year and when he found out i love him too, he was so nervous that he almost didnt make a move!!!

hehe =) that is nice…we kind of know from the first moment =)…but maybe nothing would have happened if his friend did not start hitting on me…I didnt like and he immediately take care of me…

awwwww. i really dont know what i can say. just know that i feel the pain that you are going through.
if that other girl gets to the states before me, i will be very very upset. the thing is i dont know how i am supposed to go there on my own. i wont have anywhre to stay this time, coz other people will want to know whats really going on and tell everyone.

Thanks…I know this very well…I wanted to go to him but I didnt have money for a plane and I couldnt tell anyone whats going on too…I know how hard this stuff is…and when she should come?

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2 years, 1 month ago (1 hour, 10 minutes after post)

i dont know, but she is going from abroad.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (1 hour, 17 minutes after post)

I have to go now =(… but I will be thinkig of you…at least one of us should have the happy end and it probably wont be me…so good luck and take care of yourself

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