My love, just like yours, suffers. You did not come but I am full of hope...I am also fearful you might be with a lover. You cannot be! It is impossible! But the thoughts, cruel thoughts, they’re rushing through my mind and make me angry. I am so jealous, like no one else on earth! I’ll slap you on the face and proudly walk away, never turning back… You are here! My love, my joy, my life! - by Unknown author (wonder if he/she was Turkish)

hmmm... isn't love straight-up messing up people's minds? what do you think?

I don't know, TrueorFalls, but to me it sounds like something a person of any cultural descent would feel about their loved one especially the one who is not exactly commeted. I think love causes the same feelings in turks, russians, americans,chinese etc. Whoever wrote this seams like he or she was just describing their feelings in a moment of despare.

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings.
In silent
agony,
After all these years
they spoke to me...

After all these years...

how about that??

I am not sure of the origin of the author of the piece you posted but it is very unique. Thank you for sharing.

I agree that love from any cultural background does not matter. It is the individual and how they view love. What it means to them is what gives it consistency in their life.

I love the old clichés about "it is better to have love and lost than never to have loved before." Whether this is true or not is all up to the individual. (Just my thought )

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Oh good luck to you Milisa, I read your story and NO, don't let that psycho make you lose faith in love and existence of great man out there, who can give you the love you dream of. It IS out there, although it's not easy to find, just like any other great thing in life, right? But we all know that it's worth waiting for and worth sparing yourself for. Good luck, stay strong.

Well, I am now 26 years old, 27 this year, I am happy as I am single, but I would like to be in a relationship, but I will not settle for second best, "If my man gives me everything I ask for, then I''m not asking for enough"

Not going to extremes of course.

Liz
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Yes , very sad story, especially when kids are involved.As a woman, I am proud of you Milisa.You could stand for yourself,and girls too.You are good example for them.And you know what, you are not alone, there are so many women who suffer but can't do what you did do.They do not have courage and stay in bad realationship only to be married.
Congratulations and good luck to you.

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Hey , Milisa!
You are very welcome.I mean it. We are here to help each other.
We have russian saying: "Odna golova khorosho, a dve luchshe" which means "One head is good but two are better".
I wish you luck and happiness. Don't have regrets! You are more than welcome!

I also have to add my congratulations to Milisa (Italian Brat) - You must be a very strong and decisive person. Brava! Milisa. You saw this man for what he was and you did not allow your earlier emotions to cloud your judgement. Your story of getting yourself and your girls in your car and taking what must have been a really scary journey home alone was inspiring - Brava again!

You were also lucky that you had the resources and the means to escape. i don't think 'escape' is too strong a word here. I agree that this man's problems were greater than simple cultural differences. Whoever it was who described him as a 'psycho' was spot on! Even his family seem to have been aware of his problems and warned you, although this must have been difficult for them because it would have been very easy for them to share the burden of this man with someone else.

My work involves dealing with dangerous and psychotic people and in my view this man was very dangerous. I am appalled to think that someone without your courage and resources could fall into this mans hands. He found you easily on the internet and seduced you into to coming to him. You are obviously not someone who is so easily fooled and you went to him, but saw the dangers and escaped. Someone else may not be so lucky. I again congratulate you for escaping this nightmare Milisa. I think this man did have some outdated cultural basis to his behaviour, but his psychotic side magnified them into something truly horrible.

I'm glad we cheered you up!!!

Liz