[Mamzelle]

I am so sorry to hear this--custody and divorce are such hells even when both parents are Americans. I don't know that the State Department, though, could be expected to cope with such a complicated business.

I know some college kids who are infatuated with foreign-born students--the whiff of exoticism and those charming accents. Will forward your predicament to them, as warning. Buy American, marry American.

All you fellows who think buying an overseas bride is such a bargain, take heed.

[A_perfect_lady]

I know some college kids who are infatuated with foreign-born students--the whiff of exoticism and those charming accents. Will forward your predicament to them, as warning. Buy American, marry American.

100% BUMP. My advice to an American woman messing about with men from the Middle East, in particular, is don't!!!! Don't, don't, don't, ever, ever, ever! I don't care how charming he is. I don't care how secular he seems. Once you are in his power, Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde, Henry VIII, and Bluebeard all rolled into one. I've had several friends who've dated Arabs and, to quote the narcoleptic Argentinian of MOULIN ROUGE... "It always ends BAD!"