My Life Journey – Part 10:
In 2003, my life was stable, my income was small but enough. Hence; my parents were pushing me to get married , I kept resisting for long time until one day in May 2003 I agreed to take this step.
Finding a wife in our culture has mainly 2 ways, one of which is through parents. So I asked my parents to choose a girl for me, they gave me 2 or 3 options. The first option was a girl I don’t know but I know her parents as they are our relatives. Her father a gentleman of dignity, her mother has a charming and warm smile.
I booked a ticket to Syria in June with the intention to meet my future wife, get engaged then go back to UAE to prepare the house and apply for a visa for her.
In Syria, I told my parents that I want to meet this girl first, so we didn’t waste any time and on the next day of my visit to Syria we went to visit her family. Usually when someone is going to see a girl for marriage, he should take an appointment to give them a chance to be prepared, and always in such occasions the girl will be dressed up with her best and be very well prepared, but I didn’t . When we reached their home, her parents were not in home, she and her brothers were working in some renovation works at home and were all covered with dust
. I loved her with all that dust covering her beautiful face.
I whispered to my parents that I'm not going anywhere to see anyone else and I want this girl.
In few minutes her parents came, and my Father made the proposal while she was making tea, as it is improper to do so in front of her, her parents must know and agree first, then it’ll be her choice. So my father was talking to my father in low (its impolite for me to make a proposal and talk directly in such matters in the presence of my Father), they promised to discuss and let us know in few days.
I was pushing my mum to follow up with them on daily basis, so after 2-3 days they said that their daughter would like to meet me to discuss. And this is what had happened we met at her house with her mum nearby
, we talked and talked and honestly; we both had fallen in love
(or at least what i thought
) and started planning for our future
. Her family were surprised
as they didn’t expect that she would agree so fast.
We got engaged in few days, I was planning to leave after 2 weeks. But new idea popped up
in my mind and she agreed to….Sorry got tired now, will continue later ….