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November 22, 2007
Interesting Stories About Muslim Beauty
The great thing about living in a big city is that you have the opportunity to meet people from many different cultures. The strange thing about writing dating blogs is that you start seeing stories everywhere, even when you're casually talking to your friends. One of my good friends recently explained to me the opportunities created by Muslim dating sites and their ability to connect me and others with Muslim beauty.
Beyond the obvious objective of catching a date with online personals, I don't think I understood the full impact that internet dating agencies have had on people's lives until I was talking with my friend the other day.
My friend and I, along with a group of people we knew from our university days, had all gone to dinner together. We've all led pretty varied lives since we were in class together and so it had been a long time since some of us had seen each other. Naturally, after all the talk about jobs and careers had been exhausted, we started taking about romance.
A couple of the people we got together with now had husbands and wives. Almost everyone else had been in and out of relationships. Clearly there was a lot to talk about. My friend remained quite through most of the conversation, but when we noticed he was being left out we asked him what was happening with his love life.
Our friend smiled and started to tell us about this 'Muslim beauty' he'd been dating for almost a year. It occurred to the group that even when we were in school together he'd never talked much about his love life, so we asked him why that had been. He told us that it was only just before he'd met the woman he was now dating that he had really started to be comfortable around the topic.
He told us that, as a Muslim, especially with his particular family, he had a lot of difficulty meeting people he liked. He had to live up to many expectations out of respect for his family and culture and it was a long time before he'd found a way to meet people and date in a comfortable way. He said that one of the best things that had ever happened to him was discovering online Muslim personals that had allowed him to connect with different people that had similar experiences.
It's amazing to think what interesting conversations can come out of run-of-the-mill questions like "how's your love life?" This particular question led me to realize what a great thing online dating has been for some people, be they seeking a Muslim beauty or any race, for that matter. It's times like these that make me glad we rate dating sites to make the job of finding a good site that much easier.
Posted by Leon at November 22, 2007 2:46 AM
