My apologies for those who have been waiting for this post- those who messaged and emailed me.. many apologies!
okay so coming to the post- honestly, charming someone is an art- an attractive quality to possess but like i said, age doth make a man wiser. Through experience i have learnt this, and because 14 year old Bedouin boys need to learn that when the nice lady has said she doesnt want to marry you, you dont grab on to her arm and pull it till it hurts.
Other than that because i seemed to gel in and look Arabic/Egyption- i got treated with respect and in times of doubt or just to make conversation people would just yell out "where from ? where from? espaniol? italiana? mexican?" and when i would yell back "LA. Pakistani" they would be thrilleddd (not the reaction i expected) and yell back "Musalman?? mashallah!".
it was all very random but made me smile every time, which made them smile and we went on with life. no fear of this guy following me home, stalking me on my cell and making my life miserable. it was liberating to smile at someone on the road- get a smile back and LEAVE IT AT THAT. Over here, I actually know a girl who was blamed for "leading a guy on" by the dude coz she smiled at him :S yes..very random.
We are an intensely emotional qaum.
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