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By Judy Ramsook
Jan. 7, 2006 Sometimes the period between dating and actually getting married can be trying. One can invest quite an enormous amount of time, energy and money into whomever he or she is dating until he/she lands the person he/she thinks is right for him/her. Upon finding that one person, one may breathe a sigh of relief for he or she no longer has to be bothered with dating countless others while looking for Mr. or Miss Right. Anyway, say you find the right person and all is going well with the courtship and you look forward to each date or meeting with great eagerness even if it’s a society in which pre marital sex is still seen as taboo. It will make the wedding night all the more exciting, or so one might think. Time wears on and you are happier than you’ve ever been, and while you are in the midst of all that bliss, your wedding day arrives. People are fussing over you and treating you with the utmost love and respect for it’s not everyday you get married, but what happens when you learn that your bride is not who she has claimed to be in all the three years you had been engaged? Especially if you live in a society in which all women must wear a veil to conceal all but her eyes everytime you have seen her and her body is covered in a burqa. It might be pretty difficult to tell what gender that person truly is, wouldn’t it? In some conservative moslem societies in the world, it is unheard of to even catch a glimpse of a woman’s ankle much less see her entire face before marriage, so it is understandable for the groom- to- be not to have suspected anything out of the ordinary prior to the festivities. Try to imagine how embarrassing it must be for any heterosexual groom- to- be to be faced with a disturbing piece of information that tells him his bride is not who she appears to be, prior to what was supposed to be one of the happiest days of his life? More importantly it’s the day the groom will finally get to see not only his bride’s full face, but later on in the privacy of their own quarters, the rest of her physique as well, or will he? According to recent reports, such was the case of an Egyptian groom, Mr. Tamer Shehata, who found out on his wedding day that the young woman he had been engaged to for three years turned out to be a man. The young man, Mr. Abo Zeid, who confessed everything after a wedding guest informed the groom of his true gender, has been charged with swindling and posing as a woman. He got 45 days. Furthermore, the eighteen year old, supposed bride to be, Mr. Abo Zeid also stated that he had been trying to get a sex change but could not get doctors’ approval and would have told his husband everything after the wedding nuptials. On a personal note, I wonder, how did Mr. Abo Zeid expect the groom (had the wedding ceremony taken place) to react knowing full well that he, Mr. Shehata was expecting to see a real woman under all that garb? Some of you probably did not think things like that happened, didn’t you? Like they say, the more you live, the more you learn. ------------ About the author Judy Ramsook: My first book titled: "Karen's Adventure" which is about two young girls who go in search of their missing parents, is now available. I was born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago, then in the mid eighties I came to the US where I attended San Antonio College and The University Of Texas At San Antonio. Visit: http://www.authorsden.com/judyramsook www.publishedauthors.net/g2rdy Email: j2rdy@hotmail.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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