The FOB thread

[GOTFIVEONIT]

so i have a question for fobs, knowing what you know about your fellow fobs. thier sneakiness, thier greendiness, their conniving and manipulations. thier cheating ways, would you even consider marrying someone from your home country, especially you girls, knowing how they just run off with green cards? or would you forget it altogether, and do what plenty of fobs have been doing... marrying other fobs who already have green cards?

[Anderson]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

of course deel, and others, is going to get angry at me for making fun of fobs. obviously deel you have never visited overseas to either india or pak, and i already know janni has barely been to hyd in her short life. because if you did go often, you would know how you would be bombarded with questions by anyone you encounter 'how i go amreeka??!!" or "help me go amreeka". one guy even showed me his financial statements, like i was some kind of all powerful person or something. this is the insanity for 'amreeka'. even a college freind of mine who went to visit relatives in toronto, told me how all the pakis there were hounding him on how they can get to 'amreeka'. you see apparantly for fobs, u.s. and a. as borat calls it, is a status symbol, and living in canada, which has a stronger dollar than ours, just isnt good enuff for them.

Most people in the third world are like that even in Egypt there were guys down there harassing me and wouldn't leave me alone cos they thought I could get them a visa. I had to crash at a cheapo hostel once cos I had nowhere else to sleep and we met this Egyptian guy who basically slept in cheapo hostels so he could meet Europeans who would bring him to Europe. He didn't realise that Europeans are probably the cheapest people on Earth and would never invest their time and money in to bringing some foreign guy to thier country.

They especially loved my travel buddy, a med student, partly cos he's a nice guy and partly for reasons I think are to do with the prestige of his course.

EDIT: I'd like to add that I met some really nice guys there too who weren't as schemey, even if they did want to come to Europe it wasn't the biggest thing on their mind and they're just trying to make a better life for themselves, like everyone else.

[shsh]

ok...so since i want to carry on my fobbiness after i get married...i am going to marry a fob


lol...well there is a problem....what will i call him..........

here is a short list:

-aji sunte ho
-pintu kay abba
-aye
-sunno
-motu


help

[raatkirani2005]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

of course deel, and others, is going to get angry at me for making fun of fobs. obviously deel you have never visited overseas to either india or pak, and i already know janni has barely been to hyd in her short life. because if you did go often, you would know how you would be bombarded with questions by anyone you encounter 'how i go amreeka??!!" or "help me go amreeka". one guy even showed me his financial statements, like i was some kind of all powerful person or something. this is the insanity for 'amreeka'. even a college freind of mine who went to visit relatives in toronto, told me how all the pakis there were hounding him on how they can get to 'amreeka'. you see apparantly for fobs, u.s. and a. as borat calls it, is a status symbol, and living in canada, which has a stronger dollar than ours, just isnt good enuff for them.

I do have to agree with you on this. You do get a bunch of questions about "how can I get to amreeka." My mom would just tell them "get educated first, and see if any university will accept you." None of my mom's relatives ever had any desire to leave Pakistan, even though they range from middle to upper middle class (none are wealthy). If the nephews ever said "I want to go to America" their mothers would straighten them out, "What makes you think you'll make it in a white man's world, when you're worthless here? Here you are struggling in college in Pakistan. Shine first here, before you think you'll shine overseas."
My khalas, the dream killers

The Canada thing really hits close to home for me. My husband's family immigrated to Canada, and they truly think it's sooooooo beneath them. Like it's the sh*tty consolation prize. They're middle class in Canada, but they're so certain they'll be millionaires here, if they only had the chance. Keep dreamin' suckas, keep dreamin.'

[raatkirani2005]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

so i have a question for fobs, knowing what you know about your fellow fobs. thier sneakiness, thier greendiness, their conniving and manipulations. thier cheating ways, would you even consider marrying someone from your home country, especially you girls, knowing how they just run off with green cards? or would you forget it altogether, and do what plenty of fobs have been doing... marrying other fobs who already have green cards?

I married a "fob" as you know, and back then, the situation wasn't as bad. Guys were more sincere.I still don't think it's a bad idea to marry a fob by any means, but lately there has been a small epidemic of guys taking advantage of girls. It gets kind of scary because it gets hard to trust anyone. You really have to do your investigation to the fullest.

[Deel]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

of course deel, and others, is going to get angry at me for making fun of fobs. obviously deel you have never visited overseas to either india or pak, and i already know janni has barely been to hyd in her short life. because if you did go often, you would know how you would be bombarded with questions by anyone you encounter 'how i go amreeka??!!" or "help me go amreeka". one guy even showed me his financial statements, like i was some kind of all powerful person or something. this is the insanity for 'amreeka'. even a college freind of mine who went to visit relatives in toronto, told me how all the pakis there were hounding him on how they can get to 'amreeka'. you see apparantly for fobs, u.s. and a. as borat calls it, is a status symbol, and living in canada, which has a stronger dollar than ours, just isnt good enuff for them.

you really need to stop making assumptions about people. GUESS WHAT:
it makes you look stupid. because you're always WRONG.
wait. oops, nevermind. mission accomplished.

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by Anderson

Most people in the third world are like that even in Egypt there were guys down there harassing me and wouldn't leave me alone cos they thought I could get them a visa. I had to crash at a cheapo hostel once cos I had nowhere else to sleep and we met this Egyptian guy who basically slept in cheapo hostels so he could meet Europeans who would bring him to Europe. He didn't realise that Europeans are probably the cheapest people on Earth and would never invest their time and money in to bringing some foreign guy to thier country.

They especially loved my travel buddy, a med student, partly cos he's a nice guy and partly for reasons I think are to do with the prestige of his course.

EDIT: I'd like to add that I met some really nice guys there too who weren't as schemey, even if they did want to come to Europe it wasn't the biggest thing on their mind and they're just trying to make a better life for themselves, like everyone else.

thats true, alot of people in other countries are like that too. but see they only act like that because people who left thier countries come back showing off acting money grows on trees in the west. i hear that argument alot, ooh just people who want to make a better life, but nobody helped my parents get to america. they didnt go around bothering westerners, 'how i go amreeka'. either you have a skilled talent or you dont. if you have something to offer the west, then they will take you, if you dont, then tough luck they have no one to blame but themselves. the vast majority of immigrants from india and pak, are not refugees, are not economic migrants, the way latin americans are, but are professional migrants who came here and have something to offer the u.s. its why Indians make up the largest group of legal immigrants to the united states.

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by shsh

ok...so since i want to carry on my fobbiness after i get married...i am going to marry a fob


lol...well there is a problem....what will i call him..........

here is a short list:

-aji sunte ho
-pintu kay abba
-aye
-sunno
-motu


help

how about baba? or better yet, dadda LOL

but plenty of fobs here already have green cards. my question was, would you go back to karachi and gamble with a guy from there?

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by Spice

if memory serves, your not even desi?

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by raatkirani2005

I do have to agree with you on this. You do get a bunch of questions about "how can I get to amreeka." My mom would just tell them "get educated first, and see if any university will accept you." None of my mom's relatives ever had any desire to leave Pakistan, even though they range from middle to upper middle class (none are wealthy). If the nephews ever said "I want to go to America" their mothers would straighten them out, "What makes you think you'll make it in a white man's world, when you're worthless here? Here you are struggling in college in Pakistan. Shine first here, before you think you'll shine overseas."
My khalas, the dream killers

The Canada thing really hits close to home for me. My husband's family immigrated to Canada, and they truly think it's sooooooo beneath them. Like it's the sh*tty consolation prize. They're middle class in Canada, but they're so certain they'll be millionaires here, if they only had the chance. Keep dreamin' suckas, keep dreamin.'

ya to them america is like the ultimate status symbol or something. i think maybe because canada has an easier immigration policy could be it. i really dont understand this thinking. even working in the gulf is no longer acceptable. they think its 'low class' its better to have the status symbol of living in australia or u.k. and even then once they are there, they still want to get to america.

but i find it extremely hard to believe that your relatives dont want to live here or even prevent thier children from leaving for the u.s. among my relatives, and i have a huge gigantic clan, thats all they want. well my dad is really to blame, after showing up there and showing off. my uncles wife is all but demanding green cards for her sons, so they can send her back money. plus look at the numbers 5 million pakistanis live outside of pakistan. 20 million indians live outside of india. indians alone account for 20% of worldwide immigration.

[GOTFIVEONIT]

Originally Posted by Deel

you really need to stop making assumptions about people. GUESS WHAT:
it makes you look stupid. because you're always WRONG.
wait. oops, nevermind. mission accomplished.

what assumptions? everytime i crack a joke about fobs, your the first one to jump up and down like a mad man. 'i think you suck' or 'why dont you go away' is your usual retort hahaha.

[Spice]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

if memory serves, your not even desi?

Let's see if you can guess what I am. Reps if you get it right, negs if you dont. You have one chance.

[Deel]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

what assumptions? everytime i crack a joke about fobs, your the first one to jump up and down like a mad man. 'i think you suck' or 'why dont you go away' is your usual retort hahaha.

hmm let's see. assumptions about my NATIONALITY or that i've never been overseas, wth?
whatever. anyways, i've never told you that you suck. (after all, how would i know?)
you got me confused with shsh. lmao.
my point is i'm the first one to crack jokes about fobs. but there's a diff between you and me:
your posts aren't funny. and you're the only one who laughs at them.

ps: Spice, don't even bother with this guy. for the longest time he's been thinking he knows where the hell i'm from.

[shsh]

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

how about baba? or better yet, dadda LOL

but plenty of fobs here already have green cards. my question was, would you go back to karachi and gamble with a guy from there?

karachi? i am gonna marry an indian (NOT HYDRO! hydro is bad.) and i said fob, that means he has already left hometown and is living "ub-rod".

Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT

what assumptions? everytime i crack a joke about fobs, your the first one to jump up and down like a mad man. 'i think you suck' or 'why dont you go away' is your usual retort hahaha.

well..thats maybe because your jokes arent really funny. *shrug*

[AyEshAa]

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