[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by iTz_NoT_Me_iTzZu

I ate wayy too much. I feel like a whale...a humpback to be precise..

I feel your pain. I ate 4 pieces of veggie pizza last night while grading papers, AND a whole 20oz of Dr. Pepper. Today I felt like jumping in the ocean and making whale calls.

[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by zzze

no, women don't generally touch each other. The women here are pretty scary - i only feel compelled to wear the niqaab in 2 situations: when i feel ugly and when im in the women's prayer area in the malls (to hide)

just the men...and the boys, holding hands, even going out of their way so people don't split them up. It's really normal here.

That's really backwards from what I'm used to seeing. I'm used to seeing girls act like that, even kissing eachother (on the cheeks) and petting eachothers hair, but nobody thinks they are lesbian. I just went on a trip last year with a friend of mine from Malaysia, and the room we stayed in had only one bed, so we shared. When I stayed overnight at my friends houses growing up, we always shared beds. One time there was the slumber party with about 20 girls, everyone slept in the same room, shared beds, the couch, and nobody thought anything of it.

But yea, seeing guys act like that is really odd from a western point of view, especially when the ladies are not equally effectionate with eachother.

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by heba

good movie

Originally Posted by iSHi

same thing in Dubai..the guy was like leaning on the other guy, front ways, and their hands were clasped(sp?). But they were both married with their kids running around.

I've seen in Pakistan as well.. guys holding hands and stuff.. and it was too weird for me.. that's just how they're culture is.

[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by Asvi

I've seen in Pakistan as well.. guys holding hands and stuff.. and it was too weird for me.. that's just how they're culture is.

Yeah, but have you seen Pakistani men hug (specifically Pushtoon men)? They hug eachother like it's a contest to see who can break the others ribs first. Nothing gay about that.

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo

Yeah, but have you seen Pakistani men hug (specifically Pushtoon men)? They hug eachother like it's a contest to see who can break the others ribs first. Nothing gay about that.

i agree that they're not gay..i have seen some and its like whoa..the hugging part made me laugh.

[zzze]

assalamualaykum

saudi men also eskimo kiss.

[Sugarberry]

I got this invite to this valentines dinner pushed under the room in my dorm the flyer said

If your taken wear Red
If your single wear white
if your "in between" wear pink
if your Anti- V-day wear black


...I took the flyer...and used it to killed a spider...but now im wondering whats "in between" mean?


...oh yeah and v-day sucks

[zakk]

Originally Posted by Sugarberry

...I took the flyer...and used it to killed a spider...but now im wondering whats "in between" mean?

you have a guy but you're kind of a ho

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by Sugarberry

I got this invite to this valentines dinner pushed under the room in my dorm the flyer said

If your taken wear Red
If your single wear white
if your "in between" wear pink
if your Anti- V-day wear black


...I took the flyer...and used it to killed a spider...but now im wondering whats "in between" mean?


...oh yeah and v-day sucks

If you're in a open relationship?
Or a relationship that's not really a relationship? Lots of Muslim people do that one.


You're not really off the market until you're married anyway.

[onetspvanilla]

ladies who have been/are pregnant -- how important is it to have a good amount of folic acid up to 3 months *before* you're pregnant? and what's a good amount anyway? i've heard anywhere from .4 - 1mg. thanks <3 iA when it's time for a baby onetspvanilla, i want to be prepared

[Ilikemyscarf]

I'm hungry and I don't have time to eat and I feel dizzy and I'm wearing pink today.

[heba]

i am sooo lazy
im trying to study, and i havent been able to finish one 22 page chapter. ive been tring for well over an hour.

[flutterz]

it's like i'm never gonna catch up. i should give up.

i wish i had a sister. or friends i could talk to more regularly. but i don't think i have the time or something more than a half-hearted desire so it's okay. besides, i don't have much to talk about anyway. i was pretty close to my mom while growing up and then i drifted away a little cuz i thought i was quite different from her and sometimes felt misunderstood but after i got married, there've been times where we talked and it's like i've been promoted from being a daughter-friend to more of a friend-confidant which is kinda nice. alhumdulillah. one of these days inshaAllah, i'm gonna ask her all about her life before me, before my brothers, before my dad. and maybe i'll tell her about my life also... not my life before her obviously, but my life around her.

on a less crazy-sounding note, it's surprising how things fall into place and your heart doesn't flutter as much as it used to or flutters at different things in a non-restless way and it's like a sort of calm fulfillment where you're like ok, so what else can i possibly ask for. and then you can't even think of a single thing... except for those few seemingly impossible things you've always wanted (like a pair of wings, a private island, a Heart, being able to go Home, etc).

life is like i've never known it to be before, alhumdulillah... yet i don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that i still can't seem to think ahead any more than the end of this year.

[farah]

Originally Posted by onetspvanilla

ladies who have been/are pregnant -- how important is it to have a good amount of folic acid up to 3 months *before* you're pregnant? and what's a good amount anyway? i've heard anywhere from .4 - 1mg. thanks <3 iA when it's time for a baby onetspvanilla, i want to be prepared

there's recently been a study shown that if you take folic acid a year before you even become pregnant, it reduces the risk of having an early labor.

Huge Drop In Preterm Birth-risk Among Women Taking Folic Acid One Year Before Conception

i think that article says at least 400 mg daily is recommended, but i'm not positive how much was used in the study.

[heba]

ok its been like 4-5hrs now and ive only read two chapters
wtfffffffff is wrong with me lol. i think ill go to the movies