Hey. I know I've been really patchy recently, and my blogs have sucked. And I've been saying that I've been having a lot of personal drama lately, but never explained. So I figured today that an explanation would make a good blog post. So here goes:
before I begin, I should clarify that my family is from Egypt. My parents came here before me and my siblings were born, and they're very conservative muslims. They feel that one should only interact with members of the opposite sex for work.
Ever since the semester ended things have been sort of rocky with my parents. They were upset about my grades, the fact that I'm friends with boys, they feel that I've changed, that I don't spend enough time with the family, etc., etc.. Things came to a head when they found out that I was talking to guys on skype, because (gasp!) I am, in fact, friends with people, and not all of them are girls. shocker, I know. This lead to them threatening some things that I hope they did not mean, but the end result was that I no longer felt safe at home, and I left. Their response to this was to try to manipulate me into coming home, which has not yet worked. so right now I'm trying to figure out a job, a way to pay for school, and where I'm going to live. hence I haven't been very consistent on here.
so yeah, that's that. see y'all next week.
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