Salah CP #1
Date/Time:29/3/2015 16:45 - 17:45
Location: Starbucks on W. Tennessee St.
I met with conversation partner: Abdulla, who is originally from
Saudi Arabia, but he grew up in Dubai. Abdullah is married but does not have any
children.
We talked about how he met his wife. This is typical of how marriages are formed
in Saudi. His family met/knew her family
in Saudi Arabia and his mother and sisters visited their home several times to
meet and get to know her family. Then
eventually, Abdulla met her. They liked
each other and decided to get engaged.
They also spent time together in Dubai, as fiancees, before they finally
got married.
Abdulla’s story is
very inspirational in that at one time, he weighed over 200 lbs. He showed me a photo on his phone from a
couple of years ago and I couldn't believe it was the same person!
He had wanted to lose the weight for some time and thought
seriously about having surgery to achieve this goal. Then he met his wife
and together with the support of his family, they encouraged him to lose the
weight naturally. He says he lost the
weight by being disciplined and keeping to a weekly plan (set up by his
doctor).
(We were enjoying
our talk, so we decided to stay for another hour…that is posted as Salah CP #
2)
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