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This should include copies of your passport, travel documents, addresses where you will be staying and who you will be with. If this changes while you are traveling, update someone at home with the information. If you will be meeting someone new, get as much of their information as possible.
Where they live address , their full name, birthday, parents names, as much information as you can. Ask them for a copy of their national ID card.
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Protect yourself first and foremost. Talk with your friends and family before you travel to give them a rough timeline of your plans. Let them know how often you will try to check in. Do NOT trust someone at face value. You should do some research to know not only who the person you are meeting us but learn about the place you are going.
Make sure you have the numbers for your embassy or foreign mission. You also should research ahead of time so that you know how to reach them, not only by phone but physically. Is there a bus route? Do you need a taxi? Make sure that you have money available to do this.
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Likewise, if you are meeting someone new it is advisable that you book a hotel room or private accommodation. If you do decide to stay with the person you are meeting have enough money and resources available to leave if you need to. Most all countries have a program in place for their citizens to register when they are traveling abroad. Do it and keep the information updated. If your family is unsure where you are or if you are in need of assistance, your government needs to have as much information about you as possible to help find you.
This is also important if there is a natural disaster or other emergency in the country you are visiting. Embassies work to identify where there citizens are and if they have been affected. The bottom line is, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I truly believe that most people in the world are good but I also know that they are not. Do you want access to all things MarocMama? Join our community of readers to get updates on new posts, inside information that won't go on the blog and so much more!
Thank you for this and all of your other wonderful posts. I am considering a trip to Casablanca soon to meet my boyfriend of almost 2 years for the first time. We have taken things very slowly, as I met him online shortly after separating from my ex-husband and needed time, but we are now seriously considering marriage.
Is it true that Moroccans need some sort of paper from the local police in order to be seen with a foreigner? Also, would he or his family be able to visit me in my hotel room there?
I would be staying in a decent mid-range? What do you think?
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Congrats on the hot sex! And, even more, congrats on getting your sex drive back. You met someone you like and had great sex with. I think that being attached to this new man is quite normal. You were in a relationship for 4. You know how to be coupled. Being attached to someone is, in many ways, your norm. Being in a relationship, being alone, and dating are three completely different skill sets.
You know what it looks like to be in a relationship, and you know what it looks like to be alone. What does it look like to date someone?
How is that different from being coupled? What does it look like to enjoy someone, to talk to him and see him occasionally, but to not be his partner? When I was 29 years old, I had a 6-year relationship end. I moved into an apartment by myself in Chicago and set about the grim task of dating. Clearly, I was doing it wrong. As I dated, periodically I would find someone I got along with. He would be nice, funny, attractive, and I would immediately melt.
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Finally, my man is here. But after a few months of dating the relationship would fizzle out and I would be devastated in a manner wholly out of proportion with the relationship. No matter who the guy was, no matter the fact that us not becoming a couple was, in each case, a good thing.
Every time, I was devastated. I hated being single and I was desperate to find a man to save me from this state. One day, I was dating a guy who was a wedding DJ. It was a Sunday afternoon, we were texting, and said he would call me later if he had time to come over. And I was sitting in my apartment, feeling terrible, feeling unwanted, on the verge of tears.
And then I stopped. I shook my head. He was fine, we had fun together, but did I really want him to be my boyfriend?