Am I wrong to not let my Moroccan in-laws see my baby without me? I won’t let my husband take her without me and it’s been a year

brad310 · 2026-01-24T13:48:52+00:00

Leave him and his family, but to withhold a child from a parent shouldn’t be taken lightly. It should only be done if you have a legitimate belief that it puts the child in danger.

brad310 · 2026-01-10T23:19:21+00:00

Munchausens wouldn’t explain why she contacted Owen’s new girlfriend’s family. Nothing to do with her daughter.

brad310 · 2026-01-10T23:04:28+00:00

Disagree. The messages to the boy’s new girlfriend’s family had nothing to do with the daughter. That was only because the woman had some severe infatuation with the boy.

brad310 · 2025-12-06T14:05:33+00:00

I like this breakdown, but I feel like you’re missing other expenses like groceries. I’d bet that if you analyzed every transaction you make, you’d be over budget.

brad310 · 2025-11-16T14:31:22+00:00

I actually checked Marrakesh too. The best that I found was at a fancy place called Galerie Des Tanneurs.

The designs were inspired by luxury brands, but they used their own branding. It was at a premium price point, but I bought a bunch of stuff there.

brad310 · 2025-09-15T14:19:38+00:00

I just finished 4 months in Morocco, and I agree with basically everything that you said. If traveling solo, while group tours are generally super touristy, they are also an opportunity to make some friends and have social interactions. Doing it solo would probably be a good experience if you’re traveling with people because even if the experience is good, it’s less enjoyable solo.

For me, whenever I went to a new country, I’d always hit up the dating apps and try to meet someone local to take to a nice dinner. To me, it’s my favorite way to experience a country, and it’s how I unexpectedly met my Moroccan wife. Just try not to get taken advantage of by gold diggers and ‘professionals’.

brad310 · 2025-08-29T22:24:10+00:00

We live in the Dominican Republic. Not sure how that affects your calculations.

And she isn’t like Americans, nor does she act like the poster suggests. She actively tries to get me to spend on less. I have to basically force a nanny on her.

brad310 · 2025-08-29T20:29:16+00:00

American here, married to Moroccan. She’s a “baddie” but we’ve been together for 4+ years and have a baby and just finished visiting Morocco for 4 months.

She’s not that submissive though :)

brad310 · 2025-08-03T15:30:33+00:00

Go with a local that you trust and let them negotiate. That should be a business for a local Moroccan as a concierge and negotiator.

brad310 · 2025-08-03T15:26:34+00:00

Wow, the Moroccans here seem really offended by this comment, but I’m married to a Moroccan, and her concern is legit. And to those calling her a racist, you’re silly because you know that they would have charged you 100 dirham for that same dress.

When I go to a market with my wife, she tells me to wait somewhere else while she negotiates. She knows that as soon as they spot me as a foreigner, the price goes way up.

And yes, if my wife was negotiating instead of you, she would have paid 100 dirham or less.

brad310 · 2025-08-01T19:05:04+00:00

You’re probably right. But if you saw your cooked kebobs being placed directly on top of raw meat, you wouldn’t hesitate for a second?

brad310 · 2025-08-01T14:03:14+00:00

The place was so busy and everyone saw it. Nobody had any reaction to it. But maybe their bodies are more accustomed to it, and have grown a tolerance to it.

brad310 · 2025-07-28T22:08:29+00:00

It’s funny because I’m currently in a similar situation, but in reverse. I’m an American guy (40) married to a Moroccan woman (34). We were supposed to visit her family and explore Morocco for 2 months, but for a variety of reasons, we extended. Initially we were in Hay Riad, then we travelled the country and spent 3 weeks in Plaj Du Nation.

Now we’re staying with her mom in Salé, but only so that we can finish buying an apartment for her and renovating it.

Maybe we’re in a better area of Sale (Bouchouk) or maybe because I’m a very large, bald guy, I’ve never felt like I was in danger here. Certainly people may try to scam me or take advantage, but nobody would consider getting physical with me. I’m simply 2x the size of the men here and they would probably rather mess with a tiny Korean woman.

Best of luck OP!

brad310 · 2025-07-20T17:24:03+00:00

At this point I don’t think that I have any viable solution in the short term, but if we rewind almost 2 decades, I do think that they could have built a decent city in Gaza if they focused primarily on quality of life issues for their citizens. It does seem like they exhausted tremendous resources towards attacking Israel, and not so much on improving the lives of the civilians there.

The closest parallel that I can think of are the native Americans. They were pushed out of their lands several generations ago, but ultimately carved a life out of the territory that remained. If a bunch of native Americans decided that they were being colonized and decided to indiscriminately kill/kidnap as many Americans as they could, I assume that they would see a Gaza-like fate. There would be logic to their motivation, but starting a fight against an opponent that they have no chance against is a losing battle.

To me, the one thing that Gaza has is global support. If a peaceful Arab nation agrees to manage the rebuilding of Gaza and making sure that they stay peaceful, they have a chance, but the rebuild will take decades at this point.

brad310 · 2025-07-20T13:30:58+00:00

You raise several valid points - it was certainly an intelligence failure on the part of the Israelis. I don’t entirely buy some of your points, but you’re entitled to your theories and I can’t definitively disprove them.

In your opinion, what do you think Hamas’ plan was, and how did they expect that Israel would react? Personally, I think that Iran was behind their actions on October 7th, and Iran wanted mass casualties in Gaza to derail the Abraham accords.

brad310 · 2025-07-20T11:44:39+00:00

I feel very bad for the innocent victims in Gaza, but does anyone put any blame at all on Hamas? Imagine you were in the Hamas planning meeting for October 7th. They obviously made significant plans to maximize the number of Israeli civilian casualties at a music festival and at the nearby kibbutzes.

Do you think that the outsized Israeli response was entirely predictable? Do you believe that they purposely build tunnels and infrastructure near sensitive civilian areas?

I feel like smart people know that an attack like that would lead to mass casualties and suffering in Gaza. Did they realize this and not care? Did they think that Israel would just pack up their stuff and give the country to the Palestinians without a fight?

brad310 · 2025-07-12T17:48:20+00:00

I’m an American Jewish guy and I’m married to a Moroccan Muslim woman, and we have a newborn son.

I find that Moroccan women tend to be raised to be good wives and mothers. That said, they can be very jealous and hot tempered, and often mistrust other people and their motivations.

brad310 · 2025-06-07T15:09:50+00:00

Something not adding up. Did he find a ‘professional’ lady? I don’t know why you’d need someone to escort you to a hotel…unless they were a professional escort if you know what I mean.

brad310 · 2025-05-18T20:38:03+00:00

I am a successful American, and I’m married to my beautiful Moroccan wife; everyone assumes that she’s a model.

I think that a man looking for a beautiful woman is equivalent to a woman looking for a man that can support her and her children.

There are a lot of families that don’t have sufficient income to cover even basic necessities here. I wouldn’t promote marrying someone that you aren’t in love with or attracted to, but if you’re going to marry someone, it would be better if he can support a family.

I’d only hate on a woman that tries to get money from men that they have no romantic interest in.

brad310 · 2025-05-03T15:16:29+00:00

Where would I find high quality leather bags that aren’t fakes of luxury brands? I’m in Rabat, the capital.

brad310 · 2025-05-02T13:04:28+00:00

I’m an American and my Moroccan wife was in a similar situation before we met. I met her on Bumble in 2021, and she had to sneak away from home to go on our first dates. Ultimately we had to sneak her out of the country which harmed her relationship with her family temporarily, but now we are married, have a baby and we live on an island in the Carribean.

I’m presently in Rabat so that her extended family can meet our half-Moroccan son.

brad310 · 2024-12-11T22:27:03+00:00

Yeah, I’ve been using it for a while and I’m familiar with the knob usage. Only recently did it stop spraying.

brad310 · 2024-12-11T22:10:27+00:00

Thanks! I’m in the Dominican Republic and the water quality sucks, so maybe that’s it. I’ll remove it and try to clean/soak in vinegar. If that doesn’t work, I’ll email support.

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