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I went to visit a friend of mine who migrated to England some years ago. She is happily married with a two year old girl and another baby is on the way. She is my age (26) and is a housewife/stay at home mom or whatever you call it and is super happy. When we were younger, she got her degree, looked forward to an ongoing successful career and was quite 'hip' in terms of dress and makeup and stuff like that....never lude or anything...just pretty stylish. Typical young woman.
Well she is and has always been Muslim but never really practiced. While she studied in England she met her very Muslim (Iranian) husband who heavily encouraged her to live the life that she is living now. She now dresses completely different, is very religious and enjoys being a stay at home mom with her daughter and in-laws. Makeup and fancy clothes and shoes now mean nothing to her (except for her hijab and muslim wear) and she is not exposed much to the music and movies that we have now (which she is fine with). She has no worries about maintaining a certain weight or hair colour or hair length or those things as she is quite satisfied with her now very very simple life. Her happiness as she told me is ensuring that her husband and family is happy and ensuring that her children are exposed to only good things in life and for them to know what is important and what is not. She is happy for me with my 'complicated' life, like to get a good job, meet a guy, marry, maintain my weight, fuss about makeup and carnival...lol...bla bla bla and does not discredit it in anyway, because well she was a part of it all once.
Point of all this is, she is sooooo happy without all these things (by choice),...I'm not to sure I can live such a simple life, but then again, if the man of my dreams shows up and shows me a better way...who knows? Maybe I'd embrace it just as easy as she did. What about you? Can you give up all the fancy stuff (well not have them as priority), your job etc etc etc?
Well she is and has always been Muslim but never really practiced. While she studied in England she met her very Muslim (Iranian) husband who heavily encouraged her to live the life that she is living now. She now dresses completely different, is very religious and enjoys being a stay at home mom with her daughter and in-laws. Makeup and fancy clothes and shoes now mean nothing to her (except for her hijab and muslim wear) and she is not exposed much to the music and movies that we have now (which she is fine with). She has no worries about maintaining a certain weight or hair colour or hair length or those things as she is quite satisfied with her now very very simple life. Her happiness as she told me is ensuring that her husband and family is happy and ensuring that her children are exposed to only good things in life and for them to know what is important and what is not. She is happy for me with my 'complicated' life, like to get a good job, meet a guy, marry, maintain my weight, fuss about makeup and carnival...lol...bla bla bla and does not discredit it in anyway, because well she was a part of it all once.
Point of all this is, she is sooooo happy without all these things (by choice),...I'm not to sure I can live such a simple life, but then again, if the man of my dreams shows up and shows me a better way...who knows? Maybe I'd embrace it just as easy as she did. What about you? Can you give up all the fancy stuff (well not have them as priority), your job etc etc etc?