I am a Western European Catholic, happily married and we have a son but there are certain aspects of our relationship where I am made to feel emasculated. All the horror stories here make me afraid to even raise my voice with my wife when we have an argument such as when she spends too much on useless things.

Now, what I am going to say about what I felt is pure conjecture - Only today I went to a convenience shop and the cashier was the most beautiful dark haired and dark eyed girl. I got speaking to her and she told me that she is from North Africa - therefore a Muslim. She showed the utmost respect towards me and we spent some 15 minutes talking. Right now, I feel like going to the shop again just to see her beautiful eyes and listen to her soft accented voice. I bought some alcohol but she was OK with that and it was so tender to see her naivety about the types of alcohol we drink. The respect that Muslim women have towards men was palpable in the interaction we had.

What do others think of marrying non-Western women?