How far would you care about your partner's nationality ?
and why ?

i would like him to be Omani and not anyother nationality. The reason for that is very simple, i want my children to be omanis!

you mean wife?
she has to be omani, maltese, Iraqi or puerto riccan! :p

no really I got certain nationalities in my head and other certain nationalites that I don't think I'll marry.. But thanx to the system here, IF I marry a non-omani i'll live my life as an outcast and I wont be able to get a job here (in oman) :bored:

why would a man from ANY nationality wouldnt wana marry a lebanese woman !? :)

why would a man from ANY nationality wouldnt wana marry a lebanese woman !? :)
I wonder!!!:bored:

BUT any way Omani Women RULE!

He has to be Omani, and from an "acceptable" tribe.

BUT any way Omani Women RULE!
Yeah :yes: :flag:

you mean wife?
she has to be omani, maltese, Iraqi or puerto riccan! :p
But thanx to the system here, IF I marry a non-omani i'll live my life as an outcast and I wont be able to get a job here (in oman) :bored:

There are so many ways to get around the law :D .. So many people did it and still doing it ..

Well...I care about the guy's mentality more, he could be from a country which I don't think I'm going to get along with its culture, but he might has a mentality which I like..so it won't make a difference to me.

But, I try to stay away from some nationalities...

Ah well, I'm not going to get married anyway...

I don't care much about nationality, I care about the mentality and 'akhlaq'. The world is filled with too many wonderful people, it would be a pity if I discriminated on the sole basis of nationality.

Omani and bs, the reason : because he is Omani lol :flag: .. unless he was Italian, now there is an exception :love:

He has to be Omani, and from an "acceptable" tribe.

Yes, yes yes ... and what if he was some gorgeous Italian, as Bonita said :cool: . I remember that you do find them very good looking :p .

Yeh i do care that he shud be an omani, i dont wanna end up in a messy marriage and drag my kids along with me due to differences.

It can be scary sometimes when u marry an omani but lets say from a different community , u know different background n all, so imagine if he is from a different Country !!

obviously, mentality and morals matter to me the most but anyways I would prefer to marry an arab of any nationality. I could say I can marry any woman in the world, but I'd like to narrow down my choices and marry someone who while not necessairly has the same culture but would at least speak the same language.

.. personally it was very important for me.. However, i wouldnt mind ppl marrying from other nationalities as far as they will be ready for the consequences i.e family stuff, background n culture clashes, goverment issues.. etc..

He has to be Omani.

Yes, yes yes ... and what if he was some gorgeous Italian, as Bonita said :cool: . I remember that you do find them very good looking :p .
I'm not saying I particularly want to marry an Omani. I'm just saying that's what's going to happen because of how I was raised. Also, it's just safer to go for someone who is very similar to you. If I could marry anyone at all, then I wouldn't decide based on nationality. But that's not going to happen... so the gorgeous Italians can only exist in my head, unfortunately :(

I'd rather marry an omani girl who lives and wants to live in oman as well. but i'm not against marrying someone from a different nationality if we get along and if she's willing to live in oman.

How far would you care about your partner's nationality?

100% im totally against marriage of couples form two different nationalities!
let's be reasonable and think rationally, and excule all the romance and emotion from our brains its just drama movies affecting our thinking!

and why ?

our lives are full of change, you may never know what hardness can happen as a result of combining two different nationalities in one house:

Slang: an american says: im pissed off. and the english thinks that he really pissed! so its all clear.
Stock Market and Currency: the dollar keeps getting weaker and the euro keeps getting stronger. the european wife goes to live in america with her american husband, she keeps losing thousands of dollars from her money and she doesnt feel it!
Children: they will have a weirder accent than both their parents! their accent will be a mix of two languages and you wont be able to tell where they are from.
Economy: Everytime the man will have to pay for his wife to go back and forth visiting his homecountry, and same goes to the man, more money is lost in traveling without touring!
Politics: if the man's country and the woman's country fell in a war, something will happen to their relationship unless they give up their patriotism and become betrayers in anyways!
More Excuses: if one of them did something wrong, their perfect excuse will be: "thats how we do it in our country"!
your Parents: they will miss you!

i dont care about her natinality
as long she speaks french or english lol :p

As long as we understand each other and love each other , I do not care about her nationality .. There are something I have to consider is my family .. Are they going to accept her or not !!
As my IDEAL LIFE is to LIVE outside Oman ..

Also I could consider something else in my mind, it is the Dowry .. As I noticed during the recent years , It is getting more and more expensive to marry an Omani Girl :p .. SO as you go out , you get discount :D ..
It's better and saves you so much .. Loans .. Banks ..

i would like him to be Omani and not anyother nationality. The reason for that is very simple, i want my children to be omanis!

That's almost sweet! I am touched! I wish you all the luck in picking up a good omani..

Omani and bs, the reason : because he is Omani lol :flag: .. unless he was Italian, now there is an exception :love:

Hey! Italians are not really faithful you know unless there is an exception of what you mean. Go with, hmmm let me think...

Russians: No they're always drunk,

how about Germans? Oh no they're always tempered..

French guys have a famous reputation for having a wife and a lover, not the new generation though..

English are unfaithful nowadays, less than Italians though.

Spanish like to end up being alone, so will only last for a couple of decades.

Lebaneses do beat their wives..

Iraqis prefer to marry more than one wife, not those who are living in Sweden or Norway though..

Bahrainis do whine from time to time..

Kuwaitis are no good, they fantasize beyond their wives.

Saudis are tough to handle, especially from Riyadh.. Jeddah Saudis like to be controlled by their wives, which is romantic and sweet of course..

Oh yeah and Americans need only one thing, not able to do it will kinda end up da marriage..

Pick one! :p So there are flaws about people when it comes to marriage.. Damn it! It's unfair it should be the most beautiful ting!

Omanis are just modest, so yeah stick with them or go with the italians.. ;)

PS: if I forgot to mention any other nationality, please accept my apologies as my knowledge is rather limited.

Ofcourse an omani lady would be my first choice, and i have to search very well (allah y3eenni)
but my second option would be khaliji girls
third option lebanon chix ;)

How far would you care about your partner's nationality ?
and why ?

I don't but preferably Omani.

Why? Because there are too single Omanis, why should I go for someone else? :dev:

I wouldn't careless. Besides, how does it even matter?

I don't but preferably Omani.

Why? Because there are too single Omanis, why should I go for someone else? :dev:
Just because there are many single ones, it doesn't mean there are many suitable ones. They can be available, but not particularly desirable :p

It does matter, he has to be Omani...the tribe and the sect matter as well.

You girls are racist. Why should he be from A tribe? Aren't we all muslims?

The world is changing to the worst :'(

It doesnt really matter...
I would Love would be my Four Wives to be from different Continental Unfortunately the law doesnt Allow me to do so...

So I will end up Marrying 4-Wives from Oman But from Different sectors:) :yes:

You girls are racist. Why should he be from A tribe? Aren't we all muslims?

The world is changing to the worst :'(
It's not us who care about the tribe, but our families. (Well I know I can say that for myself).

^ Oh Libby this remind me of the argument we had with your dad at last year's sleep over .. man it was endless ! Parents stick to their point and are very stubborn. Well, it's mostly about the family not the girl herself. As you wouldn't want to marry someone whom your parents dissaprove of.

I'd rather marry an omani girl who lives and wants to live in oman as well. but i'm not against marrying someone from a different nationality if we get along and if she's willing to live in oman.

+1 exactly what i wanted 2 say...

and also if she wont have a negative effect on my kids...

He got 2 be Omani! Am not ready 2 lose my nationality! And what's wrong with Omani guys?! I used 2 dislike them but not anymore:p

He got 2 be Omani! Am not ready 2 lose my nationality! And what's wrong with Omani guys?! I used 2 dislike them but not anymore:p


That's very good decision very encouraging.... Boys what are you waiting!!!!

Thanks Sleyum:XD: well I didn't say that I want 2 get married now but what am saying is that these Omani girls who got married 2 non Omanis ended up living a not so good kinda life not all but some of them. Some ended up losing thier passports I don't think that's nice:os Who wants that?! I don't see anything wrong with Omani men thank god:zzz:

you mean wife?
But thanx to the system here, IF I marry a non-omani i'll live my life as an outcast and I wont be able to get a job here (in oman) :bored:

NOT TRUE in any way at all. It really winds me up when people give out false and misleading information that may upset other people. Get your facts straight - please.
I am a non Omani, non Muslim married to an Omani Muslim (no other wives), we are most definately NOT outcasts and he has a very good job with the Ministry. Like anything in life, if you follow the correct procedures, there are no problems. Loads of Omanis marry non Omanis - Indian, Phillipino, Thai, European, it is not unusual.

when were you married?
It is well known that no omani can marry a non-omani/non-khaleeji, while working in the goverment sector, without the right papers. How do you get these papers, either Wasta (bet you know what that means) OR the man has a good reason that makes it hard for him to find an Omani gurl who accepts him (very old/very ugly/handicap.. etc)
My uncle is Married to a Jordanian and until this day he's getting pulled to the courts.. He was promised to have the papers right after the marriage but then they didn't get him, so his marriage is considered illegal..
I worked with a person who's married to an Indian, and he falls under the category I mentioned above, YET, they gave him a hard time before giving him the permission to marry a non-Omani..

The summary is, A good looking, young in age, omani male who works for the goverment CAN NEVER have the permission to marry a non-omani/nonkhaleeji, and who has that, its because he knows someone there..

facts are straightened, I suppose ;)

^^^^^ that's the official formal facts only...

add to that that omanis are very protective, sometimes families wont let u marry an Omani girl from another region cuz she's different!!

strange and crazy? yah, but it happens...

Trust me - Salalah tribes don't have wasta with the Ministry in Muscat - unless you are Rawas or Shanfari, which my husband isn't. However, his father is very big in the Firqat, so maybe the ministry were just plain scared of him!!
My husband is not old / disabled / ill etc etc - he is a perfectly young,healthy and handsome man. (He is 2 years older than me)
How did we get our papers - we had support from my family and his, we submitted the papers, we had interview, we had permission.
I can think of at least 6 other mixed marriages just in Salalah - i am talking about Western mixed marriages. As for Indian / Omani - loads and loads in Salalah and all over Oman.
I don't know what the problem is with your relatives, but the fact of the matter is that if procedures are followed correctly you do get the permission.

The only time i have ever heard of people getting pulled in to the courts is if the marriage took place out of Oman - that is a completely different story and a road that i would never have taken. We have a friend in Muscat who did just that - they got married in England and it took he and his English wife 5 years to get approval. I agree that it is not good. Anyone who has read any of my posts on ES and this subject knows that i believe this is one rule in Oman that is STUPID and WRONG. As i have asked many times before - who are the ministry to say who a person can or can't marry?

who are the ministry to say who a person can or can't marry?

I think they're trying to learn from the Emaraty's mistakes, I am not against marrying a non-omani, on the contrary, I say it is a good way to make the families are forced to lower the dowry :p
but its not only with my relative, I ask many other people to make sure and they all said the same exact thing.. maybe your father is law is strong as you said though :p thats a possibility!

Also when I worked with turkish people they told me that similar story happend before. The the ministry made it hard for an omani guy to marry a turkish lady because of the same reasons. Then the Embasador of Turkey got involved or something like that. After that they got married and left to Turkey. I don't remember the story well but thats more like it