They say once you go black you never go back...until you go on a Persian excursion. And now that I'm married to a white guy, it's an excursion I won't ever be taking. Aside from one terrible blind date, I have never dated an Iranian guy- even though I am in fact an Iranian.Their numbers are increasing as divorce becomes more common and more women attend universities, exposing them to careers and incomes independent of men who, by law and custom, are supposed to be their guardians.That is a profound generational shift in a society of 80 million whose theocracy preaches that a woman’s main purpose in life is to be a wife and mother.

Latinos aren't the only ones with major machismo issues.

Maybe it's a You Tube video, or an article I find online.

Reluctantly, American girl agrees but is filled with regret when she realizes that Muslim boy's mommy is an overbearing control freak who can never be satisfied. Sad thing is, these are all true stories I've heard in one way or another.

Or Muslim boy has some enormously lucrative and important job which translates to him never being home so he tells American girl to make some friends at the local masjid, a place he barely ever goes to himself.

Now the story can take a variety of It is here when American girl finds out Muslim boy is either not a citizen or has to go back to his confusing home country and wants American girl to come with.