If you haven’t dated an Egyptian at one point of your life, you definitely missed out. From blaming elgeesh for every failure, fearing the bawab more than your father to breaking off engagements in Elsallab because the tashteeb struggle is too real, here are some of the perks that add humor to Egyptian relationships.
1. The bond with his car is stronger than your love
2. You always start the relationship with “let’s go with the flow” and end it with “Ahly afsheen”
3. Your engagement date is directly proportional to his geesh date
4. Sa7el season is nothing but stress over finding 2 different places to stay at
5. The boyfriend is speed driving to get his girl home before the curfew while calling his boyfriends to see who’s up for shisha or playstation
6. Elsallab and ElMahgoub will test how true and deep your love and engagement are
7. She says, “Mesh hakhorg m3ak lewa7di” but when your friends come along, she is pissed as hell
8. Not having a sha2a is more threatening than cheating
9. She insists he meets her mother because she never lies to her. The guy, girl and her mom know it’s a trap
10. Six months after the love at first sight, he calls her “Nekadeya” and she calls him “Barid”
11. The Mohamed Mohie pose when lying
12. Non stop gifts at 1st month, 6th month, 1-year anniversary and any other occasion. Most of them are perfumes and watches wrapped in tulle and glitter
13. She expects him to pay for dinner but won’t allow him, yet really really wants him to offer and insist
14. When she wears a short skirt, the lecture starts. “Enty hateb2i meraty. Fahma y3ni eh meraty?”
15. She wants him to look, talk, smile, breathe, eat and exist as Turkish series boys
16. Her mother’s weird logic is that she can ride in any man’s car except the boyfriend and fiancée
17. The couple’s biggest fear in life is the bawab
18. “Gali 3aris” doesn’t mean there’s a 3aris, it’s a known code for “when the hell are we getting engaged?”
19. And the grand finale: Testahly wa7ed a7san meni, mesh 3ayez azlemek
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