Did you notice that mostly foreigners are asking?

H, i want to first say, that I am a fan of most of your answers :) However, I was taken aback by this question of yours. The first thing that came to my mind was an answer you gave awhile back. I will post it for a reminder. I will answer, I am very happy that finally foreigners are starting to take their future into their own hands, and ASKING!!!!! I am so thank full that there are a few (you included) answerer's who can shine the light on the realities of the situation. Your answer to Shimmering's question, "Did you experience any "culture shock"? You answered; I never experienced any culture shock not matter where. Before I go to any other country, I gather enough information about the country itself, the culture, society, etc.. That way I know the basics of what to expect. I don't live in KSA, I am from the UAE but in this case I guess it doesn't matter. Only close minded uninformed people will experience any culture shocks. I also think that so called culture shock is very often experienced by people who think their way of living is the non plus ultra. LOL, that was my thumbs down. No offense plz, I was not a fan of that answer.

Visa & Marriage thats it nothing else .. beside Saudis have their own forums "in Arabic"

yeah, I've noticed that too. I never asked anything. I didn't even know who to ask or where to ask. My husband took care of everything, but he didn't know anything about the process until he moved back to KSA.

Either it is a lack of trust in the information these girls get from their spouses to be and a lack knowledge of the Arabic language on their side too. It is not really welcomed that Gulf nationals marry Western foreing women and these women feel that and are irritated. Or it is a lack of self-confidence that they would shape their marriage to be lasting and happy in the future. Doubts in this will present themselves at first in questions on such formal pecularities. Greater doubts will come when their marriage will become more and more messy or when their fiancé will leave them in order to marry a co-national instead.

Maybe the Saudis with questions about marrying foreigners post their question in that country's section. Just a thought. It could be why we don't see it over in the KSA section.

Well for one Saudi women cannot marry a Saudi man and if she does her children are not granted Saudi citizenship. Two many western women do not know Arabic or Saudi laws, that is why they ask on here. Maybe their potential husbands refuse to talk to them about the marriage process and what HELL she has to go through to marry a Saudi man. Many Saudis/Gulf nations look down on Arab men marrying Western women (whether they are Muslim or non-Muslim). Also many Saudi families do NOT approve of their son marrying a western woman. I am lucky that my in-laws loved me from the time we got married and respect me.

People ask all kinds of questions on this. I often wonder why they don't ask the people that they're involved with, the questions they're asking us...

I’d only get married to someone who knows my customs and I deeply love otherwise it’s a waste of time. You ask a very interesting question but apart from thinking that they will have a secure and a financially worry free future, or immaturity, I can’t think of anything else.

i suppose some ppl make up stories just to kno something and i think foreign use this strategy regarding all matters not only marriage.. some ppl ask serious questions in the other hand