Men issues....again!!!
I was just watching the Oprah show, and they were bringing in people whom she has interviewed before as a follow up to see how they're doing.
One was a woman, who was having weight issues, and that was the main problem with her husband. They got seperated and got back to each other a couple of times, and her husband was seeing other women with 'thinner' bodies, and she couldn't stop him because she felt guilty of the way she looked, and she couldn't leave him, because she thought she couldn't get someone better!! Total lack of self confidance!!
That man has destroyed her self esteem, and he just sat there and talked about it with all the nerves. I just sat there, and I soooo wanted to scream from the top of my lungs and tell him exactly what I thought of men of his kind.
Luckily, after being on the show. This lady started to get her self esteem back, and she realized how stupid it is to be with a man who only wants the 'outside' and not her 'inside', and she realized that she's not getting anything out of this marriage, but on the contrary, she has lost a lot. So she filed for divorce, and I think it's about time she did. I was just sitting in front of the tv and kept saying, 'you go girl, you go girl', lol.
I mean, the stories you just hear......
Posted by Noors at 11:47 AM
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you're getting ahead of yourself, noor.
firstly, you're generelazing again (which i don't think you mean, but that's the way its portrayed in your words).
secondly, you have a craving to watch other people's unhappiness and sob stories when you yourself say that you would rather leave gossip to the gossper and move on. seriously thinking that through; don't you think you're contradicting yourself?
thirdly, since you're such a big fan of Oprah, I think you might be interested in knowing that she made an enormous mistake once that almost blew her career as talkshow hostess, and that was by commenting on a documentary made by a Saudi Arabian ex TV hostess Ranya who got beaten up badly by her husband last year or maybe this year and she said about her that she was brave enough to stand up to what community had taken from her especially in KSA and that's freedom..
and there was a big rant about it that there was a gigantic email that was being circulated to impose a ban/prohibit anyone in the middle east of watching her show because of that small 'useless' comment...
i am not attacking you, nor do i have the intention even though it may show in case here. and i am sorry if it does. but my whole point is you shouldn't judge just because 'someone said so'..
remember: never judge a book by its cover.
you said once to me you respected me for the personal reasons you said you did. and as do i, for the same reasons. and i believe that woman as much as men fall all by themselves into their own traps and shout out for help when all they need to look for is the ladder thats right in front of their eyes.
wouldn't you agree?
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Ali, first of all I just read Noora's post twice over. I have yet to find one biased, generalisation.
Noors just posted a summary of the story and how she reacted to it.
Second of all, you make it sound like you know Noora so well by stating she has a craving to watch other people's unhappiness. I think you should be careful with what you accuse people with, especially when it comes to an issue like that. Even if it was true (which it isn't- I would know better being much closer to her)as a friend you should think twice before saying something like that to your 'friend' in public. I still can't believe you accused her of 'gossiping' when she was just talking about an episode from a T.V show.
Third, Oprah hardly jepordized her career. Yes she perhaps lost her KSA audience and the faith of many of her muslim/arab fans but I don't recall reading in the news about her nearly loosing her job.
I think its important to remember that at the end of the day Oprah is human. She makes mistakes (I will say that one about KSA was exactly that) and even if she does hold a position of responsibility seeing as she holds the world's attention when she speaks; it is up to us how we take her comments into account. I got that email and I was pretty proud of the women who wrote it, maybe it does take someone else's blunder to shed light on a wide misconception.
But anyway, this post of Noora's has nothing to do with Oprah's mistakes or ways of hosting. I watched both episodes on this couple and if you had seen it you would have had a better idea of what its all about. Its plain to see the guy WAS cheating and the woman DID have major self confidence issues.
This isn't about what 'someone' said; this is about what the couple themselves said. Oprah's guests usually speak on their own account... The re-run will be on tomorrow around 3pm, why don't you have a look?
I'm sorry if I sound like I'm coming down too hard on you, but your comments sounded very unfair toward Noors.
not at all, Sam. Thanks for your point of view. I didn't see it that way.
But before that, let me apologize to noors because it was not in my intention at all you call you or accuse you of being a gossiper. I just wanted you to know what you said earlier on in your posts about how you react to people talking about others and comparing that to what you hear directly from them especially on TV.
again - i apologize. misunderstanding, that's what it was.
i am sorry though to say that i don't watch TV anymore because i am out of the house most of the time especially with this week being a pretty hectic one for me.
ps: i just hate Oprah. just an opinion, nothing against females, though.
Well apology accepted, but I have to explain myself.
First of all, all I did in my post was talk about an episode that I watched on Oprah, which I found to be rather interesting because the couple both seemed to have so many issues, and I was amazed on how this woman was able to see her husband cheat on her, and it's not just about her accepting it, but feeling guilty because she doesn't exactly fill her husbands criteria for a 'beautiful woman'. So I don't see how that is considered to be gossiping, when I'm merely talking about a tv show and expressing my opinion on it, and I haven't generalized at all, in this whole post. I didn't say that all men are the same, I was just talking about that one particular situation.
As for me craving for unhappy stories then that is just absurd, why would i do that? I have enough to worry about to go listening to other people's stories, and how on earth is this story sad? Things turned out well eventually.
I hope that there are no misunderstandings left lol. Those are really long comments!!
@ Noors: lol...not from me
thanks for accepting my apology again
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