The beginning is so exciting. I love the butterflies, the ****** giddy way you feel when you think about the person, the faster heartbeat when you hear from them, the nervousness and sweaty palms feeling when you are together. Discovering their innermost self, exploring new feelings within yourself. I am truly at my best at the beginning of a relationship Professor I'm not sure about the Sweaty palms and nervousnes! You are not facing the death squad , but i know what you mean, it's a fantastic feeling.

This has nothing to do with perfumes, but do you know that women deo sprays/rolls have Aluminium which has been strongly linked to breast Cancer? Mens deodrants do not have aluminium! If that is the case, do you think all of these women have a case for suing these cosmetic companies?! Waa xaasidnimo loo jeedo.... My favourite perfumes are Helmut Lang and Hermes..they are devine.

I wonder why there is one 50million dollar winner, when that wealth could be distributed and there could be 50 1million dollar winners?!

Seriously, what is the fascination with what Somali men/women find romantic in this place anyway?! What one person finds romantic might not be someone else's cup of tea! Rahoo walaal gaining and inside into the psyche of Somali men is not something to dedicate a whole Topic to trust me. There are many, many and MANY threads on that very subject, and what was the verdict? The Jury is still out on that one....

Former gang leader Stanley "Tookey" Williams has been executed by lethal injection today, 24 years after he was convicted of killing four people. Tookie Williams has always denied murders and, while in jail, campaigned against gang violence. While watching the news of his excusion with a friend, we got to talking about Anti-death penalty and Pro death-penalty "as you do". She argued that Tookey Williams has paid his dues to society and turned his life around, therefore, he deserved clemency! Tookie HAS denounced gang violence during his 24years in prison and he has won praises for his anti- gang books, earning a Nobel Peace Prize for his teachings. I believe no man/woman should be commited to death if his/her crime is not proven, evidence should be 100% clear, without a shadow of doubt. But does re-socialising criminals mean we should not hold them accountable to their actions? Who believes in death should be evenged by death? And who thinks that the death penalty is an effective deterrent of such crimes accuring again? Or do you think re-socializing criminals is more effective? With the inevitable discrepancies between crimes and punishements, should a child murdered be compared to a drug dealer, a serial killer to a bank robber or a rapist to a war criminal? Would love to know what your thoughts are on this issue.

Abnoxious part is correct! Simpsons i could sort of see why its funny but family guy is just annoying! Now the funniest animation ever is Creature Comforts. For anyone who is not familiar with that, since its a Brit show..check out the Clipsand you will see what i mean...unashamedly funny.

The best there ever was...the funniest man that ever lived. He would make me laugh so hard i couldnt breathe..I shall dig out my video of Stir Crazy tonight and watch in his memory...what a legend. Some of my favourite famous Pryor quotes: "marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings....and lawyers" When asked what he felt about receiving an award named after the famous writer Mark Twain, he said " i didn't know him personally"

looool Katrian.. girl,tell us what you really think why dont ya! Seriously though, we are always moaning about guys not being romantic. How often do you see gals being romantic towards guys?! Now i can list a bunch of things you could do for a guy that can be considered romantic, but truth is so little of us do it, waa lagula yaaba hadaa dhahdid waxaas...because as women we enjoy being the star of the relationship...me, me, me. Ladies, it goes both ways, you only get what you give! Saxan saxan ku gud, soor soor ku gud.."or something to that effect"

Alle Ubaahne ma waagi la isu heesi jiray baa ka hadlee oo geedka wayn hoostiisa lagu balami jiray?! There is nothing romantic about halxiraale though! Yaa xujo ka bixi karo adoo shukaansi ku jira! I personally think somali men are very romantic given the chance, they just need little coaching and coaxing as all other men do

afmuslim ama afgaalo midba aan kuugu imaado markuu waagu baryo" Sayidka ilaahay ha'unaxariistee. Loool, classic stuff Maybe that has something to do the fact that men use the left hemisphere of the brain where women use the right hemsphere where we tend to analyze info more than our conterparners. Where did you get that?!!! Having a heart broken is a major blow to any ego, be it a female or male. Having invested emotions and time into some one and to find out they will never be returned has gotta hurt! Heart ache has no preference between male and females. But i think most women would agree with me here that Raxmadi furan!Haduu ifuro ma'feerbaa ijabayso would be my reaction "i have major issues with pride and im working on it". But there is nothing wrong with embracing your pain, cry for the "Bleep", but do NOT let him/her see your tears. Surround yourself with people who love you. No one ultimately dies of a heart ache and what dont kill you will only make you stronger I reckon i could be an agony aunt! Foxy was right Rowda your somali rocks.

Oh OK then Castro granted you are an exception atleast, let others do what they have to do ...

oh wow! we got a man basher here..... "although, admitidly she is just making use of the copy and paste facility" Any response from the men to defend their honour?!

lol miskiin girl, still there are worse ways to die. Poor boy must be traumatised. He is gonna have to get the health history of any girl he kisses from now on!

Qoraxdii Dhacdaba qisay subaxdii keenta, qiimaha jacaylkuna qalbiguu waxyeela! Waa qayb nasiibkuye, waxaa aniga la ii qoray qoomamaha xanuunkee. Qarnigoo labaatan ah, anoo qaylo-doon raba. Qaahira kalgacayl tagay yaa kala qorshayn kara....to be continued Doesn't he sound tormented? There is no substitude for classic songs. Do you have a song that touched you or evoked an emotion or just made you feel you good?! Ladies and gentelmen please do share....im in a somali love song mood

Apologies to Nur, as i have addressed my reply to him when he was only the advisor in this case. Genuine mistake so cafis iyo masamax. As for the people who are blaming the husbands wandering eye on the wife's appearance. I think you lost the whole point here! It doesn't matter what she weighs and what she looks like. He made it clear he does not want to leave her because he likes his life the way it is with her. So there must be something she is doing right..This guy comes off as pretty selfish, he wants to have his cake and eat it. Mr Faarah if you want to ease ur guilty concious and want us "especially us women" to tell you its fine, then you are in a for a disappointment. I will also put blame on the other woman, its an underhanded thing to do to get involved with a married man, especially telling him to basically leave his wife for her. Its just not right people!

Recently on a train i was approached by this Arab guy. He say hi and i just nodded "cause i didnt want to be befriending strangers", he asked me whether i was Somali and i said "yes". He got up and sat opposite me and said. I am going to say something which might sound weird, are you single? And i said you are right that is weird and none of your business. He said "i only ask because, i would love to marry a Somali woman and if you are open to halal marriage i would love to get to know you better". The panic alarms in my head went off and i started looking for quick exits, obviously there were other people in our compartment but i didnt want to take chances. I made sure whether he was just having a laugh or not, but this guy was serious as a heart attack and didnt even blink. I politely declined and told him i am already married. He said "oh thats a shame, do you have sisters then?" At this point i made a quick phone call to avoid talking to him "but he wouldnt shut up even with me on the phone". Now he didnt look like ur avarage lunatic, he was well dressed, clean and articulate. It was just bizzare. While he was talking all i can picture was how many human heads were in his freezer....

That is Fab WOL, thanks

Nur you say you are married to a great woman, great family and healthy social circles! Are those the only reasons you are still in the marriage? And if you lose your wife you lose all of those things and basically you are not in a healthy social circle?! You have never mentioned loving your wife, but you have repeatedly specified how much you love the new woman in your life. The choice is clear to me, follow your heart and dont be a gold digger or a social climber. Both women deserve better than that...all i can see in your words are me me me, that could be interpreted as being very selfish indeed.

Libaan no offence my dear, you have a lovely name. But may i suggest putting copy rights on your name! Or half of the new generation will be called Liban OK, now lets have suggestions for girls..for the hell of it! I think these are cool names.. Cawo Ugaaso Wacan Samawada Sareedo Ebyan Amaan Waris ....cant think of more now, but arent they sexy names?! Somali names are just beautiful.

[/qb] Making a conversation about "the guy" is not what he said he was looking for...and you all tend to do this. You make your conversation based around us conversation is talking about things that interest you both..the minute you start to get curious about what he does, who his family is blah blah..when the guy doesn't even know you like that, it becomes scary.... you don't need to know certain things [/QB] This is hilarious! Isnt it natural course to know the person better? And why does it have to revolve around the guy only? You can ask her question too. Its not like she is asking you about your salary, and as for asking who your family is...im not sure whether u are talking about qabiil or not. But i think its only natural to be asked about my family i.e where i was born, how many siblings i have. Ofcourse interests are part of the conversation too. But talking about yourself in a non pressurised and relaxed way is a great trade to have not many can pull it off. I think you too have chips on ur shoulders, you need to get over urselves. I will bet your conversations are filled with awkward silences as you struggle to find what to say...once you have tired of discussing 50cent that is....

Wow guys thats fantastic. I only had few names and i couldnt think of more. I had Magan, Hanad, Sharmarke and Baxnaan. But there are great suggestions from some of you too. Butaaco is a real name or you guys messing with me?! But i got great names from you for girls too.....im making notes.

Well, so far we have about four Libans in our family, its been over used and abused in our family. I have nothing against Arabs but we have language too, we have beautiful names in Somali i would rather use. We dont speak Arabic so why give our children Arab names...? And conterary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with religion!

Ladies and Gentelmen. I have the pleasure of becoming and aunt soon and i have been given the honour of naming my nephew " who is to come soon insha ALLah". Now i want your help in coming up with male somali names. Not ARABIC Names, so khalid and yonis etc are out of the question. Has to be Somali of origin, the older and the unheard of the name the better "no weird stuff pls". Liban is out of the question no offense to anyone here called Liban! Any suggestions? I have few but i would appreciate for more suggestions:)

Since when is getting to know the person falling in love?! Its called making conversation sweetheart. Like someone mentioned ..Shukaansi barad baad tahay ayaan u malaynayaa. Just out of curiousity what do you think is appropriate to talk about with a somali girl you are out with? The weather?! Besides with that attitude i will bet the xalimos you are talking about fall right out of love with you, in a matter of seconds!

Hambalyo Fartun. But im really confused here, you had a dream about your man treating you bad and then apologising....you have lost me after that! What was the interpertation of the dream?!!!