{"id":41511,"date":"2015-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/41511\/these-things-should-be-deal-breakers-but-not-when-youre-dating-lebanese-guys"},"modified":"2015-06-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T00:00:00","slug":"these-things-should-be-deal-breakers-but-not-when-youre-dating-lebanese-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/41511\/these-things-should-be-deal-breakers-but-not-when-youre-dating-lebanese-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"These Things Should Be Deal Breakers, But Not When You&#8217;re Dating Lebanese Guys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>If you have a checklist of things a guy must like or ways he must behave in order to date him, then you&#8217;ve got the wrong idea about love and relationships. That being said, there are just some things that cannot be overlooked, like hating cheese. What kind of monster doesn&#8217;t enjoy cutting into a hearty slice of soft-ripened camembert topped with a walnut-cranberry chutney? <\/p>\n<p>  Anyway, in other parts of the world, some of these things might be total dealbreakers, but we live in Lebanon y&#8217;all. And that means you&#8217;ve got to have completely different standards, or at least be willing to lower them considerably.<\/p>\n<p>  [Bahahahhahaahaha, sh*t.]<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/33.media.tumblr.com\/803fdaaa781d3ca8971b3774563c1fee\/tumblr_npwidjQDDT1uy2w2go1_500.gif\"width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><big>1. He Lives With His Parents<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <big>I mean, c&#8217;mon, it&#8217;s like impossible to find a decent paying job in this country. Also, they&#8217;re all mommas boys. There&#8217;s no getting around it. Accept this fact and life will ultimately be easier. <\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><big>2. He&#8217;s Psychotically Jealous<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <big>I mean, c&#8217;mon, they all are.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><big>3. He Doesn&#8217;t Have a Job<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <big>It&#8217;s ok because he lives with his parents.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><big>4. Lol, guyz who txt liek dis<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <big>Assuming the language he&#8217;s most comfortable speaking is Arabic, I can totally excuse the fact that you send me texts that could easily be mistaken for that of an 18-year-old teenage American girl. The ability to spell is totally overrated anyway.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><big>5. He&#8217;s Needy<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <big>Because the narcissist in me says, &#8220;need me&#8230; need me the f*ck all you want.&#8221; An endless supply of love and adoration is necessary to keep the Lebanese female ego boosted at all times. Also, I have daddy issues so if I can&#8217;t ever achieve my father&#8217;s approval, I can certainly get this needy guy&#8217;s.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><big>6. He Has Poor Hygiene<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <big>The water that comes out of my shower is probably already laden with feces, and so, I can&#8217;t hold this against you.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><big>7. He Only Has a Lebanese Passport<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <big>I&#8217;m not really worried about him going anywhere. If I need to flee the country in a heartbeat &#8211; with no strings attached -this special little juicebox won&#8217;t be following me.<\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <b><big><big>8. Not Being Religious <\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <big>The intolerance with which religion often gets framed in Lebanon is entirely unattractive. He doesn&#8217;t have to be atheist, per se, but I&#8217;d rather have a heated debate over Radiohead&#8217;s best work than discuss the moral merits of the Kataeb&#8217;s latest political moves in Lebanon. <\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><big>If you have a checklist of things a guy must like or ways he must behave in order to date him, then you&#8217;ve got the wrong idea about love and relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":417057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-41511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[186],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>These 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